Monuments
Angels of Bataan and Corregidor – Army & Navy Nurse Memorial
Mt. Samat U.S. Army and Navy Nurse Corps Plaque
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Anne Williams Clark
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Second Lieutenant
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United States Army Nurse Corps
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0000-00-00
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Anne Williams Clark was one of the "Angels of Bataan and Corregidor” – the US Army and Navy Nurse Corps women who served in the Battle of the Philippines in 1941-42. When Bataan and Corregidor fell, 11 Navy nurses, 66 army nurses, and 1 nurse-anesthetist were captured and imprisoned in and around Manila. They continued to serve as nurses in various POW camps until they were finally liberated in February 1945. She met Rush Clark after and got married. They settled in Australia but were divorced in 1970.