Lt. Betty Andres, 22, has reported for general nurse duty with Adm. Lord Louis Mountbatten's East Asia command headquarters, Kandy, Ceylon, according to word received by her mother, Mrs. Lola Andres. She will serve at the 131st station hospital there. Lieutenant Andres was a student nurse at University hospital Iowa City before entering army nurse service last February. She made the 12, 500 mile trip to Calcutta, India, by boat, and went by plane from there to Ceylon. A brother, Dale, is in the medical corps and another brother, Ralph, is in the air force.
Source: The Waterloo Courier, Waterloo, IA - September 21, 1945 (photo included)
