A Remarkable Life Interrupted...
Grace Elizabeth Trout (1918-1946) was born 10 Sep 1918 in Seven Valleys, York, PA, the daughter of George William Trout (1893-1983) and Sadie M. Buchmyer (1895-1979), both of Glen Rock, York, PA.
After graduating from Glen Rock High School in 1935, Grace was accepted for a three-year training program at the Union Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Baltimore, where she graduated 1 Feb 1940, having maintained her "first-in-class" standing during all three years of attendance. Upon graduation, Grace immediately received a nursing appointment from the highly-prestigious Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore and placed in charge of their psychiatric ward.
With the coming of World War II, Grace accepted a commission as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps on 5 Jul 1941, and was soon assigned to the "61st Surgical Hospital," which was later re-designated as the "93rd Evacuation Hospital (Motorized)" on 20 Aug 1942. On 15 Apr 1943, the "93rd Evac" set sail from New York Harbor aboard the USS Mariposa, with a first assignment in Morocco, North Africa, with continuing re-deployments following ongoing combat operations during the North Africa campaign. Next it was an amphibious landing in Sicily (Operation Husky – 13 July 1943), then participation in the Invasion of Italy (including the amphibious landings at Anzio), followed by combat operations in France, and finally serving very near the front lines along the Rhine River in Germany.
In recognition of her truly extraordinary performance as a combat nurse in Sicily and then Italy, (then) 1st Lt. Grace E. Trout was awarded the "Bronze Star" Medal. She also earned a number of other prestigious decorations, to include the "European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign" medal with (7) battle stars, as well as a "Bronze Arrowhead" device, in recognition of her participation in (4) amphibious assault landings. Her (30) months overseas combat service with the "93rd Evac" included being attached at various times to General Clark's Fifth Army, General Patton's Third Army, and General Hatch's Seventh Army. Wherever the action was, she and her fellow doctors and nurses were there and very near the front lines.
Capt. Grace Elizabeth Trout, U.S. Army Nurse Corps, was discharged on 25 Jan 1946, and as a highly-exprienced combat trauma nurse, almost immediately entered pre-medical school at the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky. Sadly, only 11th months later, Grace died unexpectedly on 12 Dec 1946 from Idiopathic Hypoglycemia at the very young age of only 28 years old.
– One can only imagine how many hundreds, if not thousands of young soldier's lives were touched by this extraordinary young woman who had truly dedicated her life to psychiatric nursing, trauma nursing, and then to an emerging goal of becoming a full medical doctor.
(additional details and sourcing still pending)
Endnote: The "93rd Evac" went on to provide truly extraordinary service during the Korean War, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan – always near the combat, and always there for our wounded soldiers in need.
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– research by Craig H. Trout
Grace Elizabeth Trout (1918-1946) was born 10 Sep 1918 in Seven Valleys, York, PA, the daughter of George William Trout (1893-1983) and Sadie M. Buchmyer (1895-1979), both of Glen Rock, York, PA.
After graduating from Glen Rock High School in 1935, Grace was accepted for a three-year training program at the Union Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Baltimore, where she graduated 1 Feb 1940, having maintained her "first-in-class" standing during all three years of attendance. Upon graduation, Grace immediately received a nursing appointment from the highly-prestigious Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore and placed in charge of their psychiatric ward.
With the coming of World War II, Grace accepted a commission as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps on 5 Jul 1941, and was soon assigned to the "61st Surgical Hospital," which was later re-designated as the "93rd Evacuation Hospital (Motorized)" on 20 Aug 1942. On 15 Apr 1943, the "93rd Evac" set sail from New York Harbor aboard the USS Mariposa, with a first assignment in Morocco, North Africa, with continuing re-deployments following ongoing combat operations during the North Africa campaign. Next it was an amphibious landing in Sicily (Operation Husky – 13 July 1943), then participation in the Invasion of Italy (including the amphibious landings at Anzio), followed by combat operations in France, and finally serving very near the front lines along the Rhine River in Germany.
In recognition of her truly extraordinary performance as a combat nurse in Sicily and then Italy, (then) 1st Lt. Grace E. Trout was awarded the "Bronze Star" Medal. She also earned a number of other prestigious decorations, to include the "European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign" medal with (7) battle stars, as well as a "Bronze Arrowhead" device, in recognition of her participation in (4) amphibious assault landings. Her (30) months overseas combat service with the "93rd Evac" included being attached at various times to General Clark's Fifth Army, General Patton's Third Army, and General Hatch's Seventh Army. Wherever the action was, she and her fellow doctors and nurses were there and very near the front lines.
Capt. Grace Elizabeth Trout, U.S. Army Nurse Corps, was discharged on 25 Jan 1946, and as a highly-exprienced combat trauma nurse, almost immediately entered pre-medical school at the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky. Sadly, only 11th months later, Grace died unexpectedly on 12 Dec 1946 from Idiopathic Hypoglycemia at the very young age of only 28 years old.
– One can only imagine how many hundreds, if not thousands of young soldier's lives were touched by this extraordinary young woman who had truly dedicated her life to psychiatric nursing, trauma nursing, and then to an emerging goal of becoming a full medical doctor.
(additional details and sourcing still pending)
Endnote: The "93rd Evac" went on to provide truly extraordinary service during the Korean War, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan – always near the combat, and always there for our wounded soldiers in need.
= = =
– research by Craig H. Trout
A Remarkable Life Interrupted...
