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9 MAY1945

Official Publication of theBROOKE HOSPITAL CENTER

BROOKE BLUEBONNET BROADCAST

Catholic Mass, Wednesday 8:30 A. M.Protestant Vesper Service Wed. 7:00 P. M.

RED CROSS AUDITORIUM, OLD HOSPITAL:SundayCatholic Mass 10:00 A. M.Protestant Worship 9:00 A. M.Protestant Vespers 5:30 P. M.WeekdaysProtestant Vesper Service, Wed. 5:30 P. M.

BROOKE CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL:Sunday

CATHOLIC MASSChapel No. 2 (900 area) 9:00 A.M.Chapel No. 3 (1200 area) 8:00 A.M.Scott Road Chapel 10 :00 A.M.Tuesday and FridayChapel No. 3 5:30 P.M.

PROTESTANT SERVICESSundayChapel No. 2 (900 Area) 10:00 A.M.Chapel No. 3 (1200 Area) 9:00 A.M.EPISCOPAL SERVICESSundayChapel No. 2, Holy Communion 10:45 A.M.JEWISH SERVICESFridayChapel No. 2, Sabbath Worship 8:00 P.M.

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GOD SAYS, "I KNOW MY SHEEP"One of his men said of General Mont-

gomery, of the Eighth Army when in NorthAfrica: “We don’t see him all the time, butwe always know he’ll be right there withus. He’ll plan for all of us; and because heknows us and we trust him, we’d follow himanywhere.” Grand words about a greatgeneral in this war!

God says, “I know my sheep.”Do you realize that you are known to

God, that He is standing right beside youand will always see you through? He is thegreat leader; beside Him every other leaderis dwarfed into insignificance.

God knows us, you and me. The only wayto prove His leadership and to find Him forourselves is to make a great experimentand say, “I’ll back my last dollar on ourLord being true, I’ll follow him through helland high water; He is my Lord, my leader,and my Shepherd, I’ll trust Him.”

He that seeks me shall now be sought.Surrendered here I stand,

A truant eager to be taughtHis purpose for my hand.

JOHN E. KINNEYChaplain (Lt. Col.) U. S. Army

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Vol. 2, No. 2 APN-8-21-M

EDITORHelen McCoy

Public Relations RepresentativeASSOCIATE EDITOR

Doris SimmonsPHOTOGRAPHY

Tec 5 Robert S. WingateU. S. Army Signal Corps Photos

REGULAR CONTRIBUTORSColonel Howard L. Landers,

U. S. Army, retiredTec 5 Carroll H. Curry

CARTOONSTec 5 Lew HirschmanTec 5 Carroll H. Curry

Pfc. Stan LouisPvt. Alex Topp

Pvt. William Lytle

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SCHEDULE OF RELIGIOUS SERVICESAT BROOKE HOSPITAL CENTER

BROOKE GENERAL HOSPITAL CHAPEL:Sunday

Catholic Mass 6:15 A. M. & 8:30 A. M.Protestant Worship 10:00 A. M.Protestant Vespers — 7:00 P. M.

RED CROSS AUDITORIUM, NEW HOSPITAL:Sunday School for Children 10 :00 A. M.

BROOKE GENERAL HOSPITAL CHAPEL:

Catholic Mass, daily except Wed.—5:30 P. M.

KILLED IN ACTIONWeep not, Mother, I am not dead.

It’s merely that I’ve gone aheadTo wait for you, in the garden

Of God’s infinite grace.Weep not, Mother; be not sad,

Rather, I would have you gladThat I did my part to end this strife,

Thus entering into Eternal Life.—By Lt. Helen J. Armstrong, ANC.


'll/. JleeMEDICAL DIRECTOR

EIGHTH SERVICE COMMAND

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BRIGADIER GENERAL W. LEE HART(Photo on Page 3)

As Service Command Medical directorsince June, 1940, Brigadier General W. LeeHart has supervised the vastly expandedactivities of the Medical Corps in posts,camps and general hosiptals in five South-western states. Under his direction, theService Command has pioneered notably inreconditioning and rehabilitating warwounded, in combating occupational dis-eases in war plants, and in improving armynutrition.

The promotion was a further recognitionof a brilliant career in military medicinewhich began in 1908. General Hart reachedthe Army statutory retirement age of 64years last January 27, but was recalledimmediately to active duty to continue asmedical director.

Early in his military career General Hartwas given recognition in the medical fieldfor his research in cholera, helminthologyand the effects of tropical light on thewhite race while serving a tour of duty inthe Philippines from 1909 to 1911. He latercontributed extensive work and study onmeningitis, typhoid fever and smallpox.

During the first World War, after com-manding a hospital train and supervisingplans for the construction of other hospitaltrains, General Hart went to France andserved overseas until 1920. He worked withPullman engineers to alter cars to Armyspecifications and is credited with inventingthe unit ambulance car, the Glennan bunk,the Hart serving car and serving tray. Healso developed an improved air-conditioningsystem.

General Hart served several tours of dutyat Fort Sam Houston, the last being from1937 to 1940 as commander of the stationhospital, now Brooke General and Con-valescent Hospital. Just recently he designeda therapeutic swimming pool to be built atthis expanding hospital.

