World War II Honoree

Margaret Jeanette Burns Parks

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Macon, Missouri

Honored By

NSDAR Valley of the Meramec Washington Mo

MEDICAL TECHNICIAN/NURSE, BASIC TRAINING AT FORT DES MOINES, IOWA. TRANSFERRED TO BEAUMONT GENERAL HOSPITAL FOR MEDICAL TECHNICIAN TRAINING AT EL PASO, TEXAS. AFTER TRAINING, STATIONED AT BUCKLEY FIELD AT DENVER COLORADO, TAKING CARE OF INJURED SOLDERS FROM THE PACIFIC. LATER STATIONED AS A DENTAL TECHNICIAN IN ARMY CORPS HOSPITAL AT LOVE, SAN ANTONIO TEXAS. SHE ENTERED THE SERVICE IN 1945 AND WAS DISCHARGED IN 1946 WHEN THE WAR ENDED FROM FORT SAM HOUSTON.