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Scattered throughout the Hawaiian Islands in 1941 were the men and women who had traveled far from their North Dakota homes and joined the ranks of the Army, Navy and Marines.
Agnes Shurr was born near Glenburn, North Dakota in 1915 and grew up on a farm. She followed in her mother’s footsteps and became a nurse after studying at St. Joseph’s Hospital School of Nursing in Minot. Agnes worked at a hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, but in 1928 decided to join the Navy to see the world and earn more money.