Source: Edstrom, Ed. “Lt. Dorothy Shikoski, Now Stationed At Bowman Field, To Relate Tales From Southwest Pacific Over WAVE.” The Courier-Journal, 24 June 1944, p. 13.https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal/138090845/

2nd Lt. Dorothy Shikoski is the second Army Nurse to receive the Air Medal and the first woman to receive the award in the South Pacific. She was decorated for displaying heroism following a crash landing at sea during a severe storm in the South Pacific theater.