Liz Richardson
Elizabeth Ann Richardson (1918–1945) was a volunteer for the American Red Cross who served in a Clubmobile serving coffee and doughnuts to US troops during the invasion of France in the Second World War. She was killed in a Piper Cub plane crash near Rouen[4] when flying to Paris in 1945 and is now one of the four women to be buried in the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial.[5][1][3][2] The other three women honored with burials there are African Americans who had served in the Army's unique 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, and been killed in a Jeep accident.[4]
Liz Richardson | |
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| Born | Elizabeth Ann Richardson June 8, 1918[1] |
| Died | July 25, 1945 (aged 27)[1] |
| Cause of death | crashed in an L-4 Grasshopper[1] |
| Burial place | Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial grave A-21-5[1] 49.360278°N 0.857222°W |
| Education | Mishawaka High School[2] |
| Alma mater | Milwaukee-Downer College[2] |
| Occupation | advertising[2] |
| Organization | American Red Cross[2] |
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| Awards | American Red Cross medal[1] |
References
- "Elizabeth Ann Richardson", Mémoire & Database
- James H. Madison (2007), "Wearing Lipstick to War", Prologue Magazine, 39 (3)
- James H. Madison (2007), Slinging Doughnuts for the Boys : An American Woman in World War II, Indiana University Press, ISBN 9780253350473
- Gritz, Jennie Rothenberg. "Message Received". Smithsonian (March 2023): 47.
- Julia Stringfellow (October 1, 2008), Elizabeth Richardson Exhibit, Lawrence University
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