World War II Honoree

Mildred Marie Jordan Nordyke

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

GRADUATED FROM THE SAINT ANTHONY HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING IN OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, PASSED EXAMINATIONS TO BECOME A REGISTERED NURSE, AND WORKED AT SAINT ANTHONY'S BLOOD BANK UNTIL ENTERING MILITARY SERVICE. ENTERED SERVICE WITH THE ARMY NURSE CORPS IN JANUARY, 1945. SERVED AS A NURSE IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER STATIONED AT CLARK FIELD ON LUZON IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AT THE END OF THE WAR. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. ALSO AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN MARCH, 1946 WITH THE RANK OF SECOND LIEUTENANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.