Hometown
Northampton, Massachusetts
Honored By
Judy Albertson
Relationship
Daughter
MARILYN SERVED IN THE RED CROSS BEGINNING IN JUNE,1945 THROUGH THE SPRING, 1946. AFTER HER TRAINING IN WASHINGTON,DC., SHE WAS FIRST SENT TO NAPLES, ITALY AND THEN TO A BASE IN FOGGIA, ITALY WHERE TROOPS WERE WAITING TO COME HOME FROM THE WAR. SHE BROUGHT COFFEE AND DOUGHNUTS TO THE TROOPS, PLANNED DANCES, CARD GAMES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES TO HELP ENTERTAIN THEM AS THEY WAITED TO COME HOME.