Dorothy “Dottie” Louise Williams-Young was born on January 7, 1923, in the Steel City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She was the oldest daughter of Howard and Edna Kunkle. Dottie graduated from Bellview High School in 1941, followed by the completion of her associate’s degree from the Grace Martin School of Business.
Read MoreDiana Denise Ceciliani was born Diana Denise Clark on October 30, 1959, in Columbus, Ohio. During her youth, she grew up in the city and attended Walnut Ridge High School, where she joined the Student Council and effected change for the better within the school. She was also a member of the school’s chapter of the National Honor Society and belonged to the German club, showing a deep dedication to learning and leading.
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As far back as she could remember, Yvonne was always interested in planes. It may have stemmed from listening to her father Elvin’s stories about serving in World War I as an airplane mechanic for the Navy’s Aviation Flight Unit.
Read MoreMercedes LaVay Peebles was born Mercedes LeVay Reichstein on July 18, 1921, in Kearney, Nebraska, to Eddie and Stella Reichstein. Eddie Reichstein was born in Iowa and worked at a filling station (modern-day gas station) and by the 1940s, he would own the station.
Read MoreBetty O. Bowman was born on May 27, 1922 in New York. Her family settled in Staten Island, where she would grow up doing a plethora of activities such as swimming, bowling, tennis, and singing.
Read MoreViola and Abe Sherman could still hear the boom of fireworks on July 5th, 1918, as they welcomed their first child into the world.[1] Iona Sherman was born in Valentine, Nebraska, a quaint rural area where her grandfather had previously built a sod cabin.
Read MoreJeanette M. Wullenschneider (nee Reichenberger) lived a life of service. Born just three years after the end of the First World War on May 26, 1921, in a farmhouse outside of Andale, Kansas, Jeanette was the seventh of what would be eight children of Nicholas John Reichenberger and Regina Agnes Reichenberger.
Read MoreOn October 29, 1978, Adele and Edward Scutellaro would welcome their first and only baby girl into this world. Lynn Scutellaro would start her life in the quaint town of Mercerville, New Jersey, until her brother Richard was born in 1980, and the Scutellaros moved north to Lawrenceville, New Jersey.
Read MoreOn the night before Christmas, a baby girl was born who would dedicate her life to protecting this country. John Cuthbert had immigrated to the United States from Ireland in 1888 and eventually would meet his wife, Mary Carter. On December 24, 1914, they would welcome their first and only child, naming her after her mother. They lived their lives in Suffolk, Massachusetts; it is here that Mary would attend high school for all four years and work as a bookkeeper and cashier after graduation.
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Harry Nelson Jr. had just celebrated his fifteenth birthday when he got the best present of all, a little sister. Pauline Vonda Nelson was born on March 3, 1934, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Harry Sr. and Dorothy Nelson.
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In 1942, Dorothy L. Starbuck joined the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and was stationed at Lowry Army Airfield in Colorado. There she acted as a commanding officer to a company of photo analysts. The creation of WAAC was a defining moment in gender roles in the United States. Women worked in hundreds of fields, like military intelligence and cryptography.
Read MoreMadeliene enlisted in the Navy, serving in the Navy Nurse Corps at the Great Lakes Naval Hospital until her discharge as Ensign in the naval reserve in 1951. In 1941, there were only 1,700 nurses in the navy. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, their numbers increased greatly and by 1945, there were over 11,000 nurses in the navy
Read MoreAway from frontlines or combat zones, the day-to-day operations of any military are supported by a bedrock of administrative and logistical personnel. While their actions are oftentimes not recognized in the same manner as combat troops, they nonetheless form a critical component of the Armed Forces.
Read MoreAs the blowing winds of change swept the nation in the early twentieth century, the suffrage movement demanded women be given the right to vote, in addition to other fundamental human rights.
Read MoreA Second Lieutenant in the U.S Army Nurse Corps, Ruth Nelson (née Kentta) spent her life caring for others, first as a nurse in the U.S Army, an administrator in a Denver hospital, and a school nurse in the Denver Public Schools, while taking care of her family as a mother and grandmother.
Read MoreWorld War II broke out and Lou knew she could not be idle and watch her country move forward without her. She joined the army and was sworn in as a Second Lieutenant Army Nurse before she was shipped overseas to join the 95th General Hospital in England.
Read MoreEileen Roth enlisted in the Navy on March 30, 1973 when she was 21 years old. She served as an enlisted hospital corpsman. Hospital corpsmen work with the United States Navy and Marine Corps as the primary medical caregivers to fleets and Marines.
Read MoreWomen who were nurses in Vietnam treated a variety of patients. Aside from tending to soldiers, they also treated Vietnamese prisoners of war and civilians. For the American soldiers, women acted as more than just nurses.
Read MoreJane was extremely successful in her military career, but it was not without difficulties. She served as an intelligence officer at the tail-end of the Korean War and all throughout the Vietnam War.
Read MoreMariah Ann Barton was the first and only female to have worked as a rescue swimmer on the USS Abraham Lincoln, where she served as a Combat Search and Rescue petty officer, third class.
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