Obituary - Colonel Dorothy "Dottie" G. Crouch
Last Updated on Friday, 20 January 2012 13:37 Friday, 20 January 2012 13:19
Colonel Dorothy "Dottie" G. Crouch (USAFBSC, Ret), a resident of Air Force Village II and Freedom House, passed away Sunday, January 1, 2012. Dottie was born on March 24, 1920 in Norfolk, Virginia. She graduated from Women's College in Greensboro, NC with a BS in Physical Education and then taught school for more than a year.
Dottie entered the Army Air Corp and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant at Camp Atterburg, Indiana in 1945. Dottie went on to serve as a Physical Therapist in the Army Air Corp and then joined the USAF Biomedical Sciences Corp. She was promoted to Colonel in 1973. Her assignments included Newfoundland, Alaska, Philippines and Japan. Her military decorations included the Legion of Merit.
Colonel Crouch first met her late husband, Maj General Thomas Crouch in 1947 while she was a patient at Fitzsimmons with a broken leg and he was serving his residency for orthopedic surgery. They met again many years later at Randolph AFB and were married in 1972 in Alvin, Texas. They lived in Houston for 32 years before moving to AFVII in 2004. In retirement, Dottie took up golf and won tournaments as golf became her main hobby.
Dottie was preceded in death by her husband, Maj General Thomas Crouch and is survived by her step-son, James Crouch of Houston, Texas and step-daughter, Mary Lynn Spangler of Vanderpool, Texas. She was interred at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.
Seeking Female Veterans for Research Study
Monday, 15 August 2011 10:03
Surveying Women Veterans As They Grow Older
Women have served valiantly in various capacities during America's wars and conflicts since the Revolutionary War. The addition of a nursing auxiliary to the Army during the Spanish-American War marked the first formal establishment of women in the military, with women's roles growing ever since. World War II (WWII) was the first era in which women served in relatively large numbers and under full military status as part of the Women's Army Corps (WAC), the Navy's WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), the Marine Corps Women's Reserve, the Coast Guard Women's Reserve (known as SPARS, Semper Paratus--Always Ready) and the WASPS (Women Air Force Service Pilots). As of 2006, there were an estimated 149,000 living women veterans of WWII. Since WWII, women have continued to serve under full military status in the Korean Conflict, Vietnam War and increasingly in active combat duty since the 1990s. Only recently, however, has research begun to examine the wartime experiences of woman Veterans.
The Stress, Health, and Aging Research Project (SHARP) at the VA Boston Healthcare System is seeking female Veterans age 55 and older for a study examining the thoughts and feelings of aging Veterans related to their wartime experiences. Through this research, we are hoping to gain a better understanding of Veterans as they age and to be able to educate healthcare workers to provide the best possible care for our older Veterans. Participation includes a 20-minute telephone interview and a mail survey (about 70-80 minutes total). To date, over 150 Veterans have participated in the study. Any female Veteran aged 55 or older who is interested in participating may call our Project Coordinator, Anica Pless Kaiser, at 1-800-865-3384 ext. 45309.
AFWOA.org Has a New Look
Written by Linda Allen, Webmaster Friday, 23 July 2010 09:03
AFWOA is now using a free content management system called Joomla (www.joomla.org) for our website. Joomla produces a professional looking website that is easy to update.
A few people may experience problems when trying to access links on our website. If you use Internet Explorer and get a message that says "The address is not valid", you are running in Compatibility View. In IE8 click on "Page" in the toolbar in the upper right, then click on Compatibility View Settings. Remove tdw.org from the list of websites running in Compatibility View. The links should work okay then.
Access to the Members Only area of the website is now through the login form in the right column of the Front Page (home page). During our transition, you can access the existing Members Only area by clicking on the "LoginMember.html" link. If you are an AFWOA member and do not have a user name and password, send a request to the webmaster.
Major General Jeanne M. Holm, USAF (Retired)
Anyone who would like to send a commemorative tribute about Jeanne M. Holm, Major General, USAF, Retired, who died on Feb. 15, is invited to share memories, stories, experiences or thoughts on the impact of her historic role.
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