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Army Nurse Killed in Action
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Head and shoulders 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.
1944
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W01446P
WHi 99328
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Army Nurse Identification Card
September 24, 1945
The identification card of Signe S. (Skott) Cooper, 1st Lt., ANC. (First Lieutenant, Army Nurse Corps.) The card was issued SEP 25 1945. Her photograph is on the left, name and signatures on the ri...
Hans and Clara Skott
October 1944
Full-length outdoor portrait of Hans and Clara Skott standing on the lawn in front of a brick building with white columns. Hans and Clara were the parents of Signe Skott Cooper.
Signe Skott Cooper
1945
Signe Skott Cooper stands outdoors posing near the corner of Ward B-7.
Letter to Mom
November 15, 1945
The first page of a letter home to her mother from Signe Skott Cooper on United States Armed Forces stationery.
Hans E. Skott on a Tractor
1946
Hans E. Skott demonstrates use of a tractor outdoors in a field. A line of Chinese farmers watch in the background. Two other men stand on the right.
