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Laura Mae Cobb (May 11, 1892 – September 27, 1981) was a member of the United States Navy Nurse Corps who served during World War II. She received numerous decorations for her actions as a POW of the Japanese, during which she continued to serve as chief nurse for eleven other imprisoned Navy nurses—known as the "Sacred Twelve" that were captured in Manila, some 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 months before Bataan and Corregidor fell to the Japanese. She retired from the Nurse Corps as a lieutenant commander in 1947.
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Laura Mae Cobb (May 11, 1892 – September 27, 1981) was a member of the United States Navy Nurse Corps who served during World War II. She received numerous decorations for her actions as a POW of the Japanese, during which she continued to serve as chief nurse for eleven other imprisoned Navy nurses—known as the "Sacred Twelve" that were captured in Manila, some 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 months before Bataan and Corregidor fell to the Japanese. She retired from the Nurse Corps as a lieutenant commander in 1947.
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