by Cindy Entriken | Mar 28, 2021 | 1st Marine Division, Army nurse, Australia, Guadalcanal, Women's History Month, WWII
a tribute to a U. S. Army nurse caring for sick Marines who fought on Guadalcanal. In honor of Women’s History Month, I’ve written a tribute to my great aunt, Ila Armsbury, a U. S. Army nurse assigned to the 155th Station Hospital at Camp Cable in...
by Cindy Entriken | Nov 10, 2020 | Army nurse, draft dodger, Ila's War, Nurse, poetry, WWII
For my Day 1 countdown, I thought I’d share some of Ila’s poetry with you — poems that were sprinkled throughout my cache of letters. I hope you enjoy reading them. Nick Fewings, Bournemouth, UK The poem below is the only one that was not part of the...
