World War II Honoree

Frances Bruehl Cole

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Huntsville, Arkansas

Honored By

Glenn A. Cole

Relationship

Husband

JOINED ARMY NURSE CORPS AS A REGISTERED NURSE IN OCTOBER 1943. BASIC TRAINING AT FORT SAM HOUSTON, THEN ASSIGNED TO BROOKE GENERAL HOSPITAL. REASSIGNED TO 182ND GENERAL HOSPITAL AND SENT TO ENGLAND. HOSPITAL RECEIVED FIRST WOUNDED PATIENTS DIRECTLY FROM D-DAY BEACHES OF NORMANDY. AFTER V-E DAY WAS REASSIGNED TO 231ST GENERAL HOSPITAL WITH DESTINATION JAPAN. ATOMIC BOMBS WERE DROPPED AND JAPAN SURRENDERED WHILE IN THE PANAMA CANAL. ARRIVED IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND SERVED UNTIL SENT BACK TO THE U.S. DISCHARGED FROM NURSE CORPS WITH RANK OF LIEUTENANT ON JANUARY 19, 1946.