MARY MOEN IS IN AFRICA
Safe arrival in North Africa of Miss Mary Ross Moen, daughter of E. C. Moen of Onawa, Iowa, was announced Wednesday by the Red Cross.
Miss Moen, as a Red Cross clubmobile worker, will visit isolated outposts where American and Allied troops are stationed.
She is a graduate of Onawa High School and of Grinnell college. Before taking the Red Cross assignment, she was secretary to Dr. Isador Lubin, special assistant to President Roosevelt.
Source: The Des Moines Register, Saturday, March 13, 1943 (photo included)
IOWA NURSE WATCHES
A Red Cross nurse, Mary Ross Moen of Onawa, Ia., watches the heavy Allied bombardment of Cassino, Italy, as she sits on the top of rubble, on a nearby hill.
Source: The DesMoines Tribune, April 14, 1944 (photo included)
