In honor of the beginning of Womens History Month, we would like to recognize Col. Ruby Bradley. Born on December 19, 1907
In honor of the beginning of Womens History Month, we would like to recognize Col. Ruby Bradley. Born on December 19, 1907, in Spencer, West Virginia, Ruby Bradley was an Army surgical nurse and veteran of World War II and Korean War. She was one of the most decorated women in the United States military, earning 34 medals and citations of bravery including two Legion of Merit medals, two Bronze Stars, a UN Korean Service Medal and the Florence Nightingale Medal from the International Red Cross. As a career Army nurse prior to World War II, Colonel Bradley served as the hospital administrator in Luzon in the Philippines in 1941, when the Japanese invaded, she and a doctor and fellow nurse hid in the hills, but three weeks later, she was captured by the Japanese army and held as a Prisoner of War for over three years. During that time, Bradley help treating fellow POWs, assisted in more than 230 major surgeries and delivered 13 babies. She would regularly smuggle food to hungry child