Eglin Air Force Base in Okaloosa County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Nurses Memorial

Air Force Armament Museum

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, April 16, 2023

1. Linda Whitenton, Nurses Memorial (front)

Inscription.

Nurses Memorial. Air Force Armament Museum. (front) Linda Whitenton MSN, RN 1946 - . With fifty years of nursing and training nurses, Linda Whitenton casts a long shadow. Countless health degree students and employees were educated as a result of her work designing and directing nursing and health care programs in private and academic sectors. Locally, Linda built and oversaw the Northwest Florida State College Associate Degree Nursing Program, Registered Nursing to Bachelor of Science Nursing Degree programs. Emergency Medical Technician, Paramedic, Radiography Dental Assisting and Surgical Technology Programs. Her love for learning enriched her career and continues to enrich health professional careers., (left side) Major Annie Gayton Fox 1893 - 1987. Fox served as an officer in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during the First World War and the Second World War. One month into her post as Chief Nurse, Hickman Field, Oahu, Hawaii. The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, “The Day That Lives In Infamy.” The shocking bombing raids resulted in overwhelming numbers of injured and burned personnel. Yet Fox served with a “calming professionalism.” As a result of her work she became the first female recipient of the Purple Heart and Bronze Star commendations., (right side) 1st Lieutenant Sharon Ann Lane 1943 - 1969. Joining the U.S. Army Nurse Corps Reserve 1968, Lane served in the 312th Evacuation Hospital in in Chu Lai Vietnamese in the surgical ICU and in the Vietnamese Ward June 1969, one month shy of her twenty sixth birthday, Lane was killed by a salvo of 122mm rockets fired by the Vietnam Cong on the hospital. Though one in eight American military nurses died while serving in Vietnam. Lane was the only American nurse killed as a direct result of hostile fire. Lane was awarded the Purple Heart, Bronze Star with “V” device and the Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm., (rear) Florence Nightingale OM RRC 1820 - 1910. Known as the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale managed and trained nurses during the Crimean War. Lovingly known as a “Ministering Angel” and “Lady With the Lamp,” as she made rounds for wounded soldiers throughout the nights pursing professional roles for the women who came after her time. She founded her nursing school, St. Thomas’ Hospital in London and authored “Notes On Nursing.” Her legacy elevated the nursing profession in recognition of her work nurses today recite the “Nightingale Pledge” aiming for devoted service while encouraging elevation in achievements.

(front) Linda Whitenton
MSN, RN
1946 - With fifty years of nursing and training nurses, Linda Whitenton casts a long shadow. Countless health degree students and employees were educated as a result of her work designing and directing nursing and health care programs in private and academic sectors. Locally, Linda built and oversaw the Northwest Florida State College Associate Degree Nursing Program, Registered Nursing to Bachelor of Science Nursing Degree programs. Emergency Medical Technician, Paramedic, Radiography Dental Assisting and Surgical Technology Programs. Her love for learning enriched her career and continues to enrich health professional careers.

(left side) Major
Annie Gayton Fox
1893 - 1987 Fox served as an officer in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during the First World War and the Second World War. One month into her post as Chief Nurse, Hickman Field, Oahu, Hawaii. The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, “The Day That Lives In Infamy.” The shocking bombing raids resulted in overwhelming numbers of injured and burned personnel. Yet Fox served with a “calming professionalism.” As a result of her work she became the first female recipient of the Purple Heart and Bronze Star commendations.

(right side) 1st Lieutenant
Sharon Ann Lane
1943 - 1969 Joining the U.S. Army Nurse Corps Reserve 1968, Lane served in the 312th Evacuation Hospital in in Chu Lai Vietnamese in the surgical ICU and in the Vietnamese Ward June 1969, one month shy of her twenty sixth birthday, Lane was killed by a salvo of 122mm rockets fired by the Vietnam Cong on the hospital. Though one in eight American military nurses died while serving in Vietnam. Lane was the only American nurse killed as a direct result of hostile fire. Lane was awarded the Purple Heart, Bronze Star with “V” device and the Vietnamese Gallantry

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(rear) Florence Nightingale
OM RRC
1820 - 1910 Known as the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale managed and trained nurses during the Crimean War. Lovingly known as a “Ministering Angel” and “Lady With the Lamp,” as she made rounds for wounded soldiers throughout the nights pursing professional roles for the women who came after her time. She founded her nursing school, St. Thomas’ Hospital in London and authored “Notes On Nursing.” Her legacy elevated the nursing profession in recognition of her work nurses today recite the “Nightingale Pledge” aiming for devoted service while encouraging elevation in achievements.

Erected by Air Force Armament Museum.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Military • Parks & Recreational Areas • Science & Medicine • Women.

Location. 30° 27.965′ N, 86° 33.668′ W. Memorial is in Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, in Okaloosa County. It can be reached from the intersection of Museum Drive and Pinchot Road (Florida Route 189). The memorial is within the grounds of the Air Force Armament Museum

Major Annie Gayton Fox, Nurses Memorial (left side) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, April 16, 2023

2. Major Annie Gayton Fox, Nurses Memorial (left side)

which is located outside the perimeter of Eglin Air Force Base. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 100 Museum Drive, Eglin AFB FL 32542, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is on the Florida Panhandle.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Combat Wounded Veterans (here, next to this marker); GBU-43/B MOAB (a few steps from this marker); Mac Baker (a few steps from this marker); Eglin Air Force Base (within shouting distance of this marker); O-2 Skymaster (within shouting distance of this marker); F-4 Phantom II (within shouting distance of this marker); Faithful Partner – Guardian of the Night (within

1st Lieutenant Sharon Ann Lane, Nurses Memorial (right side) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, April 16, 2023

3. 1st Lieutenant Sharon Ann Lane, Nurses Memorial (right side)

shouting distance of this marker); MIG-21 Fishbed (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Eglin Air Force Base.

Also see . . . Air Force Armament Museum. (Submitted on September 27, 2023, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)

Florence Nightingale, Nurses Memorial (rear) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, April 16, 2023

4. Florence Nightingale, Nurses Memorial (rear)

Credits. This page was last revised on June 23, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 27, 2023, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 296 times since then and 47 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 27, 2023, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.