WWII Navy Nurse Corps officer and Bremerton resident feted on 102nd Birthday

One hundred and two years young...Anna Marie Cole, former Navy Nurse Corps officer who served during World War Two, received a few surprise visitors - and many well-wishes - on her birthday, July 1, 2022, as Capt. Patrick Fitzpatrick, Naval Hospital Bremerton director and Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton commanding officer, and Capt. Shawn Kase, Directorate of Nursing Service department head, both current Navy Nurse Corps officers, presented her with a letter of commendation citing her “exceptional service to the United States Navy Nurse Corps during the Second World War" (Official Navy photo by Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer).