World War II Honoree

Helen Chadwick Walnes

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Ludington, Michigan

Honored By

Nancy W. Brake and Eleanor W. Semerjian

Relationship

Daughters

AFTER HER 1938 GRADUATION FROM MANISTEE HIGH SCHOOL, ENTERED HACKLEY HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING AT MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN AND GRADUATED WITH HER REGISTERED NURSING DIPLOMA IN 1942. ACCEPTED INTO THE U.S. ARMY NURSE CORPS AND COMMISSIONED 2ND LIEUTENANT. SENT TO TUNISIA, NORTH AFRICA WORKING IN OPERATING ROOMS WITH THE 35TH FIELD HOSPITAL. MET HER CHALLENGES OF COMBAT WHILE CARING FOR INCOMING PATIENTS. SERVED IN ITALY AND RECEIVED THREE BRONZE SERVICE CAMPAIGN STARS FOR NAPLES-FOGGIA, ROME-ARNO AND PO VALLEY IN THE NORTHERN APENNINES. SEPARATED FROM HER ARMY NURSING DUTIES HONORABLY AND GIVEN WELL DESERVED APPRECIATION FROM A GRATEFUL NATION JANUARY 6, 1946. AWARDS: WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS SERVICE MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH FOUR BRONZE SERVICE STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.