World War II Honoree

Mildred Ferrin

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Rockland, Maine

Honored By

Jack & Sue Pietras

Relationship

Friends

AFTER BASIC TRAINING, ASSIGNED TO BRADLEY AIR FORCE BASE, CONNECTICUT AS A DENTAL SURGEON'S CHAIR ASSISTANT FOR A YEAR. TRANSFERRED TO WESTOVER FIELD, MASSACHUSETTS WHERE SHE WORKED IN THE SEPARATION CENTER, ENLISTED MEN'S RECORDS WHERE MEN RETURNING TO THE U.S. WITH 90 POINTS SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER. NEXT TO GRENIER FIELD, NEW HAMPSHIRE WHERE SHE HAD STRABISMUS SURGERY ON RIGHT EYE AND HAD LIMITED EYE SIGHT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. REASSIGNED DISPATCHER FOR THE POST ENGINEER DIVISION. NEXT ASSIGNMENT WAS TO SELFRIDGE AIR FORCE IN MICHIGAN TO WORK IN SPECIAL SERVICE SECTION WORKING IN POST LIBRARY AND BASE PERSONNEL PROCESSING SECTION. HER LAST ASSIGNMENT, PROMOTED TO CORPORAL, WAS AT HEADQUARTERS, 15TH SQUADRON, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO. THERE WAS NO BASE HOSPITAL AT HEADQUARTERS SO EVERYONE HAD TO GO TO CAMP CARSON FOR MEDICAL PROCEDURES AND WAS AGAIN ASSIGNED TO SPECIAL SERVICES AS A LIBRARIAN.