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IN LOVING MEMORY
In loving memory of the nine military nurses and fifty six civilian women who died in Vietnam while serving their country. And to the only woman still listed as a POW/MIA, DR. ELANOR ARDEL VIETTI.
"...that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion, that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people by the people for the people shall not perish from the earth."
An estimated 11,500 American women served in Vietnam, about 90 percent of them as medical personnel. They saw and touched the awful wounds suffered by 300,000 American boys, excluding those who were killed.
Rosemary Hogan, Captain - Army Nurses Corps WW-II
Born May 12, 1912 at Walters, Oklahoma. Entered service August 1, 1936 at Fort Sill Oklahoma and served there until
1940. Captain Hogan served in the Asiatic Pacific Theater of War, and
participated in the battles of Bataan and Corregidor. She was held POW by the Japs from May 1942 to February 1945 and was wounded by shrapnel in the bombing of Hospital # One at Bataan, April 1942.
Decorations: Asiatic-Pacific Medal, Pre-Pearl Harbor Medal, Philippine
Liberation Medal, American Defense Medal, Purple Heart, Bronze Star,
Presidential Citation w/2 Oak Leaf Clusters, 6 Overseas Stripes.
NOTE:Captain Rosemary Hogan is one of the nurses that volunteered to stay
with the wounded American soldiers. They knew that they would be overrun,
captured and taken prisoner by the Japs but they would not leave the wounded.
She was wounded when taken prisoner, she survived the awesome ordeal of being a POW for three years. She returned to the states and was promoted to Colonel. Rosemary died in 1964 at the age of 52. I thank her for leaving me a free country to live in. If it were possible to talk to the wounded men she volunteered to stay and care for, they would say. Thank God for the women in the military.
These wounded men were Hogan's Heros. She definitely was their Hero.
Our freedom was paid for with a tremendous price. Women paid a big part of the cost.
God Bless America.
Boyd Fallwell
2nd LT. PAMELA D. DONOVAN
March 25, 1942 - July 8, 1968
85th Evac Hospital - Vietnam
The Women's Army Corps Museum is the only museum in the States dedicated to women in the military service! The 12,000 square foot museum is located 10 miles north of I-20 on Alabama Route 21, north of Anniston, Alabama, on Fort McClellan, the former home of the Women's Army Corps and site of the Women's Army Corps Memorial Chapel.
The half million dollar museum--financed entirely by donations from active duty, retired, and former members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and the Women's Army Corps, friends, and local civilian supporters--was given to the United States Army in 1978.
Listed below are Eleven Military Women of WW-II & Korea
Full Military Honors were given by Boyd Fallwell
~ IN LOVING MEMORY ~
LEONA MAE (Cardwell) GREER 1909 - 1994
Womens Army Corps WW-II. Full military honors were given December 22, 1994 at Washington Cemetery, Washington Oklahoma - by DAV Dept. of Oklahoma Honor Guard, Boyd Fallwell Commanding.
DORIS KAISER URIG 1924 - 1995
Womens Air Force WW-II. Full military honors were given January 12, 1995 at Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - by DAV Dept. of Oklahoma Honor Guard, Boyd Fallwell Commanding.
WILLIE MERLE GOFOURTH 1919 - 1995
Womens Army Corps WW-II. Full military honors were given February 27, 1995 at Resurrection Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - by DAV Dept. of Oklahoma Honor Guard, Boyd Fallwell Commanding.
SARAH JEAN WEATHERS 1921 - 1996
Womens Air Force WW-II. Sarah was awarded the Purple Heart Medal for wounds received by hostile action while engaging the enemy during WW-II. Full military honors were given April 24, 1995 at Resthaven Cemetery, Shawnee Oklahoma - by DAV Dept. of Oklahoma Honor Guard, Boyd Fallwell Commanding.
BETTY ANN BERBLINGER 1922 - 1996
U. S. Coast Guard SPAR WW-II. Full military honors were given April 10, 1996 at Waterloo Cemetery, Guthrie Oklahoma by Boyd Fallwell, Veterans of America Honor Guard.
JACQUELYN IRENE PICKEL 1919 - 1996
Womens Air Force WW-II. Full military honors were given December 15, 1996 at Abby Chapel, Rose Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, by Boyd Fallwell, Veterans of America Honor Guard.
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Irene's Personal Page
WINNIE MAE GIBSON 1918 - 1997
Womens Air Force WW-II. Full military honors were given February 24, 1997 at Arlington Memory Gardens, Oklahoma City, by Boyd Fallwell, Veterans of America Honor Guard.
MARY GOAD 1923 - 1997
Womens Army Corps Nurse WW-II. Full military honors were given January 6, 1998 at Resthaven Cemetery - Oklahoma City, by Boyd Fallwell & James Hawk, Veterans of America Honor Guard.
RUTH PIPKIN ROBERTS 1919 - 1998
Womens Army Corps WW-II. Full military honors were given August 3, 1998 at Little Cemetery - Seminole, Oklahoma, by Boyd Fallwell, Veterans of America Honor Guard.
BETTY JO MCCOWN 1931 - 1998
Womens Air Force Korea. Full military honors were given November 9, 1998 at Fall Cemetery - Norman, Oklahoma, by Boyd Fallwell, Veterans of America Honor Guard.
HILDA "JAKE" MATTHEWS 1912 - 2001
Womens Army Corps Nurse WW-II. Full military honors were given June 19, 2001 at Sunset Memorial Gardens, by Boyd Fallwell - Veterans of America Honor Guard.
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