Reader seeks recognition for World War II nurse who graduated in San Antonio
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Dorthy Jenkinson, seen in this 1941 Incarnate Word College yearbook photo, graduated from the Santa Rosa School of Nursing in downtown San Antonio in 1943. She joined the Army in 1944 and served through the end of World War II. She will turn 100 in December 2021.CourtesyShow MoreShow Less
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A 1937 stone marker designating the Santa Rosa School of Nursing stands next to the newly completely Children’s Hospital of San Antonio Emergency Room in February 2015. The School of Nursing building at Travis and Santa Rosa streets, which was last used for administrative offices, was torn down in 2001.William Luther /San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less