World War II Honoree

Elizabeth Anne Driscoll

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Paul Mallon

Relationship

Son

ENLISTED FEBRUARY 1943 AND SERVED IN THE WOMEN’S ARMY CORPS. SHE WAS STATIONED AT MARCH FIELD, RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA UNTIL AUGUST 1943. IN 1944, SHE WAS PROMOTED TO 1ST LIEUTENANT AND TRANSFERRED TO THE FAR EAST AIR FORCES HEADQUARTERS IN NEW GUINEA WHERE SHE WORKED AS A PHOTO INTERPRETER. SHE CONTINUED WORKING AT THE FAR EAST HEADQUARTERS IN LEYTE AND THEN MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR.