A photograph of Mrs. Mildred Emery, the college nurse during the period when the US Naval Special Hospital was located on the campus of Springfield College during World War II. Mrs. Emery is wearing a nurses uniform, all white, and is holding what look like scissors that she has picked up from a table with other medical utensils.During the start of World War II, Springfield College served as training grounds for the Army Air Corps, which allotted the college $90,000 for upgrading facilities. In the spring of 1944, the training program was canceled; in order to conserve its assets for expanded postwar operations in the face of decreasing student enrollment, Springfield College negotiated a contract with the U.S. Navy to serve as a Naval Spec...