World War II Honoree

Louise Yahnig Warner

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

New Haven, Connecticut

Honored By

Amelia Warner Platt

Relationship

Granddaughter

SHE SERVED AS A WAVE (WOMEN ACCEPTED FOR VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY SERVICE) AT THE NAVAL HOSPITAL IN SAN DIEGO. FIRST SHE WAS A 'WARD WRITER,' MAKING ROUNDS WITH THE DOCTOR EACH DAY AND TAKING NOTES DICTATED ON EACH PATIENT. SHE ALSO TOOK NOTES AT SURVEY BOARD MEETINGS WHERE MEN, BECAUSE OF THEIR INJURIES, WERE 'SURVEYED' OUT OF THE MILITARY. LATER, SHE SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT TO THE MEDICAL LIBRARIAN. AFTER THE WAR ENDED, SHE WAS SENT TO WASHINGTON, D.C. TO DO PERSONNEL WORK.