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1st Lt. Rita G. Palmer of Hampton

Army Nurse Corps

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1st. Lt. Rita G. Palmer James
Feb. 23, 1918 - Feb. 14, 2002

  1. Photo of Rita and her brother Ansell Palmer in High School

  2. Graduating class of 1936, Hampton Academy & High School

  3. Rita Palmer and her Nursing Class, 1939

  4. Season's Greetings From The Philippines
    A Christmas Card was sent on November 27, 1941
    from the Philippines by Rita Palmer to
    Mr & Mrs. Charles H. Palmer

  5. Flag Service Sunday Attended By Hundreds
    Hampton Union, February 18, 1943

  6. Bataan Nurses Reach Washington On Way Home
    The Hampton Union &
    Rockingham County Gazette
    Thursday, February 1945

  7. Hampton Nurse Tells Of Life In Prison Camp
    The Hampton Union &
    Rockingham County Gazette
    February 1945

  8. 1st. Lt. Rita G. Palmer's Itinerary
    9. From Camp Edwards, Mass., March 3, 1941
    to Liberation on February 3, 1945.

  9. 2nd Lt. Rita G. Palmer, Liberated By Yank Army
    The Hampton Union & Rockingham County Gazette
    February 14, 1945

  10. Hampton Plans For Rita's Return
    The Hampton Union & Rockingham County Gazette
    March 3, 1945

  11. Recruiting
    Lt. Rita G. Palmer & Lt. Helen Cassiani, ANC
    Hampton Union, May 3, 1945

  12. Three Years In A Prison Camp
    The Hampton Union & Rockingham County Gazette
    May 10, 1945

  13. Separation Record of Rita Glidden Palmer
    14. b: February 23, 1918 - d: February 14, 2002

  14. A Tribute To Rita Palmer
    February 23, 1918 - February 14, 2002
    WWII Prisoner of War For 3 Years

  15. Angels At Bataan
    Manchester Union Leader, June 13, 1999

  16. 'It Was Terrible'
    Hampton Union, May 30, 2000

  17. Service of Remembrance & Thanksgiving for the Life of Rita Palmer James
    First Congregational Church of Hampton -- March 2, 2002 -- 1:00 PM

  18. Nursing Memories
    19. Hampton Union, February 20, 2004

  19. Remembering Rita
    20. Atlantic News, February 26, 2004

  20. 1936 Graduation photographs of four of Rita's classmates:
    21. Eleanor Marie (Palmer) [Dennett] Young
    Alta Abigail (Gillmore) Kimball
    Margaret Thisbe (Noyes) Lovett
    Francis Rolly Nownes

  21. Army Nurse Survived Horrors In Far East
    22. The Portsmouth Herald, November 11, 1993

  22. Obituary for Rita Palmer James
    February 23, 1918 - February 14, 2002
    WWII Prisoner of War For 3 Years
    Atlantic News, February 21, 2002

  23. Just A Girl From Hampton
    The Hampton Union
    , October 26, 2007



This "Tribute to Rita G. Palmer"
was presented to
Ansell W. Palmer
compliments of the
Lane Memorial Library
Hampton, New Hampshire.

{Compiled by John M. Holman,
Hampton History Volunteer}
- February 18, 2004 -