He received his M. D. from the Universityof Maryland, and graduated from the ArmyMedical School in 1908. He is also a gradu-ate of the Command and General StaffSchool, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.; the ArmyIndustrial College and the Army WarCollege. ,

His home and birthplace is at York, S. C.He and Mrs. Hart make their Dallas resi-dence at the Dallas Athletic Club.

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ARMY ART EXHIBITWINNERS ANNOUNCED

Winners in the Eighth Service CommandArmy art exhibit were announced today byservice command headquarters, which said

nearly 900 entries were submitted for show-ing in Dallas April 29 through May 13.

A jury composed of Dallas artists andArmy officers selected 200 of the entriesfor exhibit, and 30 prize winners and honor-able mentions. Of the 30, 21 entries will bechosen for national exhibit in Washington,D. C., in July.

Winners in each of the eight classifica-tions are:

Oil: Cpl. Robert G. Burns, AAAS, FortBliss, for Luxury Liner; second place, Pfc.Benham C. Dangers Jr., AAATC, FortBliss; honorable mentions, Cpl. ElliottTwery, IRTC, Camp Joseph T. Robinson;Sgt. Verne Cole, AAF, Stuttgart.

Water colors: S/Sgt. Gordon Mellor,605th Engineers, Camp Swift, for MotherLoves Me; second place, Sgt. R. SamuelSides, Med. Det., ASF Regional Hospital,Camp Swift; honorable mention, Sgt. Rich-ard Brough, SAACC, San Antonio; Pfc.Virgil Simon, Red River Ordnance Depot,Texarkana.

Prints: Lt. Robert W. Brown, 380th Sta-tion Hospital, Camp Swift, for RailwayExpress Depot; second place, Cpl. L. H.Freund, War Department Personnel Center,Camp Chaffee; honorable mention, Sgt.William Nies, AAF, Randolph Field.

Drawing: Sgt. Lawrence Calcagno, AAF,Galveston, for Watch in the Night; secondplace, Cpl. L. Soned, Borden General Hos-pital, Chickasha; honorable mention, Sgt.William Blasingame, Randolph Field; Sgt.William Brooks, AAF, Ardmore; Sgt. Har-old Siegel, IRTC, Camp Maxey.

Murals: Cpl. L. H. Freund, War Depart-ment Personnel Center, Camp Chaffee;second place, Cpl. Jon Nelson, Camp Bark-ley; no honorable mentions.

Photographs: Sgt. James P. Willis, Hous-ton WAC Recruiting District, for That MenMay Live; second place, Maj. Jack M.Kaplan, Station Hospital, Kelly Field;honorable mention, Sgt. Edgar Ramey andSgt. Richard Mastrim, AAF, Kelly Field;Sgt. Max Wyavno, Hobbs Army Air Field;Sgt. Philip Foskett, AAF, Randolph Field;Sgt. Martha Hughes, Chemical WarfareService, Pine Bluff Arsenal.

Renderings: Sgt Louis Dorfsman, Head-quarters Detachment, Eighth Service Com-mand, for a poster, Purple Heart; sec-ond place, Cpl. William J. Sutton Jr., 4051stAAF, San Antonio; no honorable mention.

Sculpture: Sgt. Quin Hill, RandolphField, for a head in terra cotta, Portrait ofa Zombie; second place, Cpl. Tibi N. Herley,Camp Maxey.

Winners of first place in each divisionwill receive a $50 war bond. Second placewinners will receive a $25 war bond, andartists with honorable mention awards willbe given certificates of merit.


A Tribute To The Late President OfThe United StatesBy COLONEL HOWARD L. LANDERS

U. S. Army, RetiredBROADCAST OVER T.Q.N. ON 16 APRIL, 1945

their country. Our people have sorrowedthrough the day and night hours since firstthey learned that their beloved Presidentwas no more. Our men and women in uni-form, many of them thousands of milesfrom their home shores, suffer their un-shed tears to choke them with a greatlonging for home, family, safety—and endto the war.

No one that I am aware of has spokenfor these absent members of our families,to tell what the death of President Roose-velt means to them. I shall speak for themnow—more particularly for the youth ofour armed forces, wherever they may be.They went to war, most of them willingly,because they could sense that the warflames kindled in Europe would spread;and later they understood the significanceof President Roosevelt’s characterizationof December 7, 1941, as a “day of infamy.”They felt within their breasts a deep ob-ligation to aid in building up the armedstrength of our country. They alsofelt self-satisfaction in becoming one whosefuture years would be filled with gratifica-tion and pride that they too, had served.

Youth, most fortunately because of thefewer years, was not able to analyze manyof the philosophical questions that arosein the past twelve years of our nationalexistence. It is well that they could not, assuch thoughts are for mature minds—forthose who with increasing years, becamefearful of the uncertain future. Wars arefought largely by the youth of the land. Itis their God-given right to learn throughtheir own experiences, and not step intolife with the accumulated burden of doubt,fear and hesitancy that come with years.

