Martha Raye set 1 of 10

About this set

Martha Raye's work with USO tours is well known. However, her time in Vietnam was special. At an Army hospital, she saw how overworked the nurses were. Being a qualified nurse herself, she stood in for several OR nurses in turn, assisting surgeons during surgery. In 1993, President Clinton awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom. As an honorary Marine Colonel, upon her death in 1994, she was buried with full military honors.