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WWII nurses who dodged bullets and saved lives deserve Congressional honor, lawmakers say
The proposed medal recognizes WWII nurses' courage under fire, with fewer than 4% of treated soldiers dying from wounds or disease, highlighting their critical role.
- On Nov. 11, a coalition of retired military nurses and others is campaigning to award the Congressional Gold Medal to WWII nurses; bills sponsored by U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik have eight and six cosponsors, needing 67 and 290 respectively.
- Before the war, U.S. Army nurses numbered fewer than 600 and Navy nurses 1,700; by war's end, those figures rose to 59,000 and 14,000 as nurses served under fire and sterilized without disposables.
- Alice Darrow recalls caring for a soldier wounded at Pearl Harbor who arrived with a bullet lodged in his heart; the couple kept the 7.7 mm bullet, which she donated to the Pearl Harbor National Memorial.
- Advocates fear time is running out to honor WWII nurses, with the coalition knowing of five still living, including Elsie Chin Yuen Seetoo, 107, who received a Congressional Gold Medal for her service.
- Their experience built the knowledge base for modern military medicine and exposed racial barriers with only 56 Black nurses allowed in 1941 and Japanese American applicants not accepted until 1943.
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East Bay Times106-year-old East Bay veteran battles for WWII nurses’ Congressional Gold Medal
By JANIE HAR, Associated Press DANVILLE — At age 106, Alice Darrow can clearly recall her days as a nurse during World War II, part of a pioneering group that dodged bullets as they hauled packs full of medical supplies and treated the burns and gunshot wounds of troops. Some nurses were killed by enemy fire. Others spent years as prisoners of war. Most returned home to quiet lives, receiving little recognition. RELATED: How the Bay Area’s last…
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