Ag Alkire

Charlotte Bambino — nicknames: “Bam” “Bambi”

After the War, Charlotte continued her studies in nursing, including a masters and PhD, and became a lecturer in the nursing school at University of California at San Francisco.

Pat Barry

Gert Brazil – Gertrude — In the 1990s, Gert made an audio recording of some of her recollections of her time in the 59th. Snippets from this recording are included in the sidebars of some of René’s posts.

Doris Clarke

Chris Colletti

Dottie Collins

Paulette Delpeche — Nicknames: “Polly,” “Del” or “Del Peche”

Mary Diffley – Chief Nurse

Sara Doss – nickname: “Sally”

Ann Dunn

Hope Eckland — nickname: “Ecky”

Charlotte Edelfson

Rosemark Fink

Irene Gallagher

Libby Gates

Frances Greer

Charlotte Johnson — nickname: “Johnie”

Vince Knotek

Eleanor Larsen

Liz Liss – Elizabeth

Katherine Magee — nickname: “Kay”

Lois McFarland – René’s girlfriend, then fiancée, then wife. Their marriage had to be kept a secret from the Army or Lois and René would have been assigned to different units. Nickname: “Spanky”

Lois was born on July 21, 1920 in Lodi, California. She passed away on October 13, 2004.

Dottie Merrill

Bertha Moore

Louise Moon

Louise Moon Miller

Martha Morris

Helen Nelson

Norma Picchi

Norma Picchi Bettencourt

Bette Holmes Richardson

Lorraine Thompson – nickname “Pidge”

Fran Trembley

Brenda Vencko