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Army Nurse Killed in Action



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Title: Army Nurse Killed in Action
Description: Portrait of Ellen G. Ainsworth, published in the Milwaukee Sentinel. She was an Army nurse killed in action on February 16th, 1944, at Anzio, Italy. She was the only Wisconsin military woman killed by hostile fire in a war in the 20th century and possibly earlier. She remained the only Wisconsin woman killed by hostile fire until 1991.

Image ID: 99328
Creator
Name: 		Unknown
City, State: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Collection
Name: 		Name File
Genre: Photographs
Additional
Information: 		Tom Mueller wrote about Ellen G. Ainsworth on Memorial Day in 1986. The article ran in the Milwaukee Sentinel. The picture was given to Tom by Ellen's sister.
Subjects: Hats
Uniforms
Nurses
War casualties
World War, 1939-1945
Portrait photography
Women
 

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