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New* of the Boys s in ServiceMIMMMIMIMItttttttttt 'Wakefield Man Works 1At French Base HospitalWith U. S. Forces la Soother* 1 France—In a wilderness of trees _ and hills near Aix, U. S. Army En- g gineers have turned buildings and ,t landscape of a deserted French sanitarium into a modern medical cen- * ter for the 43rd General Hospital, * I, Delta Base Section, which is treat- Jing hundreds of frontline casualties *-weekly. rr- In eight large buildings and 30 prefabricated wards spread over 170 * acres of land, medical miracles area matter of course. The hospital’s * * operating room is comparable to *the best in the United States. cAll types of sickness and combat vwounds are treated at the hospital, _ but soldiers requiring long periods | a of attention are re-classified and re- « turned to the Zonl of the Interior. •Comfort and recreation for patients is an important part of the * hospital’s treatment. To facilitate this, a large auditorium was built 9 for vaudeville and legitimate stage 7 shows and movies. A large post ^ exchange provides a wide variety of soldier comforts, and a weil-B stocked library offers everything J I from Dick Tracy to Shakespeare to * j lessen the boredom of convalescence. J' 5 High standards of hygiene at the ' D hospital are aided by a steam laun-3 dry and many Aix citisens who j( work as charwomen, laundresses ^ - and laborers, supervised by U. 8. i soldier technicians. This civilian f labor is paid by the French Govern- * ment and comes under reverse lend b lease. The outsise hospital plumb- c f ing system has been established b according to American sanity spsei- k fksaUons by this combination of French workers and U. 8. soldiers, o ■ Cpl. Reino R. 8aari, son of Mrs. * Ida Baari, Wakefield, is a member F of the staff of this hospital. a• * # U
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The Wakefield News
Wakefield, Michigan, US
Fri, Jun 29, 1945
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