World War II Honoree

Dorothy Madlyn Mathews Bates

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Huron, South Dakota

Honored By

An Indebted American

IN THE FALL OF 1943, RECEIVED A CIVIL SERVICE APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF U.S. NAVY IN WASHINGTON D.C. SOUGHT A JOB OVERSEAS FOR THE WAR EFFORT AND ACCEPTED AN OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT WITH THE OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION. IN 1946 WAS WITH A CIVILIAN UNIT ATTACHED TO ARMY PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE DIVISION OF SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, HEADED BY GENERAL DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER. WAS IN LONDON DURING THE ATTACKS BY THE V-1 ROCKETS. LIVED AND WORKED IN LONDON, PARIS, BERN, SWITZERLAND, HOMBURG, BERLIN, AND FRANKFURT, GERMANY.