Who of you in middle life would desirethat your sons enter into their gloriousyoung manhood, burdened with the experi-ence that an added generation gives toyou. It is retrospect within you that makesyou cautious. With your sons at war, it isthe unfolding of the unknown that makesthem daring. But youth ages rapidly intimes of vast and terrible wars. Americanyouth have known well only one head ofgovernment. That is a condition of mindwhich we older ones cannot share withthem. They know the leadership of thelate President throughout the days of eco-nomical turmoil; when he warned against

Yesterday a great President was laid torest, wrapped in a nation-wide veil ofprayers that came from the hearts of apeople not yet recovered from the shockingsuddenness of his death. Today a newPresident told Congress, the United Statesand the nations fighting side-by-side withus, our enemies who have committed blood-crimes of the most dastardly nature, thatthe wars on all fronts would continue tobe fought in the bitterly efficient mannerwith which our armed forces have wagedthis unhappy struggle for more than threeyears.

The new President has taken up the load,borne so gallantly for twelve long years byhim whose place in history will be one ofthe few pinnacles that mark the develop-ment of our brief, century and a half ofnational existence. The new President de-fied the blood-stained German and Japa-nese peoples to plan, or even to hope for alessening of the dead President’s fiercedetermination that they shall be beatendown into the dust, in atonement for theirsins. Whatever sudden hopes they mayhave nourished last Thursday, the dayPresident Roosevelt died, today the enemyin Europe and the other inhuman one inAsia and the Pacific know full well thatPresident Truman will demand of them,and will force them into a state of, un-conditional surrender.

The prayers of a nation will ascend toHeaven beseeching the Divine Power tobless and protect Harry Truman, as hemarches bravely forward at the head oftwelve million armed forces, to bring themvictory; and as he takes up the leadershipof 135,000,000 Americans, to restore themand the nation to a normal existence.

To the dead President came honors fromabroad, of a nature never before bestowedby those countries upon a citizen of an-other country. The British King and Queen,Prime Minister Winston Churchill, theBritish Parliament, the British people—allsorrowed from the depths of their sympa-thetic hearts. Marshal Stalin, the Russianpeople, the Red Army, know that in thedeath of President Roosevelt they lost theone man, more responsible than any other,for the recovery of the Republics of theSoviet Union from the black days whenthe German armed beast was ravaging


the infamy of Japan in China; of Italy inEthiopia; and of Germany in Central Eu-rope. They know of the events when hetook aggressive action to prepare this coun-try for a war that was inevitable. Whenwar finally came, youth was better pre-pared for it mentally than ever before.

Youth will end this war and face a fu-ture in a more demanding manner than didtheir fathers in 1919. They know how fool-ishly the governments of their fatherswasted all the benefits of war. Only onebenefit from that war was asked by thepeople of this country: the right to live—-ourselves, and all other decent, righteouscountries—without the fear of another wardarkening the future.

As a nation we did nothing in the earlyand middle thirties to make a reality ofthat dream. Our armed forces of today, willnot permit a repetition of such carelessand costly indifference on the part of thegovernment.

The youth of our armed forces have thesacred promise of the only President andCommander-in-Chief they ever knew, thatwithin the lives of their children and theirchildren’s children, there will not be athird World War. President Roosevelt, writ-ing at Warm Springs the night before hedied, made them that solemn promise, withthe assurance that an enduring peace would

be sought to put an end “to this brutal, in-human.and thoroughly impracticable meth-od of settling the differences between gov-ernments.”

Armed youth today, after listening to thesolemn, confidence-inspiring address ofPresident Truman, will give to their newCommander-in-Chief complete allegiance,strengthened by the inspiring sound of afist striking the rostrum, as PresidentTruman hurled the defiant challenge to ourenemies that nothing except uncondition-al surrender lies ahead.

The final tribute of the men and womenin the services, to our dead President isthis:

"You, President Roosevelt, visioned nobly.;you fought valiantly; you conquered for thegood of humanity and eternity. Your per-sonality has imprinted upon our memories theunforgetable lesson—never to let selfishness ofpersonal desires smother the spark of Godlinessin every human soul. You have enabled usmore clearly to see our duty. Your nobleexample fires us with an exalted desire to bearour cross as men—as soldiers—as those walk-ing hand-in-hand with Divinity."

This, my friends, I believe to be the un-spoken tribute from the youth of the armedforces to our dead President.

SHIPMENT OF BAGGAGE

A change in Army Regulations broadensthe provisions covering the shipment ofpersonal effects so that anyone ordered toduty overseas is authorized baggage trans-portation, within the restrictions of the AR,to any place in the continental limits of theUnited States, exclusive of Alaska.

When commissioned and warrant officers,aviation cadets and non-commissioned of-ficers of the first, second, third and fourthgrades (technicians fourth grade, and allsergeants) are ordered to duty beyond thecontinental limits of the United States,excluding Alaska, and are permitted to shiponly a portion of their temporary changeof station weight allowance of authorizedbaggage to their new station, additionalarrangements are provided for the remain-der of their baggage. Shipment may bemade in one lot, at Government expense,of the balance of their temporary changeof station weight allowance from their lastduty station, staging area, port of embark-ation or actual residence (within commut-ing distance) near such points, to any

place they may designate within the con-tinental limits of the United States, ex-clusive of Alaska. Upon their return fromassignment beyond the continental limitsof the United States, including Alaska, thesame weight may be shipped from the pre-viously designated place to their new dutystation.

