Article: WWII Red Cross Worker to be Buried at Arlington National Cemetery

News Advisory:

WHO: -- Jill McCaffrey, Red Cross National Chairman of Armed

Forces Emergency Services

-- Representatives from the United States Army

WHAT: The late Harriet Gowen, Red Cross worker during World War II, will be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.

WHERE: Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington, Va.

WHEN: Friday, Aug. 6

Media must check in at Memorial Gate (Main entrance Arlington National Cemetery) between 8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.

DETAILS: Harriet Gowen of Stillwater, Minn., was a Red Cross nurse who fulfilled her desire to help her country during World War II by working as a recreation specialist at a military hospital in New Guinea. Ms. Gowen was declared missing in 1945. ...

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