right behind me there's another ntains almost three times as mu thc.of corse, we predict demand is only going to increase. we're nowhere near the celing. this is just the ding. -- beginning. >> sreenivasan: during world war ii, the u.s. army faced an ongoing nursing shortage. yet the army was still racially segregated andinesisted enliblack medical professionals. though thousands applied, less >> reporter: when you think of than 600 black nurses were allowed in by the d of the war. many were given assignments considered "less desir faced racism from fellow white officers. but for one african american nurse assigned to a german prisoner of war camp in jim crow-era arizona, that experience was just the beginning of the discrimination she would face. it's all detailed in the new book, "enemies in love," by author and journalist clark. newshour weekend's ivette feliciano has more. >> reporter: german soldier frederick albert was captured in italy in 1944 and taken to a prisoner of war camp in arizona where he met african americane, nulinor powell. how did