page_title: Juanita Redmond Hipps
section_title: Post-war
hierarchical_section_title: Juanita Redmond Hipps / Post-war
caption_attribution_description: English: Grave of Juanita Redmond Hipps at Arlington National Cemetery
context_page_description: Lieutenant Colonel Juanita Redmond Hipps was a US Army nurse during World War II. She was present in the Philippines during the early part of the war and was regarded as one of the Angels of Bataan. A bestselling book she wrote about her experiences formed the background for the 1943 war movie So Proudly We Hail! Hipps helped to establish the United States Air Force's flight nurse program. She remained with the army until her retirement in 1969 and traveled the world on postings alongside her husband, a US Air Force general. The US Air Force Association's highest award for nursing is named in her honor.
context_section_description: Hipps married United States Army Air Forces officer William Grover Hipps in 1946 and they would go on to have a son and two grandchildren. William was later promoted to general rank and Juanita followed him on postings around the US, Iran and the Far East. In 1955 she was living in Okinawa, Japan where she became interested in Japanese culture and was an avid collector of antiques. In 1958 she was living with her husband in Redlands, California. Juanita retired from the army in 1969. She died at her home in St. Petersburg, Florida on February 25, 1979, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors. The US Air Force Association presents the Juanita Redmond Award, their highest nursing award, in her memory.
caption: Grave at Arlington National Cemetery
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