Whenever personnel for whom no bag-gage allowance is ordinarily provided (tech-nicians fifth grade, corporal, private firstclass, and private), are ordered to dutyoverseas or in Alaska, or from a duty sta-tion in Alaska to duty overseas, and cir-cumstances permit taking only a portionof their effects with them, shipment oftheir personal effects, up to 100 pounds,may be made by freight at Governmentexpense from their last duty station, stag-ing area, or port of embarkation to anyplace within the continental limits of theUnited States, exclusive of Alaska.

The Army Regulation covering the ship-ment of personal effects under these cir-cumstances is AR 55-160, Change 5, 29April 1944. Your Transportation Officer, oryour Personal Affairs Officer, can giveyou further information.

DO IT NOW—BUY ANOTHER WAR BOND!


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WAR LOANMAY 14 THROUGH JUNE 30

ictory is Not Cheap, But It Can BeBought With War Bonds

The war is far from over, and though wehave come a long way on the Road to Vic-tory, it is time now to fight a little bitharder than ever before so that the costin human lives will be less.

Our fighting men still need weapons, theammunition, the food and supplies withwhich to win this war. And they dependon us to fight for Freedom on the homefront just as they are fighting for it on thebattlefields.

Our weapons? More WAR BONDS!Savings bonds that are your investment forthe future ... as they are your country’sinvestment for peace and security now. Andthough there will be one less War Loanthis year, in order to meet the needs ofour country we must invest the equivalentof the war bonds purchased in TWO WarLoans last year.

America has never failed its duty . . .

we must now meet the challenge in theSeventh War Loan Drive.


FRONT 'N' CENTERPfc. Stan Louis

Sft. HULON B.WHITTINGTON

■ HE MOUNTED ALONETANK, AND BY SHOUTINGTHROUGH THE TURRET,DIRECTED IT INTO POSI-TION TO FIRE POINTBLANK AT THE LEADINGTANK-ITS DESTRUCTIONBLOCKED THE REST OF

A PANZER UNITOF OVER 100VEHICLES—


Congressional Medal of HonorPresented at Brooke Hospital

Sergeant Hulon B. Whittington Receives Nation's Highest Awardin General Surgery Ward of Brooke General Hospital

Sergeant Hulon B. Whittington, Infantry, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honorat Brooke General Hospital on Saturday, April 21st. Present for the ceremony were the sixGenerals shown above with Sergeant Whittington and his father, Mr. Henry B. Whittington.Left to right, they are: Brigadier General R. E. McQuillen, commanding general of the south-western sector of the Eastern Defense command. Major General J. P. Lucas, commandinggeneral of the Fourth Army, who made the presentation, having been designated by the wardepartment as personal representative of the President of the United States for the occasion;Brigadier General Charles K, Nulsen, commanding general of Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Brig-adier General Laurence B. Keiser, chief of staff, Fourth Army,; Brigadier General James A. Por-ter, commanding general of the San Antonio Army Service Forces Depot, and Brigadier GeneralGeo. C. Beach, commanding general, Brooke Hospital Center.

Sergeant Hulon B. Whittington, Infantry,of Ellaville, Georgia, was presented theCongressional Medal of Honor Saturday,April 21st, in the General Surgery ward ofBrooke General Hospital where the ser-geant is a patient.

The presentation of the Medal of Honor,the nation’s highest award, was made toSergeant Whittington by Major GeneralJ. P. Lucas, commanding general of theFourth Armv. General Lucas was desic-

nated by the War Department to act as thepersonal representative of the President forthe presentation of that award.

Besides the commanding generals men-tioned above, others present for the cere-mony included Major J. A. Eyster, aide toMajor General Lucas, Lieutenant WilliamNegley, aide to General McQuillan, andpatients of the various wards in the newhospital building.

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Left, Major General J. P. Lucas,commanding general of the FourthArmy was designated by the WarDepartment to make the presenta-tion of the Congressional Medalof Honor, the nation's highestaward, to Sergeant Hulon B. Whit-tington, Infantry, of Ella ville,Georgia. Sergeant Whittington'sfather, Mr. Henry Whittington is

shown at left.

Right, Sergeant Whittington andhis father read the citation forthe Congressional Medal of Hon-

or, after the presentation cere-monies. It was signed by the latePresident of the United States,Franklin D. Roosevelt. Mr. Whit-tington resides in Natchitoches,

Louisiana.

Left, the beautiful floral center-piece entered by Brooke GeneralHospital in the Annual FlowerShow. It received third prize among

Army exhibits, and was sent tothe hospital the following day toform the central decoration for thepresentation of the Medal of Honorto Sgt. Whittington. The center-piece was designed by Mrs. JohnC. Burch, wife of Colonel Burch,chief of Surgical Service at Brookeand by Mrs. Roy I. Weir, Jr., wifeof Major Weir, Mess Officer of

the hospital.


