Forget-me-not: Mothers and Sons

An installation by Marie Watt commemorating Northwest servicemen and -women killed in Afghanistan and Iraq.

82.
Sgt. Maggie Hayes
1908–1995
Submitted by Stephen Hayes

My aunt, who we all called Sgt. Maggie, rose to the rank of Sergeant in the WAC. She cared for and lived with my grandmother until her death and then on her own as our matriarch; she helped raise her nieces and nephews, and did it with military flair.