World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Dottis Maxine Schneider Fatheree
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Archer, Iowa
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
EARNED A NURSING DEGREE AND A REGISTERED NURSE CERTIFICATE IN 1942. ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE AS A MEMBER OF THE ARMY NURSE CORPS WHILE WAITING FOR HER HUSBAND TO RETURN FROM SERVICE OVERSEAS WITH THE MARINE CORPS. ASSIGNED TO SERVE WITH THE ARMY AIR FORCES AS AN ARMY AIR FORCES NURSE. SERVED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER DURING THE WAR, STATIONED AT BUCKLEY FIELD, DENVER, COLORADO. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946 WITH THE RANK OF SECOND LIEUTENANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.