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Frances Louise Downing Donovan

Frances Louise Donovan [2004] War: Korean War, 1950-1953 Branch: Army Unit: Army Nurse Corps; Air Force Nurse Corps Service Location: Korea Rank: First Lieutenant Place of Birth: FL

Frances L. Donovan served in the Army Nurse Corps and the Air Force Nurse Corps. She attended nursing school in Jacksonville, Florida and became a registered nurse. She became a 2nd Lieutenant after basic training. She was sent to Denver and Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, a tuberculosis hospital. The majority of her patients had contracted the disease from the Korean War. Dissatisfied with Army life, she got out of the service but a few years later enlisted in the Air Force, which she enjoyed for the travel. In France, she met an Air Force intelligence officer and they married. Donovan was discharged from the Air Force when she became pregnant.