FRANCE HONORS VALIANT NUNS
News has come to the Sisters of St. Joseph in New Orleans that 17 members of their Order have been decorated with the highest honors of war by the -French : Government. The Sisters are in the very thick of the ■present conflict. They not only turned over their convent as a hospital to the Government, but went forth upon the field of battle to minister to the wounded and dying, and for unparalleled acts of bravery and heroism 17 of their. number have been cited in the report of the commanding officer and decorated by the Government. The Sisters have eight ambulances which are in constant touch with the battlefields and stations to which wounded are removed and sent thence to the hospitals.
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New Zealand Tablet, 31 October 1918, Page 32
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127FRANCE HONORS VALIANT NUNS New Zealand Tablet, 31 October 1918, Page 32
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