AT PURPLE HEART RECEPTION
Attending a reception sponsored by the Purple Heart committee of the seventh service command at Fort Des Moines post Friday are (from left) Corp. Omar L. Whaley of Bedford, Ia.,now a Schick General hospital patient; Juanita Faye Murphy of Scranton, Ia., WAC who has volunteered as a medical technician at Schick hospital, and Maj. Gen. Clarence H. Danielson, commanding general of the seventh service command.
Source: The DesMoines Register, February 10, 1945 (photo included)
Iowa Volunteers to Serve at Schick Hospital
Pictures with Governor Robert D. Blue in front of the statehouse Wednesday are Iowans who have enlisted as medical technicians in the WAC's Purple Heart platoon to serve at Schick General hospital, Clinton, Ia.
Front row (from left) are: Blue, Pvts. Lisbeth E. Atkinson, Marengo; Juanita Murphy, Scranton; Catherine M. McIntire, Rolfe; Grace Margaret Friel, Des Moines; Loretta T. Jensen. Fort Dodge; Barbara C. Russell, Nora Springs.
Second Row: Mae J. Qual, Cedar Rapids; Mary Grossman, Clinton; Margaret R. Rodriquez, Des Moines; Marjorie Dunlap, Fairfield; Frances N. Keeton, Davenport.
Top row: G. Dexter Curttright, Harlan; Marieta Quick, Donna Louise Krumm and Lois M. Hannusch, all of Cedar Rapids.
Source: The DesMoines Register, March 1, 1945 (photo included)
Juanita Faye Murphy Jackson Hurley was born Nov. 1, 1925 to Otto J. and Leota E. Wright Murphy. She was married to Lawrence H. Jackson and Charlie C. Hurley.
Source: ancestry.com
