Liz Richardson
Born
Elizabeth Ann Richardson

(1918-06-08)June 8, 1918[1]
Akron, Ohio[1]
DiedJuly 25, 1945(1945-07-25) (aged 27)[1]
Rouen[2]
Cause of deathcrashed in an L-4 Grasshopper[1]
Burial placeNormandy American Cemetery and Memorial grave A-21-5[1]
49°21′37″N 0°51′26″W / 49.360278°N 0.857222°W / 49.360278; -0.857222
EducationMishawaka High School[2]
Alma materMilwaukee-Downer College[2]
Occupationadvertising[2]
OrganizationAmerican Red Cross[2]
Parents
  • Charles Monroe Richardson[3]: 1  (father)
  • Henrietta Mehlbach Richardson[3]: 1  (mother)
AwardsAmerican Red Cross medal[1]

Elizabeth Ann Richardson (1918–1945) was a volunteer for the American Red Cross who served in a Clubmobile serving coffee and doughnuts to US troops during the invasion of France in the Second World War. She was killed in a Piper Cub plane crash near Rouen[4] when flying to Paris in 1945 and is now one of the four women to be buried in the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial.[5][1][3][2] The other three women honored with burials there are African Americans who had served in the Army's unique 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, and been killed in a Jeep accident.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Elizabeth Ann Richardson", Mémoire & Database
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 James H. Madison (2007), "Wearing Lipstick to War", Prologue Magazine, 39 (3)
  3. 1 2 3 James H. Madison (2007), Slinging Doughnuts for the Boys : An American Woman in World War II, Indiana University Press, ISBN 9780253350473
  4. 1 2 Gritz, Jennie Rothenberg. "Message Received". Smithsonian (March 2023): 47.
  5. ↑ Julia Stringfellow (October 1, 2008), Elizabeth Richardson Exhibit, Lawrence University


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