World War II Honoree

Vivien Eleanor Kind Zema

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Valencia, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Ralph Zema

Relationship

Son

SERVED HONORABLY AS AN ARMY HOSPITAL NURSE ON UNITED STATES ARMY HOSPITAL SHIPS. ONBOARD THE SHIPS, SHE CARED FOR THE SICK AND WOUNDED OF THE EUROPEAN AND NORTH AFRICAN THEATRES OF OPERATION. HER ARMY DUTY INCLUDED SAILING INTO DANGEROUS ENEMY WATERS TO RETRIEVE ALLIED FORCES WOUNDED, OR OTHERWISE INCAPACITATED, IN THE WAR EFFORT. SHE WAS ONE OF A SMALL GROUP OF DEDICATED AMERICAN WOMEN WHO SERVED IN WWII.