World War II Honoree

Eunice Hatchitt

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

San Antonio, Texas

Honored By

Katherine Flynn Nolan

Relationship

3rd Platoon nurse

FIRST LIEUTENANT AND THE CHIEF NURSE IN THE 3RD PLATOON, 53RD FIELD HOSPITAL AND LANDED AT NORMANDY'S UTAH BEACH IN JULY 1944, A MONTH AFTER D-DAY. SHE WAS AN ARMY COMBAT NURSE, WHO CARED FOR U.S. AND GERMAN SOLDIERS AS WELL AS CONCENTRATION CAMP SURVIVORS. SERVED IN THE NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, ARDENNES (BATTLE OF THE BULGE), RHINELAND AND CENTRAL EUROPE AND WAS AWARDED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 5 CAMPAIGN STARS, AMERICAN THEATRE MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.