World War II Honoree

Clarissa Walsh Powley

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Schenectady, New York

Honored By

Michael Lynett

IN 1942, SHE VOLUNTEERED TO JOIN A CONTINGENT OF 71 NURSES AND OTHER MEDICAL PERSONNEL FROM COLUMBIA PRESBYTERIAN THAT INAUGURATED WHAT BECAME THE U.S. ARMY SECOND GENERAL HOSPITAL UNIT. DURING WWII, SHE SERVED WITH THE SECOND GENERAL HOSPITAL UNIT IN OXFORD, ENGLAND AND IN NORMANDY AND NANCY, FRANCE. AFTER THE SECOND GENERAL HOSPITAL UNIT DISSOLVED IN OCTOBER OF 1945, SHE CONTINUED HER NURSING SERVICE IN THE U.S. ARMY AT MASON GENERAL HOSPITAL, IN BRENTWOOD, LONG ISLAND UNTIL NOVEMBER OF 1946, WHEN SHE RETIRED FROM THE SERVICE WITH THE RANK OF CAPTAIN.