COLLECTION NAME:
World War I Honor Roll
Record
Filename:
MCPL_WW1HR_61.jpg
Identifier:
MCPL_WW1HR_61
Title:
WWI Honor Roll Page 059
Creator:
C. W. Whiting
Subject:
World War -- 1914-1918
Subject:
Armed services
Subject:
Soldiers
Subject:
Nurses
Publisher:
McCracken County Public Library
Contributor:
Chas E. Smith, Editor
Contributor:
Billings Printing Co., Paducah, KY
Contributor:
Transcribed by Devin Cook
Date:
1919
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Image/JPG
Language:
English
Coverage:
McCracken County (KY)
Rights:
Public Domain
Text:
Miss Mary Guthrie Wheeler; Paducah, Kentucky; Entertainer; Born at Paducah, Ky., April 1, 1892; Daughter of Charles and Mamie Wheeler; Entered Service November 14, 1918; Stationed at Toul, France, as a singer in Hospital Hut Service of the Red Cross
Text:
Miss Cassandra Maxon Ware; Daugter of Robert Edward and Jessie Maxon Ware of Paducah. Was a student of Leland Stanford, Jr., University of California at Palo Alto, Cal., threey years and the University of California at Berkley two years, with degree of A. B. and M. A. Received appointment of Reconstruction Aid December 2, 1918. Assigned to U. S. General Hospital No. 10, Parker Hill. Boston, December 9, 1918, and to Walter Reed U. S. General Hospital, Washington, D. C. February 1, 1919.
Text:
Miss Elizabeth Strong; Paducah, Kentucky; Red Cross Nurse; Born at Hickman, Ky.; Daughter of Sneed and Virginia; Entered Service August, 1918; Was stationed at Base Hospital No. 83, Renegvy, France. Nursed French and American Soliders
Text:
Miss Cora L. Darrah; Paducah, Kentucky; Born in Iowa; Reported at Red Cross Headquarters, New York, September 12, 1918, for overseas service. Was stationed at Neuilly Hospital, near Paris. Volunteered to follow the Army of Occupation and was stationed at Coblenz, Germany, and nursed returning prisoners.
