Veteran's History Project - M. Winifred Johnston Nichols

M. Winifred Johnston Nichols

Lieutenant,

U.S. Navy

World War II – 1942-1945

Korea – 1951-1953

Editor's Note: This story is one of many American Veteran accounts published in The Sidney Sun-Telegraph. The writer, who is from Potter, is conducting the interviews as part of the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project.

In 1937, Winifred Johnston graduated from Beth El School of Nursing in Colorado Springs, Colo. The head of the school at that time insisted that the graduates give back to their country by registering with the Red Cross so that when emergencies happened, they could be availabl...