Golo+tel 'WaVLzn G. tf-anxfO-ASSISTANT COMMANDANT

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT

ENLISTED TECHNICIANS SCHOOL

BROOKE HOSPITAL CENTER


The Medical DepartmentEnlisted Technicians School

p|pg|p||j|EPTEMBER of 1940, the Na-tional Selective Service Act was

I[TOB1 passed. This provided for theimmediate calling to active dutyof the National Guard units ofthe various states, the Reserve

components of the Army, and, a large num-ber of inductees for military training.This activation of units of all branches andservices of our forces naturally required aproportionate number of Medical Depart-ment personnel to care for the physicalneeds of these new soldiers. There existsin time of national emergency in our civi-lian ranks a source for Medical officersand graduate nurses, in the medical pro-fession, but there is no similar reservoirin civil life from which enlisted men, ex-perienced in the medical field, may be re-cruited.

Appreciating this responsibility, amiprofiting by the experience of the MedicalDepartment in World War I, when eachmedical unit had to train its own enlistedmen, the Surgeon General’s staff immedi-ately instituted means to provide trainedmen, and on 7 Nov. 1940 there was issuedCircular Letter No. 79, which outlined indetail a plan for the establishment of sixMedical Service Schools, the courses to betaught and the number of students antici-

pated. These Medical Department EnlistedSpecialists (now Technicians) Schools wereassigned to the Letterman General Hospitalin San Francisco, Calif., William BeaumontGeneral Hospital at Hot Springs, Ark.,Brooke General Hospital at Fort SamHouston, Texas, and a previously existingEnlisted Specialists School at the ArmyMedical Center, Washington, D. C., was al-tered to conform to the new plan. Theseschools were opened for reception of stud-ents 1 April 1941, and after these schoolshad operated successfully for fifteenmonths—or on 1 July 1942, three moresimilar schools were activated at theO’Reilly General Hospital, Springfield, Mo.,Billings General Hospital at Fort BenjaminHarrison, Indiana, and the Lawson GeneralHospital at Atlanta, Ga.

Construction of the buildings occupied bythe Brooke General School was commencedon 15 January 1941, and the area withbuildings completed was turned over to theMedical Department by the District En-gineer, on 24 March 1941. Cost of thebuildings and their equipment is estimatedat about $325,000.

Early in February 1941, the Reserve Of-ficer personnel, which was to serve as ad-ministrators and instructors at all these

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Major Robert J. Scott, executive officer of the Medical Department Enlisted Technicians Schoolconfers on administrative matters with Captain William R. Ball, adjutant of the school.Major Scott is from Detroit, Mich and Captain Ball claims Dallas, Texas as his home.

The staff of the Medical Department Enlisted Technicians School, photographed with ColonelWarren C. Fargo, assistant commandant of the school.


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schools, was called to active duty and as-signed to the Third Officers’ RefreshesCourse at the Medical Field Service School,Carlisle Barracks, Pa., and upon gradua-tion on 15th March the local staff startedits trek for Fort Sam Houston, arrivingabout the 20th March. Here they met theAssistant Commandant, an officer of theMedical Corps, United States Army and be-gan activities in connection with their du-ties. The school is a subsidiary of theBrooke General Hospital and so its Com-manding General is also the Commandantof the School.

The ten day interval before the firstclass arrived was a busy one for every-body. None of the twenty-eight officershad had any particular experience inteaching, although the course offered atCarlisle particularly featured methods ofmilitary instruction. Fifty-one enlisted mento serve in administrative and servicebranches, and as instructors, were furnish-ed from the detachment of the Hospital.In spite of lack of experience everyone ini-tiated his respective duty enthusiastically.Equipment stored in readiness for occupan-cy of the buildings was brought in anddistributed, School Sections were organized,subjects assigned to instructors for prepar-ation of lectures, and administrative andservice departments were instituted withthe result that the first three hundred stu-dents arriving on 31 March 1941 were ac-commodated comfortably and their instruc-tion started on schedule the following day.Difficulties of those early days, such aslack of Technical Manuals, instructionalaids, lack of mess and other equipment, anda month long struggle with black stickyTexas mud are now only recollections ofthe school’s pioneer days. During the en-suing four years many changes in individu-als and number of personnel, methods and

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The color guard stands at attention duringgraduation ceremonies held every four weeksat the Medical Department Enlisted Techni-

cians School.

A feature of Graduation Day at the Medical Department Enlisted Technicians School is theceremony held outdoors with a formal parade, and review.


Colonel Warren C. Fargo of Cleveland, Ohio, assistant commandant of the Medical Depart-ment Enlisted Technicians School, addresses members of the Women's Army Corps—the groupshown representing only a portion of the first large class of Wacs to begin training as Medi-cal and Surgical Technicians so urgently needed by Army General Hospitals. In the assembly

are masculine members, also in training at MDETS.

