DAUGHTER ACCEPTS SILVER STAR HER WORLD WAR I NURSE MOTHER EARNED
August 01, 2007
August 01, 2007
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's American Forces Information Service issued the following press release:
By Fred W. Baker III
American Forces Press Service
While Army nurse Linnie Leckrone was patching up wounded soldiers in France on the front lines of World War I, she most likely wasn't thinking that her actions one day would merit the military's third-highest award for valor in the face of the enemy.
Lec . . .
By Fred W. Baker III
American Forces Press Service
While Army nurse Linnie Leckrone was patching up wounded soldiers in France on the front lines of World War I, she most likely wasn't thinking that her actions one day would merit the military's third-highest award for valor in the face of the enemy.
Lec . . .