World War II Honoree

Kathryn Josephine Moran

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Geneva, New York

Honored By

Edward W. Samuell, Jr.

Relationship

Husband

IN 1941, BEFORE PEARL HARBOR, ENROLLED IN ST. JOSEPH’S HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING AT SYRACUSE. RECEIVED HER NURSING DEGREE IN DECEMBER 1944. IN JANUARY 1945, SHE VOLUNTEERED FOR THE ARMY AND WAS COMMISSIONED A 2ND LIEUTENANT IN THE ARMY NURSE CORPS. WHILE IN THE STATES, SHE SERVED IN U.S. ARMY HOSPITALS AT CAMP MAXEY, CAMP SWIFT AND BROOKE GENERAL ARMY HOSPITAL IN TEXAS. SHE WAS ORDERED TO U.S. ARMY IN EUROPE. SERVED IN FIELD HOSPITALS IN LE HAVRE AND PARIS. SHE WAS SENT ON TO MUNICH, GERMANY TO THE 98TH GENERAL HOSPITAL.