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haveicd totheirto beean-am ofat all o the(how: (L to r.)— Lieuts. Dot HarperYoung, Ruth Bishop, Margaret t'haall: Army nurses, like G.I. those welcome letters fromMuImenew ith ic re-uaire. fiver-■om ait this ‘ war . con-3 sil- I i war will fash-emes fore- iJuilegesprinjestinjviolircal scThepatedMinnkrancDahl,FlockStoveDoerthak.w m.skMaryInghailynSvec.newd in■e fi-nned.comeiv IonHHCSBmEMMForward March! Lieut Muriel Light, of Flint Mich., leadsnurses on 226th Station hospital on 10-mile hike.aststhere is work to be done Clares .,re held for two hours in first aid. ambulance loading and litter drill. Nurses must have many hours of training in the field so that theylearn ‘to go on ^bivouac * Tin The operate quicklytiger got cot -‘ onineda lac hine willisticYvomMadeCruicRoserThere mann tricia Berni Maril and Ilist.lin-hasearlensjuvtV* ,eM.n^ fastened canteen* ing. thinking and playing together, study along with the men. Maps justRSi, id5U.rCU, cRiurri » ..__^ t i thpir hivmiar arpa arp nro-I it*ui Aiurif. C.IK.U I Another G 1. meal after retreat of their bivouac area are pro-1She gi^ the cin- and a little time to gather around Tided and they must be able to one gives cnc cum j . . L ;jn(j their location from the map.The second day of bivouac is a full one. IVrhaps the most exciting incident is the gas attack. While marching, tear gas and ^moke is released as a surprise. Quickly the nurses put their gas masks on and walk safely through the gas.Their bed are as welcome the econd night as they were the night before. The next morning when they awake the ground is covered with snow.Snow or no snow there is still work to be done—and the nursesjamas and soon are zippeatheir bed rolls. The big gasoline fore returning to camp.lamp is turned out by the chief Tr. s station hospital is just onenurse. Lt. Light. She's young and of the many w hich have trained atattractive but can give orders Carson,quickly and efficiently when nec- officer’ * I «»rvin«cssary,Rfvcillf* That mountain breeze1 t. i4 11 C2 ti 1 tnceilhhesdenms.(♦1 Cl1 Cll2 lt;Soafive n ing wlemonuntilavocalt;sievetablessour cthoroienedmoldout cwithanthered.talc’smsAt last, time for bed Even though the nurses are dead fin'd, they still take a few* minutes for beauty work. Cold cream jars come out of green G. I. musette bags A few pin up their short cropped hair. All wear warm pa-10-beh-hecheese, bologna, and hverwurst, potato salad and hot coffee’Almost as welcome as chow call is mail call. Nurses are no differentfrom G.I.s. They live for mail call and that letter from home, or from someone now overseas.Time to read your mail and thenf-isirtctsndts,n-ndServe;111If furmake jetrunr,—at si Plnkhi liere 81that * macfllcPlnkhaSees Home Florist Hot Cream Revives^ I V’ V 1 * Nation stood us mighty well. Col.Smothered Hair WilfredIN. Blurt. camp comman-der, and his training officer, Lieut. Col. Theodore A. Arndt, had exactly the right idea. Our nurses have taken whatever came along inrue'sxthev-44Modifying HobbiesBY ALICIA II \RTt.NA Stilt Writer•After being smothered all winDuring W ar Daysnt jd.e-h- ip-le 1inal.alJust as British country garden.' will keep on producing flowers to brighten the lives of war-weary Englishmen, so Americans during the war will not give up theter by hat . hair usually betrays stride and the hardships don’t its Miring doldrums by the way bother them. Thanks to the har-it look and actsbest tonics for whatails it.” sav- Eleanor Nilev whose♦ -**Yankee custom of growing flowers ba:r-do*s are soignee enough tlt;ta ^ - :iK- — - *1 —• - - - 1LYDIIcheer their homerate magazine covers, is a creamThat s whv G. W. Longenecker. , h r.t»v salons r*on ‘**'e »rrrarrdlandscape gardener at tfce Univer-sitv of Wisconsin. un-dirN thatwhich a girl can use at home toIa_ tfilled’’” asks Lieut Muriel Light, chief nurse.mand, Toward March!” and the j*1’ *'*■nurses leave the po't at 8 30 in the make odd shadows in the firehkhtih«,r K.i onr.r a,..;, lo The hukv voices of thlt; men blendthose of the nurses. But funlv. keeping up with the men and * is not for long because a njkht be officers of the outfit. problem has been scheduled. AllIhe At ll 30 they go over the last must be quiet and obey orders, as hill into the pine-dotted valley a simulated attack of the camp is chosen for the bivouac area. The taking place hard ground makes a welcome place to rest and G !. helmets a good pillow.Rest is not for long, but it is interrupted by the welcome sound of Chow.” And do those nurses pack away huge sandwiches ofCAMP CARSON. Colo. — What e Army nurses made of?great How can they take the dang«r fash- and gruelling hardships they arecalled upon to meet daily on bat-table tlefmnts around the world? Wheredo they get the stamina to work :heae tirelessly close to the lighting will fronts, live under primitive conditions. even face enemy fire?Upon what reserves can they call for the gallantry* and devotion to duty that lias won for many of them the same medals awarded itics.' to our fighting men’Here at Camp Carson they know the answers. For it is here that , many nurses now overseas learned into how to take if* and many others heir are undergoing the tough training that will fit them for the stem life ahead, on the fighting front.Here they sleep in tents in the rugged Rocky mountain'. hike miles with full packs, undergo sur-smokeJust how thorough this training ' ™«*r th«*e pn»blom.s athlet . is was shown recently when the j Kames are ^hedul^ to^h lp ^ 226th Station hospital, command- toughening bodies. The comra lt;-ed by Maj. Raymond E Davies. and joviality of ^nurses,went on bivouac. This is the story: officcr and enhted mt^ bind thereadv? Helmets ad- hospital units into a group work-field with the men and officers of their hospital units.erseasFrom the commanding _ „ these outfits nowserving overseas (the name of , which cannot be given) conies the the 01 following words of praise about 'the rugged training nurses of these ho.'pita Is get:Our conditioning at our homeis cold in the tent! Some warm their w.i'h cloths by the coal tov« (The nurses gather the wood and build their awn fires.)Hot coffee and a golt;d breakfast, ar.d they are off to work again on extended order drilL Nurses konw how to march in extended order drill just in case they meet up with the enemy. They learn to hit the ground, rundening and the woolens, especially the long - handled underwear, we've done pretty well.comesL*»p
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La Crosse Tribune
La Crosse, Wisconsin, US
Mon, May 22, 1944
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