Michigan Voices of the War

THE ORIGINAL TYPE 'A' BLOOD: PRUDENCE BURNS BURRELL

You do not have the proper version of Flash Player installed on your computer. Please upgrade your flash player at Adobe.com

Description:

Lieutenant Prudence "Prudy" Burns was a nurse at the segregated 268th Station Hospital in New Guinea. At the time, they were not allowed to treat white patients and all of their blood had to be marked with an "A" for African. But when a young white soldier's life was on the line, the "A" blood worked just fine.

Watch More:
» AN AMERICAN PILOT: ALEXANDER JEFFERSON
» FIVE STAR FAMILY: LARRY SOPHIEA
» IN HARM'S WAY: HUBERT WARD
» THE PRISONERS OF KEMPEI TAI: JAMES GREEN
» A LITTLE MORE HEART: TONY GONSALEZ