Major Fred T. Renick of Roanoke, Va., director of the Medical section of MDETS, super-vises the correct use of the needle in giving an injection. The "patient" is Pfc Louis G.Akers of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; the student-instructor is Pfc Philip Calcara of Wood River, III.


Demonstration of the Thomas Leg Splint on the one and only Tec 5 Carroll H. Curry of Fair-mont, West Virginia. Pvt Frank Wheeler of Martinez, Calif., secures the position of thefoot in the splint while CpI Walter J. Worrell of Palo Alto, Calif., demonstrates the admin-

istering of plasma to counteract shock.

Reading down the line right to left, Tec 3 Harold Donders of San Francisco, Calif.; Pfc Don-ald Kirstine of Pierce, Neb.; Sgt. Kenneth P. Hoag of Harrisburg, Penn., enlisted instructor;Sgt Thomas D. Beaumont of Austin, Texas; Pvt Eugene C. Reusser of Dear Creek, Okla., andCpI F. Kesterson of Butt City, Calif. Sgt Hoag of the Pharmacy section of MDETS is instruct-

ing the men on the filling of prescriptions


In the Laboratory section of MDETS, T Sgt Byron A. Humphreys of San Antonio, Texas, in-structs Pvt Thomas H. Rush of Hoboken, New Jersey, center, and Pfc Arthur J. Moreau of

Lowell, Mass., in the use of the microscope.

Captain Thomas D. Kroner of Boston, Mass., gives instruction in flaming platinum needles foruse in transferring cultures. Pfc Bradford O. Smith of Staten Island, New York is carryingout the procedure while Pfc Leo H. Pellam, of Uxbridge, Mass., foreground, and CpI Fred B.

Hyatt of Carrollton, Ga., students, look on.


In the Chemistry and Serology section of the school Laboratory, Tec 5 Julian H. Johnson ofMangum, Okla., foreground, and Tec 5 Earl D. Williams of Harrisburg, Penn., are doing

various chemical tests.

Gastric-Analysis test being conducted by Pvt Henry P. Kurdziel of Cleveland, Ohio, on Tec4 John R. Victor of Marinette, Wis. Checking the test are Major Thomas R. Noonan ofBuffalo, New York, director of the Laboratory section and Lt. Robert R. Scruggs of Charlotte,,N. C., instructor. In the foreground Pfc Charles W. Wieneke of Greensboro, Md., is ready to

proceed with the analysis.


S Sgt Jesse C. Hudson of Durant, Okla., instructing students in the art of bandaging. Leftto right, Pvt Marvin L. McGee of Granite City, III., watches Pvt Charles A. Richmond of

New York City apply a bandage on Pfc Glenn H. Rock of Mount Morris, III.

In the Plaster Room, Captain Henry Feintuck of New York City, officer-instructor supervisesenlisted instructors on teaching a class of enlisted men and women technicians. The Wacsare left, Pvt Betty Cannon of Corpus Christi, Texas, and right, Tec 5 Sophia Szymanski

of Cleveland, Ohio.


Major Herman C. Sartorius, director of the Surgical section of the school lectures to membersof the WAC who will become surgical technicians upon completion of their training. Nurs-

ing procedure is taught by Lt. Angela M. McKay to student Wacs at MDETS.

Various parts of the anatomy are studied by enlisted technicians of the Medical DepartmentEnlisted Technicians School with the mannequin, organs of which are detachable for closeinspection and study. Left, Pvt Mary E. Meecham, WAC of Lowell, Mass., and right, PvtBessie Geitz, WAC of Fernville, Calif., examine organs while Pvt Gilbert Imnelt of Colum-

bus, Ohio, looks on.


British style of artificial respiration called "Eve's rocking method" shows in background, left,Pvt. Doris Hansen, Peoria, III., Pvt. Mary A. Halashyn of Cincinnati, Ohio, the "patient" andright, Pvt Beatrice Hartmann of Syracuse, New York. Tec 4 Cyril Porter of Greenfield, Ohio,is the enlisted instructor. In the foreground, left. Pvt Pauline Hibbard of Harlan, Ky., Pvt.Margaret Hayden of Seattle, Washington, who is the "patient" and right. Pvt. Arline Hickish

of La Crosse., Wis.

An outdoor class in respiration, checked by Major Herman C. Satorius of Garden City, Kans.,who is director of the Surgical Section. Captain Francis X. Haines of Binghampton, New York,officer instructor and Pfc Edward A. Raczkowski of East Chicago, Ind., enlisted instructor,

supervise the class of Wacs.


Bed-making becomes an important procedure to Wacs. They must learn to make a bed movingthe patient as little as possible. In the background, Pvt Velma Little of Nampa, Idaho, makesthe bed with Pvt Rosita Leach of Cincinnati, Ohio, as "patient." In the foreground Pvt. MaryMetzger of Youngstown, Ohio, makes the bed while Pvt Harriet Miller of Louisville, Ky. is the

"patient".

The correct technique in the x-ray section of the school is taught by M Sgt Potxewitsch ofAustin, Texas, senior instructor and by the assistant instructor, S Sgt Russell M. Raybold ofDayton, Ohio, to Pvt Allen C. Olson of Island Hgts., New Jersey, shown as the "patient" whilePfc William A. Mullins, Sr., of Tallahassee Ala., positions the patient and Pvt Doyle Morton

of Halletsville, Texas operates the x-ray machine.


