East Florence in Lauderdale County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Lt. Kathleen Dial Coile

City of Florence Walk of Honor

Photographed By Sandra Hughes Tidwell, March 26, 2023

1. Lt. Kathleen Dial Coile Marker

Inscription. Recipient of the Purple Heart and the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroics as a flight nurse with the U.S. Air Force in World War II, Lt. Coile disregarded her own crash injuries to save others.

Inducted 2021

City of Florence
Walk of Honor

Erected 2021.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: War, World II • Women. In addition, it is included in the Distinguished Service Cross/Navy Cross/Air Force Cross Recipients, the Military Order of the Purple Heart, and the Valor in Aerial Operations series lists. A significant historical date for this entry is June 10, 1944.

Location. 34° 48.413′ N, 87° 37.874′ W. Marker is in Florence, Alabama, in Lauderdale County. It is in East Florence. Marker is on Hightower Place. Beginning with marker one, this marker is on pole 1 right side. It is one of 18 poles each has four sides that is located behind the Marriott Hotel in River Heritage Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 10 Hightower Pl, Florence AL 35630, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Norbert Putman (here, next to this marker); General Arthur E. Brown, Jr. (here, next to this marker); Michael "Nick" Nichols (here, next to this marker); Ezra Lee Culver

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(here, next to this marker); John Thomas Bulls, Jr (here, next to this marker); Henry S. "Hank" Klibanoff (here, next to this marker); Natalie Chanin (a few steps from this marker); Oscar Stanton DePriest (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Florence.

Also see . . . Kathleen R. Dial (Military Times). Kathleen R. Dial

SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant (Nurse Corps) Kathleen R. Dial, United States Army Air Forces, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving as a Flight Nurse with the FIFTH Air Force, in the Southwest Pacific on 10 June 1944. Lieutenant Dial broke her hip, dislocated her shoulder, and suffered a concussion, when her aircraft crashed onto a New Guinea beach. Despite the injuries she directed the off-loading of patients until she collapsed.

(Submitted on March 26, 2023, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA.)

Credits. This page was last revised on April 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 26, 2023, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 126 times since then and 41 times this year. Last updated on March 31, 2023, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. Photo 1. submitted on March 26, 2023, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.