June Wandrey Mann was a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps

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 from Battle Creek, Michigan

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. She was the author of Bedpan Commando, an account of her military service in Africa

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, Sicily

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, Italy

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, France

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 and Germany

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 from 1942 to 1946, during which she was awarded eight battle stars.

Mann's book garnered significant public and media attention, leading to numerous television, radio and personal appearances, including on the Larry King Show, NBC Nightly News

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 and the Paul Harvey Show, among others.

On June 22, 1995, Mann met with President Bill Clinton

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 in Nettuno, Italy, as part of celebrations to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Anzio

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 beachhead invasion.

She was a life member of numerous veterans' associations, including the Disabled American Veterans

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, the Veterans of Foreign Wars

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, Anzio Beachhead Association, 36th Inf. Div., 3rd Inf. Div., and the 10th & 40th Combat Engineers.

She was also featured in the History Channel TV series World War 2 In High Definition. Amy Smart did the voice over for June Wandrey.