patients, including American soldiers who were building an
overland communication route to China, fighting the Japanese
in Burma and flying supplies over the Himalayan Mountains to
Chinese forces.
(4) In 1945, she was promoted to first lieutenant and
chose to remain on active duty after World War II when she
was assigned to Tilton General Hospital at Fort Dix, New
Jersey, as an operating room supervisor and later as head
nurse.
(5) In 1947, she was promoted to captain and
subsequently became the obstetrics supervisor at Valley Forge
General Hospital in Phoenixville.
(6) In 1950, after hostilities broke out in Korea, she
mobilized with the 4th Field Hospital at Fort Benning,
Georgia, where she participated in the notorious Inchon
Landing on September 15, 1950, and assisted the 4th Field
Hospital in caring for more than 25,000 patients.
(7) In May 1956, she reported for duty as head nurse of
the Emergency Room at Walter Reed General Hospital in
Washington, DC, where she was one of the private nurses to
care for President Dwight D. Eisenhower while he was
hospitalized there for 23 days after suffering an ileitis
attack.
(8) In 1958, she graduated from Columbia University
Teacher's College with a bachelor of science degree in
nursing education.
(9) In October 1960, she became chief nurse of the 11th
Evacuation Hospital in Pusan, South Korea.
(10) In September 1963, she was selected as Assistant
Chief of the Army Nurse Corps.
20180HB2688PN4141 - 2 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30