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Graduating from Boston's Massachusetts Memorial Hospital, she used her registered nursing degree to aid in the war. Joining the Army Nurse Corps, Barbara's war experience began with an ocean crossing aboard the Queen Mary, which had been converted into a wartime troopship. After landing in England, Barbara began a tour of duty, which took her to the front lines of France, Germany, and Belgium, including the decisive Battle of the Bulge. Barbara's Nurse Corps duties later brought her to the illustrious West Virginia Greenbrier resort adapted by the U.S. Government into a 2000-bed surgical and rehabilitation military hospital. Among the hundreds of returning soldiers Barbara cared for was Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Barbara worked as a private duty nurse as well as for Dr. John B. Madigan. Barbara is survived by 2 sons, Tom and Andrew; a daughter, Kendall Lord; six grandchildren; dozens of adoring nieces and nephews; and special lifelong friend and cousin, Virginia Ludwig McLaughlin. She was pre-deceased by her parents, Lawrence G. and Tess (Hoyt) Ludwig; her brother, John H. Ludwig; and devoted husband of 41 years, Francis M. Pierce. |
