Ruth M. Gardiner

Second Lieutenant Ruth M. Gardiner (August 8, 1914 – July 26, 1943) was a nurse in the United States Army Nurse Corps, the first American nurse to lose her life in the line of duty during World War II. An Army hospital was named in her honor.

Ruth M. Gardiner

Second Lieutenant Ruth M. Gardiner (August 8, 1914 – July 26, 1943) was a nurse in the United States Army Nurse Corps, the first American nurse to lose her life in the line of duty during World War II. An Army hospital was named in her honor.