Captain James E. Kelley of Waukon, Ohio, director of the Dental section of MDETS, lectureson full dentures to student technicians. The use of visual aids is very valuable in demon-

strating to the students of this section.

.f. Edwin H. Wasserman of New York City, well known as a genial sort of person aboutirooke demonstrates the lathe to CpI Isadore Jacobs of San Diego, Calif., Pvt. Joseph Tanskyif Brooklyn, New York and Pvt William Stitt of Brookline, Mass. (Sorry the sound track missed

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Lt. Scruggs (in chair) "taken for a cleaning" by Tec 3 John P. Baeyens of San Pedro, Calif.,while Pfc Raymond H. Nelson of Bend, Oregon, Tec 4 Walter J. Clearman of Hattiesburg, Miss.,Pfc William D. Milford of Barberton, Ohio, and Tec 4 John J. Clutter of Minneapolis, Miss.,watch the technique. Students in order to complete training in this section must be able to

correctly clean teeth and take a full mouth x-ray.

Lt. Wasserman is assisted by Tec 4 Clearman in demonstrating the Dental x-ray procedureto Tec 5 Hulin F. Carlton of Erlanger, N. C., the "patient", while Tec 4 Clutter and Tec 3

Donald A. Grimmer of Sandusky, Ohio, enlisted instructors in this section look on.


have arrived in increasing numbers. Theyare being trained for duty as techniciansin General Hospitals in the United States.

During the early days of the school muchof the instruction was didactic with rela-tively little application. Gradually, in con-formity with general policies of militaryinstruction, lectures have been lessenedmaterially in number and length, and, moreand more teaching is being accomplishedby visual aids and actual performance.Training Aids of all varieties have been de-vised and constructed in the school. Ampleuse is made of training films and stripfilms officially produced to cover a varietyof subjects. By far, the greatest part ofinstruction is now accomplished by use ofthe actual equipment these students will beexpected to use in the hospitals, labora-tories or field units where their servicewill be required.

When students graduate from the schoolthey are not considered expert technicians.At first they will require supervision ofvarying degree, until experience has giventhem assurance and skill in carrying outtheir responsibilities. Participation on thepart of Brooke General Hospital personnelin assisting in training those students as-signed to its various departments, has fre-quently been referred to by the Command-ing General as one of the important res-ponsibilities of the Hospital.

The favorable reports of medical servicein the Army given over the radio, and inthe news reports are dependent upon newand improved methods of medicine andsurgery, use of plasma, blood transfusions,penicillin and sulfa drugs and finallyprompt care of trained personnel. It is inthis last field that the more than 11,500graduates of this school are participating,and the splendidly favorable reports of theirperformance of duty on all fronts wherethey serve, create a feeling of pride andsatisfaction at this school in having ac-complished a tiny part in winning WorldWar II.

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"CAMPUS STUFF"by Tec 5 Carroll H. Curry

Your attention is invited to the cover onthis issue. It was designed by Bill Lytle, aformer instructor in the dental section.

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Cpl. Barksdale, former combat infantry-man, says emphatically that it is “abouttime the medics got a combat badge. Theydeserve it if anyone does!”

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Capt. R. O. Lawson is now getting hisMDETS orientation. This course consists,mostly, of Texas music appreciation, withemphasis on “Each Night at Nine,” and“Shame on You.”

(Continued From Page 14)means of instruction, and length of courses,have taken place. Many training aids havebeen developed locally, while TechnicalManuals as outlines of courses, numeroustraining films and strip films have beenprovided from official sources, and a uni-form curriculum for all schools has beenarranged by the Training Division of ArmyService Forces.

Six courses have been taught at theschool. At present the Medical and Surgi-cal sections are taught in combination.Their students must possess as a minimumeducational qualification grammar schoolgraduation. Two of the three months inthis course are spent in the school and thethird in practical, on the job, ward workat the Brooke or other nearby General Hos-pitals. The Dental and Pharmacy Coursesare of three months duration and studentsmust be High School graduates. All ofthese courses are taught in the school area,with the exception of about one week ofpractical training for the Dental studentsin local post Dental Clinic, and for Phar-macy students in the Pharmacies of theBrooke General Hospital. The Laboratoryand X-Ray courses are of four months du-ration, and educational requirement isHigh School graduation. The Laboratorycourse consists of three months study inthe school area and a fourth of practicalwork at the Eighth Service Command Lab-oratory, while the X-Ray students spendtwo months at the schooi and receive twomonths of clinical work in the X-Ray Lab-oratories of the Hospital.

