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Ruby Bradley was born on 19 December, 1907 in Spencer, West Virginia, United States, is a Colonel Ruby Bradley was United States Army Nurse Corps officer. Discover Ruby Bradley's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 94 years old?

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Age 94 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 19 December, 1907
Birthday 19 December
Birthplace Spencer, West Virginia, United States
Date of death 28 May, 2002
Died Place Hazard, Kentucky, United States
Nationality United States

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1907

Colonel Ruby Bradley (December 19, 1907 – May 28, 2002) was a United States Army Nurse Corps officer, a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II, and one of the most decorated women in the United States military.

She was a native of Spencer, West Virginia but lived in Falls Church, Virginia, for over 50 years.

1934

Bradley entered the United States Army Nurse Corps as a surgical nurse in 1934.

1941

She was serving at Camp John Hay in the Philippines when she was captured by the Japanese army three weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

1943

In 1943, Bradley was moved to the Santo Tomas Internment Camp in Manila.

It was there that she and several other imprisoned nurses earned the title "Angels in Fatigues" from fellow captives.

For the next several months, she provided medical help to the prisoners and sought to feed starving children by shoving food into her pockets whenever she could, often going hungry herself.

As she lost weight, she used the room in her uniform for smuggling surgical equipment into the prisoner-of-war camp.

At the camp she assisted in 230 operations and helped to deliver 13 children.

1945

When United States troops captured the camp on February 3, 1945, Bradley weighed only 86 lb. She was then returned to the United States where she continued her career in the army.

1949

She received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California in 1949.

1950

In November 1950, during the Chinese counter-offensive, she refused to leave until she had loaded the sick and wounded onto a plane in Pyongyang while surrounded by 100,000 advancing Chinese soldiers.

She was able to jump aboard the plane just as her ambulance exploded from an enemy shell.

1951

In 1951, she was named Chief Nurse for the Eighth Army, where she supervised over 500 Army nurses throughout Korea.

1958

Bradley was promoted to the rank of colonel in 1958 and retired from the army in 1963

1963

After her retirement in 1963, she continued to work for 17 years as a civilian nurse supervisor in Roane County, West Virginia.

where she also bought a ranch near her family.

2000

Bradley was the subject of a February 23, 2000 NBC Nightly News report by Tom Brokaw about the forgotten heroes of the military.

Bradley died at the age of 94 due to natural causes and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

2002

After her death in 2002 Bradley was also the recipient of a memorial resolution, drafted by Congressman Joe Baca of California, regarding her exemplary service to this nation.

Bradley's military record included 19 separate decorations, medals and ribbons.

These included:

2017

Bradley served in the Korean War as Chief Nurse for the 171st Evacuation Hospital.