Marie Troup, RN Papers

Marie Troup was born in December 29, 1903. She graduated from the New York Hospital Training School for Nurses in 1926. After graduation, she continued to work at New York Hospital and spent two years as the Head Nurse in the Medical Ward. In 1932, she became the Supervisor at the Campbell Cottages (Convalescent Hospital for Children). In 1936, she went to the Nursing Bureau of Westchester.

In 1942, she was asked to be the Chief Nurse of the Ninth General Hospital, which included several doctors and nurses from New York Hospital and Cornell University Medical College. The Ninth General Hospital nurses received their basic training at Fort Devens, MA before being shipped out to the South Pacific. The Ninth General Hospital served in Brisbane Australia, Goodenough, New Guinea, Hollandria and Biak Islands. After the war, some of the personnel from the Ninth General Hospital stayed on at Okinawa Island where they treated the American POWs who had been held by the Japanese. She was discharged from military service in 1946.

After arriving home, she became the Director of the Medical Department at Macys where she worked until she retired. She died on December 27, 1985 just two days shy of her 82nd birthday.