Sat, Sep 28
|Inn at Lost River
History Alive! Performance: Colonel Ruby Bradley
Colonel Bradley, a native of Spencer, WV, was the Army's most highly decorated nurse. A veteran of World War II and the Korean War, she was only the third woman in Army history to be promoted to the rank of Colonel. She earned 34 medals for her service during World War II and the Korean War.
Time & Location
Sep 28, 2024, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Inn at Lost River, 7015 WV-259, Lost City, WV 26810, USA
About the event
When Bradley retired from the U.S. Army in 1963 she was the most decorated woman in American military history. A native of Spencer, West Virginia, Bradley was captured by the Japanese in the Philippines in 1941 and was a POW until 1945. She continued her work as a nurse in the prison camp. She was named Chief Nurse for the Eighth Army in 1951 and supervised over 500 nurses in Korea. Bradley attained the rank of Colonel in 1958.
Portrayed by Becky Park of Charleston