Rose Mary Walker

Submitted by admin on Tue, 06/23/2015 - 16:09

In January 1943, Rose Mary Walker left New Iberia for New Orleans, where she began training to be a nurse at the Hotel Dieu nursing school, and in July that year, was admitted into the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps. She was 18 years old. Although Walker never left New Orleans, she continued to serve as a Cadet Nurse until President Harry Truman dissolved the corps in 1948. Read more

Last Name in Nursing School: 
Walker
Email address: 
patrick.flanagan@iberianet.com
Relationship Status: 
Cadet Nurse
Volunteer: 
No
Deceased Cadet Nurse: 
No
Nursing School: 
Hotel Dieu Nursing School, New Orleans, Louisiana
Nursing School City: 
New Orleans
Nursing School State: 
Louisiana
Photo: 
Photo of Rose Mary Walker
Graduation Year: 
1946