During WWII, a severe shortage of trained nurses threatened the United States’ ability to meet domestic and military medical needs. As a result, Congress established the Cadet Nurse Corps, an integrated, uniformed service of the Public Health Administration, in 1943 to provide women with expedited nursing education in exchange for “essential military or civilian nursing for the duration of the war.” In total, more than 124,000 women completed the Corps’ rigorous training and served in military hospitals, VA hospitals, Marine hospitals, private hospitals, public health agencies, and public hospitals until the program ended in 1948. This bipartisan federal legislation (H.R. 6203, S. 3329) would recognize former Cadet Nurses’ service to the country and provide them with honorary veterans’ status, honorable discharges, a service medal, a burial plaque or grave marker, and other well-deserved commendations.