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Mary Palek Turner (b. 1930) of Linden, New Jersey, served as a nurse in the United States Air Force from 1952 to 1954. Mary Palek Turner was born in Williamstown, Pennsylvania in 1930 and raised in Linden, New Jersey. She graduated from high school in 1948 and enrolled in nursing school in Jersey City. After she completed the program in September 1951, she worked in a tuberculosis hospital. In 1952 she attended Wheaton College in Illinois, while working during the day at Chicago Presbyterian Hospital to help pay her tuition. When she realized she was unable to support herself through school, she was referred to an air force recruiter. Turner entered in the air force in the summer of 1952 and completed her basic training at Gunter Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama. She was [...] Read more
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