Monuments
Angels of Bataan and Corregidor – Army & Navy Nurse Memorial
Mt. Samat U.S. Army and Navy Nurse Corps Plaque
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Mary Chapman Hayes
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Ensign
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United States Navy Nurse Corps
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0000-00-00
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Mary Chapman Hayes 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 died in 1970.