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WWII nurse Doris Howard, 101, returns to Palm Springs, where her career began 78 years ago


WWII nurse Doris Howard, 101, returns to Palm Springs, where her career began 78 years ago
It was June 1942 when Doris Howard stepped out into the desert for the first time. 
After serving three months at U.S. Army facility Camp Grant on the outskirts of Rockford, Illinois, the 22-year-old was one of the first nurses tasked with converting Palm Springs  star-studded, posh El Mirador Hotel into Torney General Hospital, a 1,600-bed hospital that would treat wounded soldiers until the end of the war in 1945. It also served Gen. George S. Patton s troops training in the desert for his North Africa Campaign. ....

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WWII nurse returns to where it all began 78 years ago


It was June 1942 when Doris Howard stepped out into the desert for the first time. 
After serving three months at U.S. Army facility Camp Grant on the outskirts of Rockford, Illinois, the 22-year-old
was one of the first nurses tasked with converting Palm Springs
 star-studded, posh El Mirador Hotel into Torney General Hospital, a 1,600-bed hospital that would treat wounded soldiers until the end of the war in 1945. It also served Gen. George S. Patton s troops training in the desert for his North Africa Campaign.
Little did she know it would just be the start of her World War II journey, where she would see foreign countries, survive a kamikaze attack and even garner five medals for her service in the liberation of the Philippines and in the South Seas, including 16 battle stars. ....

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