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Call for Gold Medal Honors WWII Nurses' Sacrifice

11/12/2025

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A coalition urges Congress to award the Congressional Gold Medal to World War II nurses, including Alice Darrow, who is 106.
During the war, Army nurses expanded from fewer than 600 to 59,000.
Many nurses faced enemy fire and endured harsh prisoner of war conditions.
Legislation to award the medal is sponsored by Senators Tammy Baldwin and Elise Stefanik.
It has few cosponsors and only five WWII nurses remain alive.

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Story summary

A coalition urges Congress to award the Congressional Gold Medal to World War II nurses, including Alice Darrow, who is 106.
During the war, Army nurses expanded from fewer than 600 to 59,000.
Many nurses faced enemy fire and endured harsh prisoner of war conditions.
Legislation to award the medal is sponsored by Senators Tammy Baldwin and Elise Stefanik.
It has few cosponsors and only five WWII nurses remain alive.