World War II Honoree

Rosalou Freeland Etue

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

New Orleans, Louisiana

JOINED THE ARMY NURSE CORPS THE DAY AFTER THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR. COMBAT NURSE, SURVIVED CAPTURE BY THE GERMANS. RECEIVED A BRONZE STAR FROM GENERAL PATTON. TOWARD THE END OF THE WAR, SS TROOPS CAPTURED HER UNIT AS IT FOLLOWED PATTON'S 3RD ARMY PUSHING INTO GERMANY. AT ONE POINT, A GERMAN OFFICER ACCUSED HER OF BEING JEWISH. AFTER READING HER DOG TAGS, HE FORCED HER UNIT TO TREAT WOUNDED GERMANS, UNTIL PATTON'S ARMY APPROACHED AND THE GERMANS SUDDENLY FLED. THOUGH RELIEVED OF DUTY IN THE CLOSING DAYS OF THE WAR, TOOK TIME TO VISIT A LIBERATED CONCENTRATION CAMP.