Answering the Call (Left to right) The “Sacred Twenty,” first Navy nurses; Yeoman First Class (F) Joy Bright; Lieutenant (j.g.) Ann Bernatitus; Lieutenant (j.g.) Harriet Ida Pickens and Ensign Frances Wills. Click image to download. 1862 In 1862, Sisters of the Holy Cross served aboard USS Red Rover, the Navy’s first hospital ship, joining a crew… Read more