Sulfa Drugs and Plasma Boost Soldiers Survival Odds
Advances in medicine have doubled wounded soldiers’ survival chances. Sulfa drugs curb infections, blood plasma treats shock, and faster, better organized medical units accelerate care from front lines to evacuation hospitals. Naval and marine care mirror army practices with mobile units and reconditioning programs.
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Norman Kirk
U. S. Army
Navy
Marine
Army
Windsors and de Marigny feud noted in gossip column
A vintage column recounts a rift between the Windsors and de Marigny over an invitation shown to party guests. It also riffs on Washington politics with Eaton on foreign relations, Nazi propaganda critiques, and a flurry of wartime media and entertainment jabs.
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OWI
Berlin
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Lusitania
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Navy cream shields skin from flash burn hazards
Naval Medical researchers developed a cold cream like preparation in battleship gray that protects facial and upper limb skin from flash burns. An ounce and a half smeared on the face neck forearms and hands suffices, while clothing offers protection for covered areas. Lieut. Com. Gordon B. Fauley leads the project behind this preventive skin treatment.
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Navy Medical Corps
Naval
Gordon B. Fauley
Submarine Crews Learn to Identify Fish Sounds
Seamen operating listen devices on submarines can distinguish almost all fish noises from propeller sounds. They were trained using a set of recordings made for this purpose.
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Broadway
Marked Pines in Maples Maine Reserved for Royal Navy Masts
In Maples Maine a small grove of pines bears faint broad arrow marks, dated to pre revolutionary days, indicating these trees were reserved for masts of ships in his majesty's fleet.
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Maples
Maine
Royal Navy
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