Gov. Charlie Baker, lawmakers dedicate Cadet Nurse Corps plaque
Governor, lawmakers honor work of WWII nurses
William J. Dowd (wdowd@gannett.com)
Gov. Charlie Baker, R-Swampscott, and Sen. Joan Lovely and Rep. Paul Tucker, both Democrats from Salem, were among a select number of people who dedicated the new plaque.
Cadet Nurses Betty Beecher of Weymouth and Mary Maione of Hamilton, who served during World War II, were at the ceremony. This is an extraordinary story that brought us here today, not the larger story which is extraordinary enough which is what these women did, but how this came about, said Tucker.
The Asian American Women Who Fought to Make Their Mark in WWII
They worked as pilots, translators, guerrilla fighters and more.
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They worked as pilots, translators, guerrilla fighters and more.
Asian American women played a critical part in America’s war effort during World War II. Coming from diverse backgrounds including Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Filipino they served in important roles ranging from pilots and translators to factory workers and guerrilla fighters.
Yet they worked on behalf of a country that was far from welcoming. From the time of their arrival in the mid 19th century, people of Asian descent were denied basic citizenship and voting rights for at least a century. For Japanese American women hoping to contribute to the war effort, the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor ratcheted up barriers even further, as entire Japanese communities faced intense discrimination and incarceration in isolated prison camps. “For many, the impetus to serve came as a res
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Forum, Feb. 20: Granite Staters about to feel consequences
Published: 2/19/2021 10:00:14 PM
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Granite Staters about to feel consequences
Winners say “elections have consequences.” My party was not a winner this last time in New Hampshire, but rest assured, there will be consequences. With the Trumpian Republican Party in control of the state’s legislative, executive and judicial branches, the following things are about to happen:
■ A budget will pass that will severely downshift costs to the property tax, and onto the people who pay it.
■ Women’s reproductive rights will be dramatically restricted by passage of new, misogynistic legislation.
■ Public schooling, one of the core elements of a decent society, will receive blows from which it may not recover, while public funds will be transferred to private, religious and home schooling.
CONVERSATIONS: Canton woman used a guiding hand, healing heart as a Cadet Nurse, instructor
Linda Thomas
Faye Berzon spends most of her time these days inside her condominium apartment at the Orchard Cove Retirement Community in Canton. Wheelchair-bound, the former Sharon resident is surrounded by books, computer, photos of her late husband, Harry, awards and recognitions and mementos of her days as a nurse that began 77 years ago,
Her perfectly arranged hair, radiant unlined skin and stylish attire belie her 94 years.There is a softness – even a kind of sadness – in her eyes reflecting how nurses of today have been answering the call to wage a war against the COVID-19 pandemic a war that can only be described as one where wounds and disease took as many lives as bullets.