Hall of Heroes Induction Ceremony

media release: We are excited to announce our next Hall of Heroes inductee, 1st Lt. Marcia Gates, who was a World War II nurse, Bronze Star recipient and spent over 30 months as a POW. We will induct Lt. Gates on Wednesday, June 12th at 11:00 a.m. in a ceremony held in the hospital auditorium.

You can read about her at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. There are several detailed scrapbooks which allow you to follow her and her family’s journey at the Wisconsin Historical Society.

The Hall of Heroes is located on the first floor of the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin. 

Submissions of potential honorees are welcome from individual Veterans, County Veterans Service Officers, service organizations and others. More information and instructions on how to nominate a Veteran can be found at www.va.gov/madison-health-care/programs/hall-of-heroes/.