Cook, Cordelia E. (1919–1996)
Cook, Cordelia E. (1919–1996)
American combat nurse. Name variations: Cordelia E. Fillmore. Born Mar 7, 1919, in Fort Thomas, Kentucky; died June 19, 1996, in Columbus, Ohio; m. Harold E. Fillmore (US Army captain).
Made 1st lieutenant in Army Nurse Corps; during WWII, nursed wounded soldiers in Italy at a field hospital, which was bombed (1943); was one of the 1st women to receive Bronze Star; injured by artillery fire (1944), received Purple Heart.
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