DC: The “Angel of Dieppe,” a nun whose efforts in caring for wounded soldiers in World War II became legend, died Friday at age 103.
Sister Agnès-Marie Valois of Canada earned her legendary status as the Angel of Dieppe during the Battle of Dieppe on August 19, 1942. On that day, more than 3,000 of the approximately 6,100 troops, who tried to storm the French town of Dieppe, were killed or captured. Sister Agnès tended to the wounded on the beach and later at the Hôtel-Dieu. The courage with which she braved the battlefield to care for the wounded inspired several military legends, according to BBC.
A dying soldier asked Valois to kiss him like his mother would, she recounted in a 2010 interview. She did so, and he died shortly thereafter. When Sister Agnès saw a German officer about to shoot a wounded Allied soldier, she stood between them and told the German soldier he would have to kill her first, according to another legend. Sister Agnès went beyond the normal responsibilities of a nurse, as exemplified in her care for Sgt. André Michaud of Fusiliers Mont-Royal, who had to have his arm amputated.
“While I was preparing him for his amputation, André Michaud, then a young sergeant from the Fusiliers Mont-Royal, asked me what would happen to his arm. I told him not to worry, that I was going to take care of it myself. read more
Any words of praise I can think of seem so inadequate in the face of this woman’s heroism that I can’t even…
Rest in Peace, Sister Agnès-Marie.
Rest in Peace.
Vietvet
God Bless you pal. And God Bless here. Dang.
Christianity produces heroes.
And the angels and saints sang with jubilation.
May you rest in God’s loving arms Sister Agnes Marie.
Enjoy your rest, may you find the peace you need.
God bless.
Where the first US troops, the Rangers, natch, went into combat.
Everything that could have gone wrong that day did, and it took all the guts in the world to minister to those men.
Nuns all over the world showed what they were made of in that was. Sister, you make us proud.
The good die young, unless they spend their lives taking care of the other good that die young.