First Lieutenant Mary E. Ray served in the United States Army Nurse Corps during the Second World War. She landed with troops in Belfast on 26th January 1942.
First-Lieutenant
First Lieutenant Mary E. Ray served in the United States Army Nurse Corps during the Second World War. She hailed from the U.S.A.
First Lieutenant Ray arrived in Northern Ireland on 26th January 1942 as part of the first contingent of American troops. She had 24 years’ service at the time, and commanded a group of nurses gathered from women’s training centres across America.