[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 81 (Tuesday, May 16, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1051]
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    TRIBUTE TO MARGARET STANFILL MOORE ORIGINALLY OF HAYTI, MISSOURI

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                           HON. BILL EMERSON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 16, 1995
  Mr. EMERSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Margaret 
Stanfill Moore, whose outstanding service as a nurse in World War II 
provided an invaluable role in several key battles, including the 
liberation of Europe.
  Margaret Stanfill Moore holds the distinct honor of being the first 
woman to set foot upon the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944. 
She followed the first wave of Allied troops ashore and immediately 
began ministering to wounded soldiers and paratroopers. Her work was 
crucial to saving the lives of Americans and our Allied friends.
  Not only did Lieutenant Stanfill heroically rush to the shores of 
Normandy, but she was also one of the first nurses on the scene in the 
North Africa campaign. After North Africa, she followed Allied troops 
into Sicily. Margaret bravely risked her life in some of the most 
important battles of World War II to save the lives of American and 
Allied troops.
  I am proud to boast that lieutenant Stanfill is from Hayti in the 
Eighth District of Missouri. The daughter of Mrs. Ola Stanfill, 
Margaret Stanfill Moore is a graduate of Hayti High School, Class of 
1930, where she was captain of the girls' basketball team and the 
county high school tennis singles champion. Following high school, 
Margaret entered Nurses Training at the Baptist Hospital in Memphis, 
TN. After spending a year in private practice, she joined the U.S. Army 
Nursing Corps.
  It is with honor that I recognize Margaret Stanfill Moore for her 
invaluable and outstanding service to our country. There is no more 
honorable an occupation than saving the lives of wounded American 
soldiers. The veterans of World War II thank her, I thank her, and 
America thanks her.


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