World War II Honoree

Willie Steve 'Stevie' Landrum Foresman

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Big Cabin, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

A MEMBER OF THE CHEROKEE INDIAN NATION, SHE GRADUATED AS A DIPLOMA NURSE FROM THE HILLCREST HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING IN 1939. AT AGE 22, SHE JOINED THE ARMY NURSE CORPS AND WAS COMMISSIONED A SECOND LIEUTENANT. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER AS A NURSE DURING THE WAR. PARTICIPATED IN THE NORMANDY, AND NORTHERN FRANCE CAMPAIGNS. LANDED IN NORMANDY FRANCE SOME THREE WEEKS AFTER THE D-DAY INVASION ON JUNE 6, 1944 AND MOVED FORWARD IN SUPPORT ALL THE WAY TO PARIS, FRANCE. TREATED WOUNDED AMERICANS, ALLIED TROOPS AND GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR WHILE STATIONED OUTSIDE OF PARIS. AFTER THE ALLIED VICTORY IN EUROPE (V-E DAY), SHE AND FRIENDS CELEBRATED IN MARSEILLES IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AFTER THE WAR AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.