War: World War II Branch: Army Nurse Corps Unit: Third Auxiliary Surgical Group Highest Rank: 1st Lieutenant D.O.B. November 2, 1912 Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan Citations/Medals: Meritorius Unit Badge; American Theatre Ribbon; EAME Theatre Ribbon; Bronze Battle Stars; five Overseas Bars; and Victory Medal
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Mildred MacGregor was born November 2nd, 1912 in Detroit, Michigan. After graduation from Hamtramick High School in 1931, she got her Registered Nurse Degree from St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1934. She did Private Nursing Duty for eight years at the University of Michigan and St. Joseph Mercy Hospitals until World War II was declared on December 7, 1941. Mildred joined the United States Army Nurse Corp on October 30, 1942 and went overseas on December 7, 1942.
She served with the Third Auxiliary Surgical Group, a new experiment in war to operate close to the front line, as a surgical nurse to save severely wounded soldiers who might not otherwise survive. She served in the Tunisian, Sicilian, Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe Campaigns. She was discharged in February of 1946.
Her decorations and citations include: Meritorious Unit Badge, American Theatre Ribbon, EAME Theatre Ribbon w/one Silver Battle Star and two Bronze Battle Stars, five Overseas Service Bars, and the Victory Medal. ASR score on September 2, 1945, was 102.
