211495 2nd Lt. Rosemarie Nixon United States Army Medical Corps from:Philadelphia, PA Rosemarie Nixon was an Army nurse in the China-Burma-India Theater in World War II, she treated the wounded soldiers of the legendary Merrill's Marauders in World War II. A trained nurse, she enlisted in the Army in May 1941, and served until December 1945. She was on her way to India when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. She took it on herself to write letters home for soldiers who had lost the use of their hands.
Rosemarie, who attained the rank of second lieutenant, became disabled after a concussion caused by explosives and was treated at the Valley Forge Military Hospital when she returned to the U.S.
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