“We were part of the VE Day Parade. They invited all of the troops—American British, French—to march in full uniform.” (Video Interview, 14:04)

Isabelle V. Cook

Isabelle Cedar Cook War: World War II, 1939-1946 Branch: Army Nurse Corps Unit: 3rd General Hospital Service Location: Fort Rucker, Alabama; Mateur, North Africa; Italy; France Highest Rank: First Lieutenant Place of Birth: Amityville, NY

Isabelle Cook had just graduated from the Mt. Sinai School of Nursing in New York City when war was declared in Europe. The Army asked Mt Sinai to plan a one thousand bed hospital for overseas service, and she signed up as a volunteer. She spent the next three years in Africa, Italy, and France. At war’s end she found herself in Aix-en-Provence, a French town celebrating the end of the war. Still, there were grim reminders of those citizens who had collaborated or fraternized with the Germans.