Alene B. Duerk: The First Woman Admiral (2020)

Alene B. Duerk: The First Woman Admiral

2020

War Documentary

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Eliciana Nascimento

Cast

Pamela Roark as Pamela Roark

Stephen Granzow as Stephen Granzow

Crew

Alexander Zane Irwin (Additional Camera)

Jesse Collier Sutterley (Additional Sound Re-Recordist)

Chau Trang Tran (Associate Producer)

Diana Sánchez Maciel (Associate Producer)

Kiva James (Associate Producer)