World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Mildred Mae Whiteley
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Temple, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL, ATTENDED NURSING SCHOOL AT SCOTT AND WHITE IN TEMPLE, TEXAS. GRADUATED AND BECAME A REGISTERED NURSE. JOINED THE ARMY NURSE CORPS AND SERVED DURING THE WAR AS DID HER FOUR BROTHERS. SERVED FOR 3 YEARS, INCLUDING IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND JAPAN. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH ‘JAPAN’ CLASP. ALSO AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.