Philippine President greets U.S. Army nurse in Leyte hospital.

Filipijnen, 29 november 1944

Philippine President greets U.S. Army nurse in Leyte hospital. In a hospital set up in a cathedral on Leyte Island, President Sergio Osmena of the Philippines greets Captain Cathrine M. Acorn, a veteran of Bataan and one of the first U.S. Army nurses to return to the Philippines with General Douglas MacArthur's troops. Captain Acorn was assigned chief nurse of this hospital unit, which cares for American and Filipino soldiers and civilians injured in the fighting against the Japanese.