Lieutenant Mary L. Mayes

Creator

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Identifier

20027066

Description

After 27 months of service as an Army nurse in the Southwest Pacific, Lieutenant Mary L. Mayes is back in the United States, where she will be a patient at McCloskey General Hospital in Temple, Texas.. She is visiting Mrs. Mildred M. Lee while en route to see her mother, Mrs. Alice Mayes. Lieutenant Mayes enlisted in the Army in 1942 immediately after graduating from the City-County School of Nursing. In the Philippines, Mayes was in charge of the orthopedic ward of a hospital treating battle casualties. She is standing against a bare wall, wearing her military uniform and carrying a messenger bag.

Archival Date

1945-08-14

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-361

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Mayes, Mary L. (Lt.); United States. Army; Nurses; Military personnel; Military uniforms; McCloskey General Hospital; Lee, Mildred M. (Mrs.); Mayes, Alice (Mrs.); City-County Hospital School of Nursing