Susie Josephine Pitcher was born on September 29, 1901. She served in the US Navy as an Ensign during World War II. She 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. Susie died on December 31, 1950 at the age of 49 and is now buried in the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA with the rank of Lieutenant Commander on her headstone.