We lose another noteable WWII Veteran.

[fordboy628]

I am saddened to report that after a couple of years of very poor health and intense decline, we lost my mother-in-law on Sunday, 3/29/2015.

Second Lieutenant Carmen Maria Lozano Dumler was the first WAC to enlist directly from Puerto Rico.   Also one of the first WAC officers from Puerto Rico.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Lozano_Dumler

I guess when you have 4 pages on Wikipedia about you, multiple Wikipedia entries about your service unit and compatriots, 7 children, 11 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren and have lived to 93.5 years, you have had a pretty good life.   Survived by her husband of 69 years, Captain Joseph Dumler, OSS, (retired)

Final resting in Abraham Lincoln National V/A Cemetery.

Tom Brokaw is right.   They were the "Greatest Generation".

Mark

[tauruck]

Mark, my deepest sympathy. Sorry about your loss. God Rest her soul.

She's a very special lady and soldier.

God Bless you and your family.

Mike.

[Peter Jack]

Mark, my sincere condolences to you, your wife and her family. She was obviously a very special lady.

Pete

[Seldom Seen Slim]

May she rest in peace, Mark.  Nancy and I send our condolences to your entire family.  It sounds like she was a cool lady - and not afraid to stand in front of the line to help.  Thanks, ma'am.

[Stainless1]

Mark, my condolences to your family from our racing family.  Sounds like you had great in-laws and her husband knew she was a "keeper."  We should all be so lucky as to live a long and full life. 

[Plan B]

Great story about a very special lady.

May her sense of devotion and patriotism live forever.

God bless her soul and her family.

DonS

[jacksoni]

So sorry to hear, Mark. Our thoughts are with you and your family.

[Freud]

Not only did she contribute to our nation.

She contributed a wife to You.

Condolences for your loss.

FREUD

[manta22]

Mark;

My condolences as well.

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

[Kiwi Paul]

Mark.....Please add my Best Wishes and Sincere Condolences to the list. I buried my Mother a week ago in New Zealand,having lost her March 17th. Even though the `specs` may vary, we look on our parents,( and Mothers especially for us`fellas,) as Giants, almost Immortal. As it should be.....

[WOODY@DDLLC]

Mark, sorry to hear that! Looks like she was quite a lady!

Woody

[wobblywalrus]

Sorry to here this, Mark.  My condolences to you, your wife, and your father-in-law.  That generation did a good job.   

[fordboy628]

To all who have viewed this thread, and especially to those who have responded:

Thanks to you all for your kind thoughts and words.   Our whole family has been comforted by your compassionate & thoughtful responses.

She was indeed a special and selfless person, the likes of which, the family will not see again, for many a generation.

Kindest regards,
Mark

[velocity]

Carmen. . .

Vaya Con dios. . . .

You earned the trip and helped all of us baby boomers sleep unperturbed for decades.

We, the protected, will never really know what it mean to fight for freedom.

Muchos
Gracias

[Stan Back]

I believe some Baby Boomers made it to Viet Nam.  Whether that was a "Fight for Freedom", I'm not sure.