{"id":44749,"date":"2015-12-23T20:10:39","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T20:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=44749"},"modified":"2016-04-01T15:58:58","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T15:58:58","slug":"augusta-chiwy-forgotten-wartime-nurse-dies-at-94","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=44749","title":{"rendered":"Augusta Chiwy, \u2018Forgotten\u2019 Wartime Nurse, Dies at 94"},"content":{"rendered":"

Augusta Chiwy, \u2018Forgotten\u2019 Wartime Nurse, Dies at 94<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/a>
\n2015-08-25<\/p>\n

Sam Roberts<\/strong><\/a>, Urban Affairs Correspondent<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nAugusta Chiwy<\/a> was honored in 2011 for saving Americans during World War II<\/a>. Credit Eric Lalmand<\/a>\/European Pressphoto Agency<\/em> <\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Augusta Chiwy<\/a>, a Belgian nurse whose unsung bravery in saving countless American soldiers wounded in the Battle of the Bulge<\/a> was belatedly celebrated in 2011, died on Sunday near Brussels<\/a>. She was 94.<\/p>\n

Her death was confirmed by her biographer, Martin King<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ms. Chiwy (pronounced CHEE-wee) was mentioned in passing only as \u201cAnna,\u201d a black nurse from Congo<\/a>, in Stephen Ambrose\u2019s<\/a> book \u201cBand of Brothers.\u201d She was played by Rebecca Okot<\/a> in an episode of the television series based on the book<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It took Mr. King, a British military historian, to trace her to a retirement home near Brussels, overcome a condition called selective mutism<\/a>, which prevented her from speaking about her wartime experience, and finally identify her in a 2010 book published abroad titled \u201cThe Forgotten Nurse.\u201d His TV documentary \u201cSearching for Augusta: The Forgotten Angel of Bastogne<\/a>\u201d was released last year.<\/p>\n

As a result of Mr. King\u2019s efforts, 67 years after her battlefield heroism, Ms. Chiwy was awarded the Army\u2019s Civilian Award for Humanitarian Service<\/a> \u201cfor selfless service and bravery\u201d and knighted by the king of Belgium<\/a>…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nA book in 2010 about Ms. Chiwy’s experiences.<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

…Augusta Marie Chiwy was born on June 6, 1921, in a village near the Rwandan border that is now part of Burundi<\/a>. Her father, Henri, was a veterinarian from Belgium. Her mother was Congolese.<\/p>\n

Her father took her to Bastogne<\/a> when she was 9. She planned on becoming a teacher, but when the war began she turned to nursing.<\/p>\n

She married a Belgian soldier, Jacques Cornet, in 1950. They had two children, Alain and Christine, who survive her.<\/p>\n

She later worked in a hospital treating patients with spinal injuries. She rarely spoke about her wartime experience…<\/p>\n

Read the entire obituary here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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