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BROOKS-HELEN

HELEN  LOUISE BROOKS

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KEY WEST, FL 1976
Deceased 04/26/2013
Rate/Rank
CAPT (NC)
Service Branch
USNR 8/1944 - 8/1971
Born 09/20/1918
LOWELL, MA
EDIT THIS LOG PRINT LOG PRINT MEMORIES BLUE SCREEN
SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS
USNH PORTSMOUTH, VA * USNH F/E SUPPACT, DA NANG, VIETNAM
USNH, SAN DIEGO, CA * USNH YOKOSUKA, JAPAN
USNH, PENSACOLA, FL * COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY NYC (MA NURSING ADMIN)
NAVSTA HOSPITAL, ROYAL NETHERLANDS MARINE CORPS, NC
USNH, OAKLAND, CA * USNH USS CONSOLATION AH-15 KOREA
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
LEGION OF MERIT (VIETNAM) * AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL
VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL * VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL
NAVAL RESERVE MEDAL * WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL
KOREAN SERVICE MEDAL W/4 STARS * UNITED NATIONSSERVICE MEDAL
NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION * NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDALW/ STAR
SERVICE MEMORIES

Excerpts from obituary published in San Diego Union-Tribune on 5/8/2013:

Helen Louise Brooks was born on September 20, 1918, in Lowell, Massachusetts.  Following attendance at Barlett Junior High and Lowell High School she attended Boston University and then Columbia University receiving her training as a nurse.  She joined the Navy Nurse Corps in August 1944 and served almost 30-years in supervisory and instructor positions during World War II, Korea and Vietnam.  During her service she was credited with rewriting the Navy nursing manual “Operating at Sea.”  Upon her retirement she established her home in San Diego, California.  She died in San Diego on April 26, 2013, and was buried with full military honors at Miramar National Cemetery in San Diego.

Submitted by CDR Roy A. Mosteller, USNR (Ret)