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Martha Garrett (1872-1948), of Webster, Iowa, served in the United States Army Nurse Corps during World War I. When the United States first entered the war, Garrett was ineligible for the Army Nurse Corps due to her age. That changed in January, 1918 when the age limit was increased to 45. Garrett was first stationed at Camp Devens, Massachusetts from 22nd March to 28th May, 1918. On July 12th she sailed to England on the U.S.S. Olympic and was assigned to the United States Base Hospital No. 29, in Tottenham on St. Anne's Road. Garrett was later assigned to the Base Hospital no. 69 at Savenay, France, and then to a camp hospital near St. Nazaire, France.