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Ime war 15 liiaujr wmake people think as they havenever thought before, to provide op- *portunities lor travel and learning t(for millions of young men and wo- ^men, who never before dreamed that pthey would ever be able to visit the |r Holy Lands of the Middle East, or lt;go to India, Burma, China, the % DAleutians, or the endless and un- Mnamed islands of the Pacific, and aiother foreign points.xxx wThe radio has done much to bring a;the privilege of seeing some kodak ciit seemingly, a very small place. a!The camera has made it possible elfor us to get a close-up of distant ”points, and from manj lands today ^pictures of one kind or another are aavailable, and such as the censors c will permit to come thru from indi-viduals now sojourning in the war n areas, have combined to give thestay-at-homes something to think nabout. cxxx tiA few days ago the writer had c the privilege of seeing some godak o pictures made On a lonely island *VM»w ---somewhere in the Pacific. These pictures would not have meant r much to anyone hftfe, under ordl- anary circumstances. But extraordl- vnary circumstances do make them 0of interest. This is becaase a Thom* easville girl' happens to be a part rand parcel of each of these pic- jtures, and the setting and environ- \ment of the photos is such as to jb»lng afresh to our minds the sac- crifices that are being made by the r youth of America, the hardshipsnow being endured and the risks tthey are assuming with the most cprecious thing they have—life. *xxx xThe young woman in question, is c Miss Frieda Patterson, now Lieuten- } ant Frieda Patterson, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Patterson of 1 this city. So far as Is known she is ■ the only girl from this section of the country now In the South Pa- J cific Island jungle area. She has been there now for many months, ( In fact she was on one Island for i eight months, and then with the fofoes of' Nations she ]sys fhfey ’moved up to another is- ( land, Indicating that she and the i medical group to which she Is at-tached have followed the slow but ,, ( sure advance of the Allied forces { who are4 now pressing the Japs c backward; cXXX tOne of these pictures shpws this t charming young lady, standing in r the door of her tent, which was ^ her home for eight months. It sits in the middle of a Jungle in which , palm trees dominate the sky-line.It looks as if it were about ten feet across. A box beside the entrance * ’ to the tent is Her dressing table, J next to which is a cot. Hfere is her s description of the place which was home to her for eight months:- “This tent was our home for 8 lt;months. That disgraceful look- 1 ing affair oh right side of entrance is my dressing table, be- lt;side my cot. Mine was made from a packing case, Pat's from orange crates with legs of tent stakes, in spite of all efforts forever uneven. The spot was low, no floor In thoBe days, consequently during heavy tain of . weeks* length our home wasn’t as comfortable as some I’ve known.,It was on the site'of a former native horse and cattle stable constant dampness did not add enchantment to original fragrance. These are native boys performing, they loved beingphotographed.”xxx.She referred to three native servant boys standing by and on a large palm tree Just outside, the tent door. She herself stands inthe doorway, smiling.xxx; Another picture shows an outdoor church service which she attended together with a large group of soldiers. The setting was a palm forest, with crudely - built wooden..benches. The group was standing, singing, a few song books being In evidence. A small box-type organ was being played by a negro patient, a former member of Cab Calloway’s orchestra. The service was conducted by a Mr. Gribble, an Australian Methodist minister, she stated. Of his sermon she said: lt;*Hi8 sermons were most Inspiring, so ihuch so that I'm certain those who attended will never forgethim/'xxxAnother picture showing interior of a tent which was used as a nose and throat clinic “where Pat worked for quite some time.” On. the small tables were various instruments and accessories, and a small light burned in the background, apparently some knod of portable electric plant. The setting was dim and hazy, not too Inviting.xxx type( Continued on pat* 4)
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Thomasville Press
Thomasville, Georgia, US
Fri, Jan 07, 1944
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