World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Joan 'Flavin' Pruitt
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Garden City, Kansas
Honored By
Ms. Patti Hoffman
Relationship
Daughter
Served as an Army nurse in the European Theater. Assigned to the hospital where General George Patton died. Entered, June 26, 1944. Discharged, March 18, 1946. Received European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal and WWII Victory Medal. Assigned to general nursing medical and surgical wards. Received naturalization as a U.S. citizen on May 8, 1944.