World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Dorothy Lee Blankinship Elliott
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Lowell, Kansas
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
GRADUATED FROM THE SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING IN WICHITA, KANSAS. ENTERED NAVAL SERVICE IN THE FALL OF 1942, AS A MEMBER OF THE U.S. NAVY NURSE CORPS. SERVED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER IN CALIFORNIA AND IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER IN THE U.S. TERRITORY OF HAWAII DURING THE WAR. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.