Amid the chaos of WWII, 18-year-old soldiers often met their final moments in the arms of nurses like June Wandrey. She remembers one young man looking at her with hopeful eyes, asking, “How am I doing, nurse?” She kissed his forehead and replied, “You’re doing just fine, soldier.” He smiled, then took his last breath.
June carried those moments for the rest of her life. Across Africa, Sicily, Italy, France, and Germany, she served with courage and compassion. She earned eight battle stars, but her greatest honor was bringing peace to boys far from home.
She and her fellow nurses cried in silence, never letting the soldiers see their tears. Their sacrifice was not just in service, but in carrying grief the world would never fully know.