Monument Details

Mt. Samat U.S. Army and Navy Nurse Corps Plaque

Details:

On the wall of the mountain behind the Colonnade. This is the second among the seven plaques on the wall.

Plaque

A rectangular bronze plaque commemorating and listing the names of American military women who served during the Battle of Bataan. The text is inscribed in English in raised lettering. Over 100 names are listed on this plaque. A similar monument commemorating this women is located at the Corregidor Island Memorial Park. Here’s our page for the related memorial: www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=1427&MemID=1886.

Also known as the Angels of Bataan, these women were members of the United States Army Nurse Corps and the United States Navy Nurse Corps who were stationed in the Philippines at the outset of the Pacific War and served during the Battle of the Philippines (1941–1942). When Bataan and Corregidor fell, 11 navy nurses, 66 army nurses, and 1 nurse-anesthetist were captured and imprisoned in and around Manila. They continued to serve as a nursing unit while prisoners of war. After years of hardship, they were finally liberated in February 1945.

Monument Text:

TO THE ANGELS

IN HONOR OF THE VALIANT AMERICAN MILITARY WOMEN WHO GAVE SO MUCH OF THEMSELVES IN THE EARLY DAYS OF WORLD WAR II. THEY PROVIDED CARE AND COMFORT TO THE GALLANT DEFENDERS OF BATAAN AND CORREGIDOR. THEY LIVED ON A STARVATION DIET, SHARED THE BOMBING, STRAFING, SNIPING, SICKNESS AND DISEASE WHILE WORKING ENDLESS HOURS OF HEARTBREAKING DUTY. THESE NURSES ALWAYS HAD A SMILE, A TENDER TOUCH AND A KIND WORD FOR THEIR PATIENTS. THEY TRULY EARNED THE NAME_

"THE ANGELS OF BATAAN AND CORREGIDOR"

DEDICATED ON THIS 9TH DAY OF APRIL 1980

Capt Maude Davison Jackson	2nd Lt Adelle F. Forman	2nd Lt Mollie Petersen Ruf
1st Lt Florence McDonald	2nd Lt Eleanor M. Garen	2nd Lt Buelah Putman Robinson
1st Lt Gladys Mealor Giles	2nd Lt Helen Gardener Rozmus	2nd Lt Juanita Redmond Hipps
1st Lt Clara Mueller Fensch	2nd Lt Leona Gastinger Sutphin	2nd Lt Rose Rieper Meier
1st Lt Josephine Nesbut Davis	2nd Lt Marcia L. Gates	2nd Lt Mary J. Reppak
1st Lt Eleanor E. O’Neill	2nd Lt Nancy Gillahan Baker	2nd Lt Dorothy Scholl Arnold
1st Lt Edith Shacklette Haynes	2nd Lt Peggy Greenwalt Walcher	2nd Lt Mabel Stevens Fithian
2nd Lt Nina A. Aasen	2nd Lt Alfie Hann Powers	2nd Lt Ruth M. Straub
2nd Lt Catherine Acorn	2nd Lt Grace Hallman Matassarin	2nd Lt Ruth M. Straub
2nd Lt Earleen Allen Francis	2nd Lt Eunice C. Hatchitt	2nd Lt Helen Summers Campbell
2nd Lt Lourse Anschicks Prudhomme	2nd Lt Verna Wenson Hively	2nd Lt Ethel Thor Nelson
2nd Lt Phyllis Arnold Macobuggi	2nd Lt Hellen M. Hennessy	2nd Lt Madeline M. Ullom
2nd Lt Agnes D. Barre	2nd Lt Gwendolyn Henshaw Keiss	2nd Lt Beth Veley
2nd Lt Clara Bickford Bilello	2nd Lt Rosemary Hogan	2nd Lt Evelyn Whitlow Greenfield
2nd Lt Earlyn Black Harding	2nd Lt Willa Hook Suess	2nd Lt Anne Williams Clark
2nd Lt Blade Millett	2nd Lt Ressa Jenkins Curry	2nd Lt Lucy Wilson Jopling
2nd Lt Ruby B. Bradley	2nd Lt Geneva Jenskin	2nd Lt Edith Wimberly Patient
2nd Lt Kattie R. Brantley	2nd Lt Doris A. Kembe	2nd Lt Anne B. Wurtz
2nd Lt Minnie Breeze Stubbs	2nd Lt Imogene Kennedy Schmidt	2nd Lt Eunice F. Young
2nd Lt Mary Brown Menzies	2nd Lt Blanche Kimball	2nd Lt Alice Zwicker McAlevey
2nd Lt Myrna V. Burris	2nd Lt Eleanor O. Lee	2nd Lt Ruby Motley Armbrust
2nd Lt Beatrice E. Chambers	2nd Lt Harriett G. Lee	2nd Lt Vivian Shriver Thompson
2nd Lt Helen Cassiani Nestor	2nd Lt Frankie Lewey Jerrett	2nd Lt Brunetta Kuewlthan Gillet
2nd Lt Edith Corns Lloyd	2nd Lt Mary G. Lohr	Ltjg. Laura M. Cobb
2nd Lt Dorothea Balley Engel	2nd Lt Dorothy Ludow McCann	Ensign Ann A. Bernatitus
2nd Lt Mildred Dalton Manning	2nd Lt Winifred P. Madden	Ensign Mary Chapman Hayes
2nd Lt Mande Denson Williams	2nd Lt Inez McDonald Moor	Ensign Bertha Evans St.Pierre
2nd Lt Katherine Dollason Hannigan	2nd Lt Letha McHale Albrecht	Ensign Helen Gerlanski Hunter
2nd Lt Susan Downing Callacher	2nd Lt Hortense E. McKay	Ensign Marry Harrington
2nd Lt Sallie Durret Farmer	2nd Lt Adolpha M. Meyer	Ensign Margaret Nash
2nd Lt Bertha Dworsky Henderson	2nd Lt Mary L. Moultrie	Ensign Goldie O’Haver Merrill
2nd Lt Dorcas Easerling Kelley	2nd Lt Frances Nash Dumas	Ensign Elden E. Paige
2nd Lt Magdalena Eckmann Hewlett	2nd Lt Mary Jo Oberst	Ensign Susie Pitcher
2nd Lt Eula Fails Borneman	2nd Lt Rita Palmer James	Ensign Dorothy Still Terrell
2nd Lt Floramund Fullmeth Difford		Ensign Edwina Todd

WE ACKNOWLEDGE WITH DEEP APPRECIATION THE TWENTY PHILIPPINE NURSES WHO ASSISTED THEIR AMERICAN FRIENDS IN BOTH THE HOSPITALS OF BATAAN AND CORREGIDOR. THEIRS WAS A JOB WELL DONE. THEY WERE A CREDIT TO THE UNITED STATES AND THE PHILIPPINES.

Commemorates:

People:

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Mina A. Aasen

Catherine M. Acorn

Letha McHale Albrecht

Ruby Motley Armbrust

Dorothy Scholl Armold

Nancy Gillahan Baker

Ann Agnes Bernatitus

Clara Bickford Bilello

Eula Fails Borneman