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« VFirpt Aid For Gcrnian Prisoners. *.-( **' ’ f ; **• \* ' J 4 \ v-• ' +. * ' t? 4*J*B- -V -*• ) » » / -r t - Rvder of- Henry, ’’editorial.* deal s.- with •; keeping up meCnTorlnotPtho - m^l°co” (morale and war production on .theak-mddthlilk• “These G. I’s are still in the war.;(The blcture/accompAnying' show- |. . . fc cd-a column of our troops advanc-.In addition to serving wounding jn^col^^one^hlnd ^thevasms,indms.indidsicstmatedt toAmerican soldiers,. Captain Ry^cr,on* a number of ocasions, hs dered medical and surgical aid to, wounded German, soldiers 'v.who had been captured by American troops.In the above picture, Captain Ryder is shown—treating,—twoin-cench e).wounded Germans with, blood plasma prior to. sending.J.hem_to a base hospital In’ the rear area. The picture was taken early. In September. Standing around him and dbsearving the work being done are members of Captain Ry-der’s-medical~unit.—F ai ntly-sho w--ing above the stretcher is a pole on which the blood plasma is suspended. • £.•/The picture was taken in Ger-lt; many, somewhere near the Belgian border. In the background5 is .a truck which fs used byxthe.Captain Ryder’s medical unit .for Irons-, portation of supplies.other/stealthily and the rear man ldoks as if he, were about to speak to .you—half turning ,his head Ho.the rear). Newspaper headlinesand .victory vapors don’t mean-much. to. them'. . They are busywith German- vapors; andr Germanhfmortars and machine guns,pinning therrr_dbwrrjustHi p~ah e ad7—Th ese -Joes have a job and it-is life ordeath with“them-24^hours-a-day,-seven days a week, and every week in the month. When the krauts' quit they quit and not one ;moment before. That is some-, thing—all_of_us_ough.t. to under-, stand here and back hoqiei - If there is a play-boy who figures -it is* all over, he should study the. enclosed picture: If there is .aworker at home who figures tne war - is over .and decides to sleep all day, he should thlnk*of-these, ■men In .this ditch. If the nearestJoe’fcould “tum-complctcly aroundhe would probably say, ‘The Day I Quit I’ll Let You Know, That’sii■S*aSIIIte£n lutivn ^' - f ,Captain Ryder has also/senthomo the editorial, printed below;«J'bidV’ Tn’h ’ Until I from the European service now?, the: Day You May Quit Too. UntllltI
Newspaper Details
Henry News Republican
Henry, Illinois, US
Thu, Oct 19, 1944
Page 1
Full Page
Clipped by
Barbara S.
NA, 06 May 2019
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