World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Alene B. Duerk
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Defiance, Ohio
Honored By
Grateful Vietnam Veteran
She entered the U.S. Naval Reserve and was appointed an ensign in the Nurse Corps. During the war, she worked on a hospital ship off the Marshall Islands in the Pacific and later treated Allied troops who had been prisoners of war.