July 11, 2022
WWII Navy Nurse Corps officer and Bremerton resident feted on 102nd Birthday
Naval Hospital Bremerton, Washington —
One hundred and two years young...Anna Marie Cole, former Navy Nurse Corps officer who served during World War Two, received a few surprise visitors - and many well-wishes - on her birthday, July 1, 2022, as Capt. Patrick Fitzpatrick, Naval Hospital Bremerton director and Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton commanding officer, and Capt. Shawn Kase, Chief Nursing Officer, both current Navy Nurse Corps officers, presented her with a letter of commendation citing her “exceptional service to the United States Navy Nurse Corps during the Second World War" (Official Navy photo by Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer).