Evelyn Kennedy, United States Women’s Army Corps
After Kennedy was inducted to the Women’s Army Corps, she left Fort Wayne in Detroit and was sent to Fort McClellan, Alabama, to complete her basic training. When Kennedy made her way to basic training she was the only African American woman to arrive at Fort McClellan in her group. Kennedy was able to quickly…
1st Lieutenant Aleda Lutz
Aleda Lutz was born in Freeland, Michigan in 1915. She graduated from the Saginaw General Hospital School of Nursing in 1937. Lutz volunteered for the Army Nurse Corps in 1942. Initial assignment was at the Selfridge Field station hospital in Mount Clemens, Michigan. She then became an Air Evacuation Nurse with the 802nd Medical Air…