World War II Honoree

Ruth Mae Myers Lawton

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Boone, Iowa

Honored By

Sharon Myers

Relationship

Niece

SERVED AS A REGISTERED NURSE AT TENT HOSPITALS AFTER LANDING ON UTAH BEACH. RANK: 1ST LIEUTENANT. ENLISTED IN JANUARY, 1944 AND TOOK BASIC TRAINING AT CAMP CARSON FOR A FEW WEEKS AND MORE TRAINING AT FORT ROBINSON, NEBRASKA WHERE SHE CARED FOR WOUNDED SOLDIERS FROM THE EUROPEAN THEATER. SENT TO SOUTH HAMPTOM, ENGLAND IN SEPTEMBER, 1944 AND THEN LANDED IN NORMANDY, FRANCE (UTAH BEACH). ESTABLISHED THE 167TH GENERAL HOSPITAL. ONCE THE EUROPEAN WAR ENDED ON MAY 8, 1945 THE 167TH ALONG WITH OTHER ARMY HOSPITALS WERE SCHEDULED TO GO TO MARSEILLE, FRANCE TO PREPARE FOR THE CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER. THE ATOMIC BOMB WAS DROPPED AND SHE WAS SENT HOME.