Alene Duerk: First Woman to Make Admiral (2020)
• January 1st, 2020 • 0h 9min
War, Documentary
Overview
Following the tradition of military service in her family, Alene Duerk enlisted as a Navy nurse in 1943. During her eventful 32 year career, she served in WWII on a hospital ship in the Sea of Japan, and trained others in the Korean War. She became the Director of the Navy Nursing Corps during the Vietnam War before finally attaining the rank of Admiral in the U.S. Navy. Despite having no other women as mentors (or peers), Admiral Duerk always looked for challenging opportunities that women had not previously held. Her consistently high level of performance led to her ultimate rise to become the first woman Admiral.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Underground
Released on: 1995-05-13
Comedy, Drama, War
A group of Serbian socialists prepares for the war in a surreal underground filled by parties, trage...
Kelly's Heroes
Released on: 1970-06-22
Adventure, Comedy, War
A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines.
Stalingrad
Released on: 1993-01-20
Drama, History, War
A German Platoon is explored through the brutal fighting of the Battle of Stalingrad. After half of ...
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Released on: 1970-01-26
War, History, Drama
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos ...
Miracle at St. Anna
Released on: 2008-09-15
Drama, War
Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black ...
Crimson Shores
Released on: 1979-01-01
War
Soviet propaganda film. After the end of the WWII, a group of bridge builders comes to the village o...
Electronic Control System of the C-1 Auto Pilot Part 1: Basic Electricity as Applied to Electronic Control System
Released on: 1943-01-27
War, Documentary, Animation
Animated training film depicting the fundamentals of electricity and how electrical signals can be u...
Hitler's Teen Killers
Released on: 2020-02-18
History, War, Documentary, TV Movie
They grew up under the Nazi regime. They pledged to give their lives for Hitler. They were fanatics ...
The Battle of the River Plate
Released on: 1956-10-30
Drama, History, War
In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the At...
Faith of My Fathers
Released on: 2005-05-30
War, Drama
Faith of My Fathers is based on the story of Lieutenant Commander John McCain's experiences as a pri...
Sands of Iwo Jima
Released on: 1950-01-01
War, Drama
Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as ...
Up Periscope
Released on: 1959-03-04
War, Adventure, Action
Lieutenant Braden discovers that Sally, the woman he's been falling in love with, has actually been ...
13 Rue Madeleine
Released on: 1947-01-15
Thriller, War
Bob Sharkey, an instructor of would-be spies for the Allied Office of Strategic Services, becomes su...
Fleets of Stren'th
Released on: 1942-03-13
Animation, Comedy, War
When enemy planes attack the battleship he's serving on, Popeye fights back.
Scrap Happy Daffy
Released on: 1943-08-20
Animation, Comedy, War
During World War Two, Daffy Duck owns a junkyard which collects scrap metal to use in building weapo...
The Autobiography of a 'Jeep'
Released on: 1943-11-14
Documentary
The invention and use of a jeep are described, from the viewpoint of one of the vehicles.
The Man with the Cannon
Released on: 1977-01-01
Drama, War
After Mato Gruda, a man living in a remote village in the mountains of Albania, steals a cannon aban...
The Bronze Bust
Released on: 1970-01-01
Drama, War
On the anniversary of the death of Commissioner Ibrahim Kovaçi, six of his war friends are accompany...