World War II Honoree

Mabel Emily Howe Cornwell

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

New York

Honored By

Gale Thomas Howe Cornwell

Relationship

Son

REGISTERED NURSE, U.S. ARMY NURSE CORPS. 54TH FIELD HOSPITAL, 3RD ARMY. EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. SHE LANDED OMAHA BEACH D-DAY PLUS 7 AND SERVED UNDER GENERAL PATTON FROM 1944-1946. HONORED BY PATTON MEMORIAL MUSEUM AS, 'ONLY MOTHER AND SON (1ST LIEUTENANT GALE THOMAS HOWE CORNWELL) TO HAVE SERVED IN COMBAT IN EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATION IN WWII.