Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
South Glens Falls, New York
Honored By
Michael Lynett
JOINED THE WAR EFFORT IN 1943 AND ENLISTED IN THE ARMY AIR NURSE CORPS REACHING THE RANK OF 1ST LIEUTENANT. DURING WWII SHE SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 198TH GENERAL HOSPITAL, PARIS AND SUIPPES, FRANCE AND THE 97TH GENERAL HOSPITAL IN FRANKFORT, GERMANY. TWO OF HER WAR STORIES INVOLVED HAVING HER FIELD HOSPITAL INUNDATED BY BATTLE OF THE BULGE CASUALTIES AND BEING IN PARIS TO CELEBRATE V.E. DAY.