Gray Ladies graduating class

Description:	Group photograph of the Gray Ladies, 38 of whom received certificates at the Post Hospital of Camp Atterbury on July 1, 1943. (No. 120 A)The Gray Ladies, as they were called by wounded soldiers during World War I for the color of their uniforms, were American Red Cross volunteers who worked in American hospitals during times of war and disaster, most notably World War II. Appearing in the image (left to right): front row - Mary K. Hemphill (from Franklin, IN), Verne W. Vandivier (Franklin, IN), Colonel Welton M. Modisette (post commander), Colonel Charles S. Hendricks (camp surgeon), Lieutenant Colonel Royal G. Grossman (commanding officer, Post Hospital), Elizabeth J. Bardes (assistant field director,, Red Cross), Helen S. Carpenter (Columbus, IN), Earlyn H. Young (Columbus, IN), and Carrie E. Shuck (Franklin, IN); second row - Ruth F. Lentz (Franklin, IN), Carrie G. Banta (Franklin, IN), Maude T. Scott (Franklin, IN), Ella I. Overshiner (Columbus, IN), Pheriba W. Doeln (Edinburg, IN), Kathryn D. Ludlow (Columbus, IN), Lorene T. Powell (Columbus, IN), Lucy Brent Graham (Columbus, IN), and Vivian M. Beatty (Columbus, IN); third row - Hester B. Foulke (Columbus, IN), Virginia H. Hendricks (Franklin, IN), Katherine G. Dunn (Trafalgar, IN), Mary H. Vandivier (Franklin, IN), Ellen P. Andrews (Franklin, IN), Elizabeth F. Scott (Franklin, IN), Olive W. Core (Franklin, IN), Dorothy S. Baker (Columbus, IN), and Marie S. Reevers (Columbus, IN); fourth row - Maxine V. Dunlap (Columbus, IN), Josephine D. Davies (Edinburg, IN), Louise A. Farr (Edinburg, IN), Alice S. Hickey (Edinburg, IN), Mary Ann P. Hunter (Edinburg, IN), Georgiana M. Breeding (Edinburg, IN) Ruth H. Harris (Columbus, IN), and Lorene G. Essex (Columbus, IN). (Information from Camp Crier newspaper, July 9, 1943, p. 8.)
Origin:	1943-07-01
Created By:	Moriarty, William John, 1903-1978
Contributor(s):	United States. Army. Signal Corps
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll13/id/312
Collection:	Indiana State Library Photograph Collections
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
Copyright:	No Known Copyright
Geography:	Camp Atterbury, Indiana, United States
Subjects:	Camp Atterbury (Ind.) Photographs United States. Army World War, 1939-1945 world wars army bases army camps military bases military training camps commencements Gray Ladies (Organization) American Red Cross commanders officers soldiers military personnel women volunteers women men group portraits military buildings physicians surgeons

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