Lt. Blanche Sigman, 1st Lt. Carrie Sheetz and Lt. Majorie Morrow, of the Army Nurse Corp, were killed on Feb. 7, 1944 when the 95th Evac Hospital at Anzio Beach was bombed. A few days later Lt. Gertrude Spelboug and Lt. La Verne Farquar were killed when the 33rd Field Hospital at Anzio was hit by artillery. Approximately 200 Army nurses took part in the Anzio campaign. Two of them were the first women to receive the Silver Star for meritorious duty. During the Anzio campaign they cared for 33,128 patients (10,809 battle casualties; 18,074 sick; 4,245 other injuries). Lt. Fern Wingerd, who was wounded when the 95th Evac was bombed recovered in time to be one of the first women to wade ashore with the 7th Army in southern France.
Marjorie G. Morrow Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Service # N-733475 95th Evacuation Hospital Entered the Service from: Iowa Died: 7-Feb-44 Buried at: Plot I Row 13 Grave 7 Sicily-Rome American Cemetery Nettuno, Italy Awards: Purple Heart http://www.abmc.gov/search/detailwwnew.php
