World War II Honoree

Dorothy Minasian Nichols

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Shirley, Massachusetts

Honored By

Charles B. Church, III

ENTERED FROM NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS IN 1943. BASIC TRAINING AT HUNTER COLLEGE, NEW YORK. HAD ADVANCED TRAINING AS A PHARMACIST'S MATE IN BETHESDA, MARYLAND. STATIONED AT GREAT LAKES TRAINING CENTER HOSPITAL BRIEFLY AND THEN TRANSFERRED TO THE NAVAL HOSPITAL IN OLATHE, KANSAS WHERE SHE SERVED LONG HOURS AS SENIOR CORPSMAN ON A CONTAGIOUS DISEASE WARD TREATING NAVAL PERSONNEL. AWARDED THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. AS A PHARMACIST'S MATE THIRD CLASS, SHE RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE IN 1945.