Grace Elizabeth Trout (1918-1946) was born 10 Sep 1918 in Seven Valleys, York, PA, the daughter of George William Trout (1893-1983) and Sadie M. Buchmyer (1895-1979), both of Glen Rock, York, PA.
After graduating from Glen Rock High School in 1935, Grace was accepted for a three-year training program at the Union Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Baltimore, where she graduated 1 Feb 1940, having maintained her "first-in-class" standing during all three years of attendance. Upon graduation, Grace immediately received a nursing appointment from the highly-prestigious Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore and placed in charge of their psychiatric ward.
With the coming of World War II, Grace accepted a commission as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps on 5 Jul 1941, and was soon assigned to the "61st Surgical Hospital," which was later re-designated as the "93rd Evacuation Hospital (Motorized)" on 20 Aug 1942. On 15 Apr 1943, the "93rd Evac" set sail from New York Harbor aboard the USS Mariposa, with a first assignment in Morocco, North Africa, with continuing re-deployments following ongoing combat operations during the North Africa campaign. Next it was an amphibious landing in Sicily (Operation Husky – 13 July 1943), then participation in the Invasion of Italy (including the amphibious landings at Anzio), followed by combat operations in France, and finally serving very near the front lines along the Rhine River in Germany.
In recognition of her truly extraordinary performance as a combat nurse in Sicily and then Italy, (then) 1st Lt. Grace E. Trout was awarded the "Bronze Star" Medal. She also earned a number of other prestigious decorations, to include the "European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign" medal with (7) battle stars, as well as a "Bronze Arrowhead" device, in recognition of her participation in (4) amphibious assault landings. Her (30) months overseas combat service with the "93rd Evac" included being attached at various times to General Clark's Fifth Army, General Patton's Third Army, and General Hatch's Seventh Army. Wherever the action was, she and her fellow doctors and nurses were there and very near the front lines.
Capt. Grace Elizabeth Trout, U.S. Army Nurse Corps, was discharged on 25 Jan 1946, and as a highly-exprienced combat trauma nurse, almost immediately entered pre-medical school at the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky. Sadly, only 11th months later, Grace died unexpectedly on 12 Dec 1946 from Idiopathic Hypoglycemia at the very young age of only 28 years old.
– One can only imagine how many hundreds, if not thousands of young soldier's lives were touched by this extraordinary young woman who had truly dedicated her life to psychiatric nursing, trauma nursing, and then to an emerging goal of becoming a full medical doctor.
(additional details and sourcing still pending)
Endnote: The "93rd Evac" went on to provide truly extraordinary service during the Korean War, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan – always near the combat, and always there for our wounded soldiers in need.
= = =
– research by Craig H. Trout
Grace Elizabeth Trout (1918-1946) was born 10 Sep 1918 in Seven Valleys, York, PA, the daughter of George William Trout (1893-1983) and Sadie M. Buchmyer (1895-1979), both of Glen Rock, York, PA.
After graduating from Glen Rock High School in 1935, Grace was accepted for a three-year training program at the Union Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Baltimore, where she graduated 1 Feb 1940, having maintained her "first-in-class" standing during all three years of attendance. Upon graduation, Grace immediately received a nursing appointment from the highly-prestigious Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore and placed in charge of their psychiatric ward.
With the coming of World War II, Grace accepted a commission as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps on 5 Jul 1941, and was soon assigned to the "61st Surgical Hospital," which was later re-designated as the "93rd Evacuation Hospital (Motorized)" on 20 Aug 1942. On 15 Apr 1943, the "93rd Evac" set sail from New York Harbor aboard the USS Mariposa, with a first assignment in Morocco, North Africa, with continuing re-deployments following ongoing combat operations during the North Africa campaign. Next it was an amphibious landing in Sicily (Operation Husky – 13 July 1943), then participation in the Invasion of Italy (including the amphibious landings at Anzio), followed by combat operations in France, and finally serving very near the front lines along the Rhine River in Germany.
In recognition of her truly extraordinary performance as a combat nurse in Sicily and then Italy, (then) 1st Lt. Grace E. Trout was awarded the "Bronze Star" Medal. She also earned a number of other prestigious decorations, to include the "European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign" medal with (7) battle stars, as well as a "Bronze Arrowhead" device, in recognition of her participation in (4) amphibious assault landings. Her (30) months overseas combat service with the "93rd Evac" included being attached at various times to General Clark's Fifth Army, General Patton's Third Army, and General Hatch's Seventh Army. Wherever the action was, she and her fellow doctors and nurses were there and very near the front lines.
Capt. Grace Elizabeth Trout, U.S. Army Nurse Corps, was discharged on 25 Jan 1946, and as a highly-exprienced combat trauma nurse, almost immediately entered pre-medical school at the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky. Sadly, only 11th months later, Grace died unexpectedly on 12 Dec 1946 from Idiopathic Hypoglycemia at the very young age of only 28 years old.
– One can only imagine how many hundreds, if not thousands of young soldier's lives were touched by this extraordinary young woman who had truly dedicated her life to psychiatric nursing, trauma nursing, and then to an emerging goal of becoming a full medical doctor.
(additional details and sourcing still pending)
Endnote: The "93rd Evac" went on to provide truly extraordinary service during the Korean War, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan – always near the combat, and always there for our wounded soldiers in need.
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– research by Craig H. Trout
Inscription
Grace E. (Trout), 1918-1946, Captain A.N.C., 93rd Evac. Hosp.
Gravesite Details
Shares headstone with her parents.
