Army nurse keeps medals, memories of World War II (The Tole


Eighty-eight years old now, Elsie Perch of Rossford keeps mementos of her experiences near the battlefront in World War II between the pages of scrapbooks. There are many black-and-white photos of hospital tents and soldier friends, and dozens more of her female compatriots in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps, in which Mrs. Perch served from 1942 to 1945. And on a page with ribbons and medals ...

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