Harrington Mary

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Mary Harrington is honored on the following 2 monument(s) in our database:

Angels of Bataan and Corregidor � Army & Navy Nurse Memorial

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

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Mary Harrington

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Ensign

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0000-00-00

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Mary Harrington was one of the "Angels of Bataan and Corregidor� � the US Army and Navy Nurse Corps women who served in the Battle of the Philippines in 1941-42. 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 nurses in various POW camps until they were finally liberated in February 1945.