Biography on annie g fox purple heart
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December 7th is Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, when Americans commemorate the 1941 attack that brought the United States into World War II. The Japanese attack shocked a nation that had heretofore resisted entering foreign wars by bringing the conflict to its shores. Dozens of stories of heroism emerged after the attacks, including that of the inspiring courage of First Lieutenant Annie G. Fox (Army Nurse Corps), who received a Bronze Star for her actions. The Bronze Star, when awarded for bravery, it is the fourth-highest combat award of the US Armed Forces and the ninth highest military award in the order of precedence.
Lt. Fox was the Station Hospital’s Head Nurse at Hickam Field. The 30-bed hospital opened in November 1941, with six nurses. Lt. Monica E. Conter described the unit as “the happiest group of nurses anywhere, [under] the grandest chief nurse [Fox] who enjoys everything as much as we do.” Fox had joined the Army Nurse Corps in 1918, at the end of the First World
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Annie Fox (nurse)
Major Annie G. Fox | |
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| Born | (1893-08-04)August 4, 1893 East Pubnico, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Died | January 20, 1987(1987-01-20) (aged 93) San Mateo County, California, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Officer, US Army Nurse Corps |
Maj. Annie G. Fox (August 4, 1893 – January 20, 1987) was a Canadian-born American, the first woman to receive the Purple Heart for combat.[1] She served as the chief nurse in the Army Nurse Corps at Hickam Field during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 1941. At that time the awarding of the Purple Heart did not require the service member to be injured. The requirements were changed after the attack of Pearl Harbor and Fox (at the time, a Lieutenant) was then awarded the Bronze Star because she was not wounded in the attack.[2]
Pearl Harbor and Purple Heart
[edit]First Lieutenant Annie G. Fox was on duty at the time of the attack of the Japan
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Major Annie Gayton Fox United States Army Nurse Corps
Major Annie Gayton Fox United States Army sjuksköterska Date of Birth:August 4, 1893Place of Birth:Pubnico, Yarmouth Co., Nova ScotiaDate of Death: January 20, 1987Age 93Place of Death:San Francisco, California, United StatesCemetery: San Francisco National Cemetery
Major Annie Gayton FoxUS Army Nurse CorpsAugust 4, 1893 – January 20, 1987First woman to receive the Purple Heart in WWIIAnnie Fox was born August 4, 1893 in Pubnico, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, to Doctor Charles James Fox, MD, and Deidamia “Annie” (Gayton) Fox.Annie G. Fox was an officer in the US Army Nurse Corps. She served during the First World War from July 8, 1918 to July 14, 1920) and in the Second World War. Throughout the 1920’s and 30’s she served in New York, Fort Sam Houston in Texas, Fort Mason in San Diego, California, an