WWII Navy vet, born Nov 11, 1915. Participated in Okinawa, Ie Shima, Iwo Jima, New Guinea campaigns. Served as the ship's Chaplain while on the USS Ganymede, possibly the last to work as a full Chaplain in WWII
Native Rhode Islander, served 23 years as a Sister of Mercy in the Roman Catholic Church , earned a JD degree @ Boston University,First US woman elected a state Attorney General (1984) -Rhode Island-achieved many high profile convictions of Organized Crim