World War II Honoree

Wilma Brown Guinn

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Vienna, Illinois

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED NURSES TRAINING AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1941. TRAINED IN CAIRO, ILLINOIS, GRADUATED AND BECAME A REGISTERED NURSE. JOINED THE ARMY NURSE CORPS AND WAS COMMISSIONED A SECOND LIEUTENANT. SERVED IN BOTH THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN AND ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATERS ABOARD HOSPITAL SHIPS IN NORMANDY, FRANCE AND AT MANILA AND CORREGIDOR IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AFTER THE WAR AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.