World War II Honoree

Margaret A. Nash

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

SERVED FROM APRIL 28, 1936 UNTIL APRIL 1946. SERVED TWO TOURS IN THE U.S. AS A NURSE AND THEN WAS ASSIGNED TO THE NAVAL HOSPITAL IN GUAM FOLLOWED BY THE CANACAO NAVAL HOSPITAL IN MANILA. WAS TAKEN PRISONER OF WAR BY THE JAPANESE ON JANUARY 6, 1942 AND SPENT 37 MONTHS IN PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS IN SANTO TOMAS AND LOS BANOS ON LUZON. WAS LIBERATED ON FEBRUARY 23, 1945. AWARDED THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTER, PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE SERVICE STAR, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE SERVICE STAR, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL, AND THE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION WITH OAK LEAF CLUSTER.