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"An eighteen year old boy was carried into the shock ward and he looks up at me trustingly asking, "How am I doing, nurse?" I just kissed his forehead and said, “You are doing just fine soldier." He smiled sweetly and said, "I was just checking." Then he died. We all cry in private, but not in front of the boys.... Never in front of the boys." —Nurse June Wandrey. June Wandrey Mann was a First Lieutenant in the US Army Nurse Corps during WW II. She was the author of "Bedpan Commando" an account of her military service in Africa, Sicily, Italy, France and Germand. She was awarded eight battle stars. This hero passed in 2005. May she rest in peace. #USMilitary #ww2 #Armynurses #Womeninhistory #Sheroes