08 Nov 1918
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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1918
Page
1
Des Moines reports quarantine lifted at Fort Des Moines and more than 1,000 overseas servicemen visible in the city and hospital, many maimed or recovering from shell shock and gas exposure. Guards in chevrons mark service and wounds as reconstruction facilities prepare for January use.
The article describes hospital schools at Fort Des Moines offering courses in electrical engineering telegraphy automobile mechanics and shop work plus animal husbandry and agriculture. It notes the aim to shift recovering patients’ focus from handicaps to new skills, with doctors nurses and surgeons supporting rehabilitation at the relocation hospitals.
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