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Remembering the Ladies
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Old Forge American Legion seeks to recognize female veterans
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From left: World War II Navy veteran Theresa Aulisio, Desert Storm veteran Paula Torwich and World War II and Korean War veteran Regina Saracino. American Legion Post No. 513 of Old Forge is seeking names and stories of female veterans as part of a national initiative.
by Stephanie Longo CNG EDITOR
For Regina Saracino of Old Forge, serving as a nurse in the United States Navy during both World War II and the Korean War was not just a duty, it was a privilege. “I finished school and worked in the silk mills and my sister-in-law suggested I go into nursing,” she recalled. “Then the war [World War II] came. I finished nursing school in 1944 and Roosevelt was asking for more nurses. He
was screaming for nurses — Franklin Roosevelt was something. That’s how I got enlisted. I was sent to Florida and worked as a nurse there until the war ended.” Saracino is one of three Old Forge female veterans that the borough’s American Legion Post No. 513 is seeking to honor as a part of a national initiative by the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation. As post commander Adam Chase explained, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has more than 63,000 female veterans but only 10,000
are registered with the Women Veterans Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. “The whole idea is to honor women veterans and what better way is there than to show people examples right from our community,” Chase said. “Through the decades, there have been various groups of veterans who have not had the recognition that they so rightly deserved. You will recall the African-American soldiers who served so well in World War II in Ple ase se e VET ERANS, Page 8
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