Hagan, Constance E.

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Constance E. Hagan

Constance Eleanor Hagan was born on June 17, 1921, in Brooklyn, New York, to Constance Camilla Griffin and Peter Francis Hagan In Rye her family lived on 297 Rye Beach Avenue and were members of the Church of the Resurrection. Constance lived with her father Peter, her mother Constance, and her younger sister Betty. Her father had a high school education, and worked as a publication printer. Her mother had a high school education, and was a homemaker.

Constance was a proud member of the class of 1938. In high school she played for the J.V hockey team. She participated in numerous clubs, including the art club, drivers club, and stagecraft club. After high school, she received her college education at Kent University.

Constance enlisted in the US Army in October of 1943. She served with the Army Nurse Corps (ANC) and did her initial training at Walter Reade Hospital in Washington, DC

The U.S. Army Nurse Corps (ANC) underwent a massive expansion during World War II, growing from fewer than 1,000 nurses in 1941 to more than 59,000 by the war’s end.

These women served in every theater of the war, providing critical care at great personal risk, often just miles from the front lines. Constance treated the injured at Lawson Central Hospital in Chamblee, GA. She was physical therapist there from October 1, 1943 to the end of the war.

She would total over 30 years of service in The U.S. Army Nurse Corps, and achieved the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, before retiring from the service in March of 1973.

Constance Eleanor Hagan, of Honolulu, died on June 27, 1992. At the time of her death she was survived by her sister, Betty of New Jersey; and nephews; grandnieces and a grandnephew.

TRAINED AT WALTER REED, 1 YEAR. TREATED THE INJURED AT LAWSON CENTRAL HOSPITAL OCTOBER 1, 1943 TO END OF THE WAR. 2ND LIEUTENANT 10/1/43, 1ST LIEUTENANT 10/31/44. RETIRED FROM THE ARMY 3/31/73.