American Navy nurse and POW during WWII (1914–2001)
Dorothy Still Danner |
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Dorothy Still Danner, from a 1992 publication of the U.S. Department of the Navy. |
Born | Dorothy Still November 29, 1914
Saginaw, Michigan, US |
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Died | June 16, 2001
Boise, Idaho, US |
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Other names | Dorothy Still Terrill (after second marriage) |
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Occupation(s) | Navy nurse in World War II, prisoner of war in the Philippines |
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Notable work | What a Way to Spend a War (memoir, 1995) |
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Dorothy Still Danner (November 29, 1914 – June 16, 2001) was an American Navy nurse in World War II, and, as a prisoner of war held by the Japanese from 1942 to 1945, one of the Twelve Anchors.[1]