Biographies

Elise D. Grant

Elise Delores Grant was born November 13, 1921 in Sylvania, Georgia. Her hometown was Savannah, Georgia. According to a family member, she was a graduate of Savannah State University School of Nursing.

Marjorie Alice Franklin

According to the July 15,1946 station hospital roster, Marjorie A. Franklin was a first lieutenant and had separated from the service.

Mamie L. Frierson

Mamie L. Frierson was born on November 11, 1919 in South Carolina. She was a 1943 graduate of Saint Agnes Hospital School of Nursing in North Carolina. Second Lieutenant Mamie L. Frierson is reported as being on staff in the March 15, 1946 station hospital roster and was one of the five remaining nurses on […]

Susie A. Pinkley

2Lt Susie A. Pinkley was one of the five nurses left to close down nursing operations at TAAF.

Grace Scott

Second Lieutenant Grace Scott was one of the five nurses left at TAAF before its closing.

Ruth L. Carter

Second Lieutenant Ruth L. Carter was a surgical nurse at TAAF.

Mary E. Rickards

Second Lieutenant Mary E. Rickards was a surgical nurse on the base.

Alice M. Dunkley

Second Lieutenant Alice M. Dunkley arrived at TAAF with Irma Cameron and Mary Rickards.

Irma Cameron

Second Lieutenant Irma Cameron (Dryden) says she arrived at Tuskegee Army Air Field by train with Alice M. Dunkley and Mary Rickards. Cameron was an only child.

Louise Lomax

She was one of the last five nurses remaining on the Tuskegee Army Air base after it was designated for closing as reported in the roster for July 15, 1946.