World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Mary E. Asher
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Gosport, Indiana
Relationship
Self
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER, U.S. NAVY NURSE CORPS. COMPLETED NURSES TRAINING REQUIREMENTS AT PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. ENLISTED AND WAS COMMISSIONED WITH DUTY AT U.S. NAVAL HOSPITAL, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. ASSIGNED TO SHIPS MEDICAL COMPANY ABOARD THE ATTACK TRANSPORT USS FREDERICK FUNSTON, APA-89, WITH VOYAGES OF NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALIONS (SEABEES) TO SAIPAN; REINFORCEMENT TROOPS TO LEYTE; AND INTER-ISLAND TRANSPORT DUTY. PARTICIPATED IN THE INITIAL MARINE LANDING ON LUZON, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND IWO JIMA. AT WAR'S END, CARRIED OCCUPATION TROOPS TO THE MARIANA ISLANDS AND RETURNING VETERANS BACK TO SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.