Staff Assistant Alice Blacker Slingluff ARC

Staff Assistant Alice Blacker Slingluff American Red Cross. She was born in 1915 the daughter of Alice V Slingloff and William H Slingloff. She graduated from Oak Park River Forest High School in 1932, and graduated from LAKE FOREST COLLEGE in 1936. She entered the American Red Cross in 1943 after being trained in Washington she was sent as a canteen worker to Port Moresby, New Guinea. The greater part of her assignment was at advanced bases of the Fifth Air Force on that island. Even while Japanese bombs shook Port Moresby, Miss Slingluff served coffee and dough-nuts to American fighting men. She helped administer to wounded and went on special canteen missions at a time when the whole island was a no-man's land. She died from complications of an illness contracted in New Guinea. She Died in Chicago on October 28, 1944. Alice Blacker Slingluff was awarded posthumously The Bronze Medal, after her death at Michael Reese Hospital ended a year of heroic service with the Red Cross.

Staff Assistant Alice Blacker Slingluff American Red Cross. She was born in 1915 the daughter of  Alice V Slingloff and William H Slingloff. She graduated from Oak Park River Forest High School in 1932, and graduated from LAKE FOREST COLLEGE in 1936. She entered the American Red Cross in 1943 after being trained in Washington she was sent as a canteen worker to Port Moresby, New Guinea. The greater part of her assignment was at advanced bases of the Fifth Air Force on that island. Even while Japanese bombs shook Port Moresby, Miss Slingluff served coffee and dough-nuts to American fighting men. She helped administer to wounded and went on special canteen missions at a time when the whole island was a no-man’s land. She died from complications of an illness contracted in New Guinea. She Died in Chicago on October 28, 1944, at the age of 29. Alice Blacker Slingluff was awarded posthumously The Bronze Medal, after her  death at Michael Reese Hospital ended a year of service with the Red Cross.

 

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1920 United States Federal Census

1930 United States Federal Census

1940 United States Federal Census