World War II Honoree

Ruth Edna Worthman

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Decatur, Indiana

Honored By

Tim Ketchum

Relationship

Friend

JOINED THE ARMY NURSE CORPS ON JUNE 10TH 1941 AT BILLINGS GENERAL HOSPITAL, FORT BENJAMIN HARRISON, INDIANA. SHE WENT OVERSEAS WITH THE 91ST EVACUATION HOSPITAL ABOARD THE USS ARGENTINA AND LANDED IN CASABLANCA, MOROCCO ON 24 DECEMBER 1942. SHE MOVED WITH THE HOSPITAL THROUGHOUT NORTH AFRICA, THEN WENT TO SICILY WITH THE 91ST FROM JULY UNTIL OCTOBER. SHE AND THE 91ST MOVED TO ENGLAND IN NOVEMBER 1943 IN PREPARATION FOR THE NORMANDY LANDINGS. ON JUNE 10TH, D+4, SHE CAME ASHORE ON UTAH BEACH. SHE MOVED WITH THE 91ST FOLLOWING THE ALLIED ADVANCE ACROSS FRANCE, BELGIUM, THE NETHERLANDS AND INTO GERMANY. ON V-E DAY SHE WAS WITH THE HOSPITAL IN WIEPKE, GERMANY. THE HOSPITAL REMAINED IN GERMANY AWAITING A MOVE TO THE PACIFIC, HOWEVER, AFTER THE SURRENDER OF JAPAN, SHE AND THE OTHER HOSPITAL PERSONNEL WERE SEND HOME. SHE DEPARTED EUROPE FROM MARSEILLES, FRANCE IN OCTOBER 1945.