ON HAND FOR HER FAMILIES PROUD
-- FAMILY PATH -- FAMILY PATH --
FAMILY’S PROUD MOMENT.
>> I AM HONORED.
I AM JUST HONORED TO DO THAT.
ED: IT IS A SPECIAL HONOR FOR
FIRST LIEUTENANT FRANCES MCCABE
OF YORK COUNTY.
SHE IS BEING RECOGNIZED AS A
LIVING LEGEND NEARLY 80 YEARS
AFTER SHE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY.
>> YOU LEARNED A LOT.
YOU LEARNED THE RULES.
ED: NOW AT 101 YEARS OLD, SHE
ACKNOWEDGED THE HONOR WITH A
SALUTE.
>> IT MAKES ME THINK I AM MO
IMPORTANT THAN I REALLY AM
THAT IS ALL I CAN REALLY SAY.
ED: THE WOMEN IN MILITARY
SERVICE FOR AMERICA MEMORIAL
RECOGNIZED MCCABE AS A TRAIL
BLAZER.
SHE SERVED IN THE WOMEN’S ARMY
CORPS DURING WORLD WAR II.
SHE WAS A FIRST LIEUTENANT AND
HAD AN ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE.
>> IT WAS RIGHT AFTER PEARL
HARBOR.
IT WAS REAL SCARY, BUT SHE
STEPPED FORWARD.
ED: AFTER THE WAR, MCCABE
RETURNED TO YORK COUNTY WITH HER
HUSBAND.
SHE WAS ACTIVE IN VOLUNTEERING
FOR THE Y AND OTHER GROUPS.
>> I WOULD SAY IT IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
VERY IMPORTANT.
ED: BECAUSE?
>> BECAUSE THEY NEED VOLUNTEERS.
ED: FRANCES MCCABE’S OLDEST
DAUGHTER SATS HER MOTHER I
