c. 1917

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"The boys are coming in fast with flu and phneumonia... There's a little cemetery in the woods on the hill above us and everyday there are several little processions up the hill... One nurse was buried yesterday, another not expected to live." -V. J. Reagles, letter to Walter McManus, February 8, 1919

The leather soles on Flanagan's boots became so worn that the interior lining shows through - a testament to the long hours she spent on her feet nursing the wounded.