World War II Honoree

Yetta 'Rose' Wrubel

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Brooklyn, New York

Honored By

Joyce Lamb

Relationship

Daughter

IN JANUARY 1943, ENLISTED IN THE WOMEN'S ARMY AUXILIARY CORPS, WHICH BECAME PART OF THE REGULAR ARMY AS THE WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS IN AUGUST 1943. SHE SHIPPED OUT TO GO OVERSEAS ON THE HMS ANDES FROM NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, 1944. THE 6718TH WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS HEADQUARTERS PLATOON, ASSIGNED TO ARMY AIR FORCES, MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS, LANDED IN CASABLANCA, FRENCH MOROCCO, WENT ON TO TUNIS, TUNISIA AND FINALLY WAS STATIONED IN CASERTA, ITALY, UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR.