Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Oskaloosa, Illinois
Honored By
Mary Krutsinger
Relationship
Friend
WENT TO WORK IN 1941, SERVING AS A CIVILIAN ON THE HOME FRONT, AT THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR, 6TH ORDNANCE DISTRICT, IN CINCINNATI, OHIO, AND THEN PROMOTED TO WASHINGTON, D.C. THERE, SHE JOINED THE NAVY AND SERVED FROM AUGUST 1943 TO DECEMBER 1945 AS A PHARMACIST’S MATE SECOND CLASS. EARNED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.