To quote G.P. Cox of the Pacific Paratrooper blog,
“Lieutenant LeBeau completed about one year at the hospital in Liege and then was on her way home. She was discharged at Des Moines, Iowa in February 1946.
She was awarded three bronze stars – for the Rhineland, Northern France, and the Battle of the Bulge. The government of Belgium also presented her and others of their unit with special medals. Those, however, would not be the end of many special awards for the girl from Promise, South Dakota.”
Please continue reading at the link below to find out more about this inspirational woman!
Source: A WWII Native American Nurse in the ETO – Intermission Story (15)
Of course I went over, read, liked and Tweeted from the blog. Awesome!
How wonderful!! Thank you <3
I’ve got shivers from reading that. I’m so proud of her.
And if you read G.P.’s comment here, he says she’s still with us at a beautiful 97 years of age <3
I did read that. <3 She earned her full and long life! Much gratitude and love to her, and Thank you to G.P.!!! :star:
Yes and Yes!! <3
I LOVE GPs blog, Christy. I am only now reading his post on the contributions of Black Soldiers, so I’ll check this out when I get to the end of that one.
xx,
mgh
(Madelyn Griffith-Haynie)
ADD/EFD Coach Training Field founder; ADD Coaching co-founder
“It takes a village to educate a world!”
Thank you for sharing this with your readers. At 97 and still helping people, she is a role model for us all!!
Yes, indeed! My pleasure to reblog as it is motivating ~ and thank you again for sharing her story. Love knowing she’s still here with us xx
Madelyne almost missed it and she said to thank you for bringing it to her attention.
Oh how sweet ~ You both have amazing blogs! Thank you for relaying her message to me xx
No problem, I feel the same way about you two.