Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Dallas, Texas
Honored By
LTC Kirk A. Davis
Relationship
Son
ENTERED THE U.S. ARMY NURSE CORPS IN AUGUST 1943. PROCESSED OVERSEAS FROM CAMP MYLES STANDISH IN PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS TO THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS IN LATE SEPTEMBER, EARLY OCTOBER 1943. SERVED IN SEVERAL TENT HOSPITALS ON THE WAY TO MOURMELON-LE-GRANDE, FRANCE AND A GERMAN POW TENT HOSPITAL (7 MILES FROM ST. LO). WORKED PRIMARILY IN THE AMPUTATION SURGICAL WARD. DISCHARGED IN 1945 AT FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS.