World War II Honoree

Evalyn Mary Ann Proud Weber

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Rochester, Minnesota

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

GRADUATED FROM SAINT MARY'S SCHOOL OF NURSING AND THE MAYO CLINIC IN ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA AS A REGISTERED NURSE. MOVED TO HAVANA, CUBA AND WORKED AT THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL THERE FOR 4 YEARS. RETURNED TO THE STATES AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR AND WORKED AS A NURSE IN THE ROCKEFELLER HOSPITAL IN NEW YORK CITY UNTIL COMMISSIONED INTO THE ARMY NURSE CORPS. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER WITH THE MAYO CLINIC HOSPITAL UNIT IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA UNTIL 1945. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.