Mrs. Frances Wallace O'Farrell, an Army nurse is pictured here. She is wearing a check patterned dress, hat, wristwatch, bracelet and a necklace. She is standing against a bare wall, facing front and smiling for the camera. As a member of the State University's hospital unit she followed the Texas flag ashore at Omaha Beach less than a month after D-Day. She was severely wounded when stepped on a land mine near Cannes, France, in May 1945, shortly after the end of the war in Europe. She is under treatment and fighting for recovery from 11 wounds and a broken leg. She wears the Purple Heart and two battle stars and was separated from service in January as a first lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps. She is a graduate of the Harris Memorial Methodist Hospital School of Nursing and plans to continue her studies for a degree in nursing education at Texas Christian University (TCU) this fall. Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram evening edition August 2, 1946.
Item: Mrs. W. W. O'Farrell
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Original image part of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. Identifier: AR406-6-389
Identifier: 20025582
Title: Mrs. W. W. O'Farrell
Description: Mrs. Frances Wallace O'Farrell, an Army nurse is pictured here. She is wearing a check patterned dress, hat, wristwatch, bracelet and a necklace. She is standing against a bare wall, facing front and smiling for the camera. As a member of the State University's hospital unit she followed the Texas flag ashore at Omaha Beach less than a month after D-Day. She was severely wounded when stepped on a land mine near Cannes, France, in May 1945, shortly after the end of the war in Europe. She is under treatment and fighting for recovery from 11 wounds and a broken leg. She wears the Purple Heart and two battle stars and was separated from service in January as a first lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps. She is a graduate of the Harris Memorial Methodist Hospital School of Nursing and plans to continue her studies for a degree in nursing education at Texas Christian University (TCU) this fall. Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram evening edition August 2, 1946.
Date Created: 1946-08-01
Coverage: 1940s
Category: Military, World Events
Subject Term: O'Farrell, W. W. (Mrs.), Nurses, Wounds & injuries, Mines (Weapons), War, World War, 1939-1945, D-Day National Remembrance Day, Military personnel, Military officers, Awards, Medals, Military decorations, Purple Heart, United States. Army Nurse Corps, Texas Christian University, Omaha Beach (France), Dresses, Jewelry, Bracelets, Necklaces, Pendants (Jewelry), Clocks & watches, Harris Memorial Methodist Hospital
Collection: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Type: Still Image
Format: JPG
Publisher: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Rights Holder: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
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Title: Mrs. W. W. O'Farrell
Description: Mrs. Frances Wallace O'Farrell, an Army nurse is pictured here. She is wearing a check patterned dress, hat, wristwatch, bracelet and a necklace. She is standing against a bare wall, facing front and smiling for the camera. As a member of the State University's hospital unit she followed the Texas flag ashore at Omaha Beach less than a month after D-Day. She was severely wounded when stepped on a land mine near Cannes, France, in May 1945, shortly after the end of the war in Europe. She is under treatment and fighting for recovery from 11 wounds and a broken leg. She wears the Purple Heart and two battle stars and was separated from service in January as a first lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps. She is a graduate of the Harris Memorial Methodist Hospital School of Nursing and plans to continue her studies for a degree in nursing education at Texas Christian University (TCU) this fall. Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram evening edition August 2, 1946.
Date Created: 1946-08-01
Coverage: 1940s
Category: Military, World Events
Subject Term: O'Farrell, W. W. (Mrs.), Nurses, Wounds & injuries, Mines (Weapons), War, World War, 1939-1945, D-Day National Remembrance Day, Military personnel, Military officers, Awards, Medals, Military decorations, Purple Heart, United States. Army Nurse Corps, Texas Christian University, Omaha Beach (France), Dresses, Jewelry, Bracelets, Necklaces, Pendants (Jewelry), Clocks & watches, Harris Memorial Methodist Hospital
Collection: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Type: Still Image
Format: JPG
Publisher: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Rights Holder: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
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