An Army nurse from Ivanhoe – A | News, Sports, Jobs - Marshall Independent
Prairie Lives This year the world commemorates the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. We are remembering contributions of persons from our region, most of whom are no longer with us. During WWII the women serving in the Navy WAVES, the Coast Guard SPARS, the Marine Corps Women Reserves, and the women WASP pilots were all restricted from overseas service. But the 59,000 WWII-era Army nurses had no such restrictions and 32,500 served overseas. Let’s meet an Army nurse who served overseas. Ivanhoe’s Norma Jean Johnson was born in Ivanhoe in 1922 and attended public school, gradua...
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