Photo of Lt. Velera Matson in uniform seated in chair

Photo of Lt. Velera Matson in uniform seated in chair

WWII
World War II
Army Nurse
Decatur, IL.

Herald and Review Library: Matson, Lt. Velera; Article on back of photo; "Lieut. Velera Matson, Army nurse, is home from Africa. she arrived on the A..idia Jan. 5, after four months of nursing duty in the hospital tents over there. On Wednesday morning of Jan 5, while bands played a welcome on the dock of an East coast port, wounded soldiers and eager nurses crowded the decks of the hospital ship to get a good look at the 'good old U.S.A.' - some for the first time in nearly two years, the nurse said. 'After all that we had seen overseas, and after several days on the water, we were all glad to be getting home. The sight of land and to know that the United States lay just behind those shores, was good.' the travelers had other feeling too, she added."

Herald and Review

Decatur, IL.

Decatur Public Library, Decatur, IL.

2/6/1944

Decatur Herald and Review

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World War II

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