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At 88, Ginny's gait has slowed (she suffers from a back problem), but her mind is as bright as it was when she put on her first Navy nurse DC Hatsuniform after graduating from Memorial Nursing School in Cumberland, Md. Her brown eyes sparkle when she talks about her career.

Such as how she donned her white dress uniform on VJ (Victory in Japan) Day, Aug. 14, 1945, and rushed to New York City's Times Square. There, she joined thousands of civilians and military personnel in celebrating the end of World War II. "People tried to grab our hats and even our buttons," she recalls. "Everyone wanted a military souvenir."

She relates how inspiring it was to work with top surgeons at top Naval hospitals, witnessing first-hand the cutting-edge medical procedures of the time, such as plastic surgery at St. Albans Naval Hospital in Long Island, N.Y.

   Dedication to rules and regulations can be seen in her carefully arranged furniture and sparkling clean kitchen. The presence of medals and framed certificates of merit echo it. A vast array of foreign objects are a reminder that this is a woman who has seen the world. There are Japanese chairs in the living room, and framed paintings from Italy and other countries adorn the walls. In her family room, there are colorful oriental lamps and a curio cabinet full of dolls from throughout Europe and the Far East. And the photograph albums! There are stacks of them, each filled to bursting with fascinating glimpses of far-flung places.

Conversing with Virginia -- "Ginny" to her friends -- it's easy to imagine her as Nursing Commander Eberharter, the rank she attained while Fox Hatsserving as a nurse for the Navy. Her service spanned World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars.