When Army nurse Mildred Bianchi landed on the tiny island of Pantelleria in June 1943, conditions in its tent hospital were primitive at best. There was no running water or electricity in the hospital ...

DANVILLE, Calif. (AP) — At age 106, Alice Darrow can clearly recall her days as a nurse during World War II, part of a pioneering group that dodged bullets as they hauled packs full of medical ...