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'I've lived a very good life': 100-year-old World War II nurse recalls the government program that started her career

By KSDK.com  
   November 12, 2024

Terry Jacoby is likely one of the few remaining women out of 120,000 from the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps who answered the call when her country needed her most.

From 1943-1945, Terry trained with the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps, which was a war-time program designed to take care of civilians at home and soldiers overseas.

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