Until about the 1st of October 1944,monthly classes consisting of three hun-dred to three hundred and fifty studentsproperly apportional to school sections havebeen received. These class quotas, formu-lated by the Training Division of the Sur-geon General’s Office in conformity withrequirements imposed upon it by the WarDepartment, are announced to the schoolsabout a month in advance by the AdjutantGeneral, who also issues orders to thesource units to send the students here. Thestudents are separated into two roughgroups, assigned and unassigned. The as-signed students come from parent organi-zations and upon completion of their coursereturn to their own units to accomplishtheir duties more satisfactorily and skill-fully and to assume greater responsibili-ties. The unassigned students, who havealways been the larger group, are sentfrom Army Service Forces Training Cen-ters, and upon completion of their coursesthey are returned to their source Trainingpool and thence assigned to new units, oftenfor overseas duty. Since 1st Oct. 1944, whenrequirements for newly activated unitsdiminished, the entering classes have de-creased materially in size and since 1 Janu-ary 1945 members of Women’s Army Corps


PGA AND CUP MATCHESTOURNAMENT PLANSBEING COMPLETEDTOURNAMENT TO BE HELDMAY 14th TO 20th

Plans for the approaching Texas PGAand Cup Matches Tournament which are totake place from May 14th to 20th are wellon the way towards completion. The Tour-nament is being given for the benefit of thepatients of the Brooke Hospital Centerand proceeds will be used for securingadded facilities for the Fort Sam HoustonGolf Course for use by the patients ofBrooke.

Bleachers are to be erected at the 9thand 18th holes for those patients who wishto attend but who will be unable to walkover the course. A loud speaker systemwill be installed to announce the variousplayers coming up and to give during in-tervals, results of the playing.

Some of the finest amateur and profes-sional golfers will be here for the eventand the tournament will also feature amatch for servicemen.

The tournament committee includesColonel Walter Moore, U. S. Army, retired,Colonel John C. Woodland, Commanding Of-ficer of the Brooke General Hospital andMajor William Ward McDonald, Public Re-lations Officer of the Army Ground andArmy Service Forces Redistribution Station,working in conjunction with other golf en-thusiasts who are now formulating plans forthe event. Valuable assistance is beinggiven by Corporal Ashley Loafea, profes-sional golfer who instructs members of theReconditioning Unit turning out for golf.

Sketch Page 26 shows a plan of the Fort Sam Houston GolfCourse where patients aid in their recovery by playing golf


Good Conduct Medal, the American Defense(pre-Pearl Harbor) ribbon, the AmericanTheatre ribbon (serving as gunner on aship) and the European Theatre of Opera-tions ribbon with four battle stars.

Leaving these shores for duty overseason October 27th, 1942, Whittington landedwith General Patton’s troops on November7, 1942, D-Day at Casa Blanca. He sawaction at Meknes, French Morocco, andagain in Algeria. Then came Tunisia andD-Day, July 10th, 1943, at Sicily.

It was while in combat in Sicily with Co.“H,” 1st Bn, 41st Armored Division thatSergeant Whittington was first woundedon July 27th, 1943; not seriously, butenough to put him in the hospital. Eventsleading up to the incident in which Whit-tington was hit by shell fragments duringaction that earned for him and one of hiscomrades the Silver Star, follow:

The American forces were thrusting aspearhead through a pass between twomountains in Sicily in their advance toPalermo. Whittington and Sergeant GeorgeVercher of Lena Station, Louisiana, weremembers of an advance party. Half of theadvance took the right section of the thrustand Whittington with Vercher and theirmen took the left. Coming out of the pass,about 2 o’clock in the morning the men metup with the enemy who opened fire withtwo machine guns, an anti-tank gun, fourfield pieces of 100 mm type and variousother support. Though Whittington andVercher had expected opposition at anytime and were ready with their guns andgrenades, they had no idea what really laybefore them. Besides the artillery men-tioned, there was a pill-box and an ammuni-tion dump in the vicinity. When the enemyopened up, Whittington and Vercher lead-ing their squad, let go with rifle fire andstarted tossing their grenades. One ofWhittington’s grenades, aptly aimed at afield piece, lodged in the muzzle of thecannon and put it out of commission forthe time. A tracer bullet from the M-lrifle fired by Sergeant Whittington wascredited with having set off the ammunitiondump. Whittington doesn’t rememberevents any too well after that for shellfragments hit him in his right shoulderand leg.

It was in action near St. Dennis, France,as. a member of Co. “I,” 41st ArmoredRegiment, 2nd Armored Division whileSergeant Whittington was acting platoonleader that the action which initiated therecommendation for the Medal of Honortook place.

Seven days later, on the 6th of August,at Boucage, France, Sergeant Whittingtonwas again wounded, this time by mortarshell fire which struck him in the back andstomach and definitely put him out of thefighting.

(Continued From Page 9In the name of Congress, the Medal of

Honor is awarded to each person, while anofficer, non-commissioned officer or pri-vate of the Army, in action involving actualconflict with an enemy and the individualcited must have performed a deed of per-sonal bravery or self-sacrifice involvingrisk of life or the performance of more thanordinary hazardous service. Recommenda-tions for the decoration are judged by thisstandard of extraordinary merit and incon-testable proof of the performance of theservice is exacted.

The citation which accompanied theMedal of Honor, read by Captain RobertS. Hawthorne, adjutant, Brooke Generaland Convalescent Hospital, was directedfrom The White House, Washington, andreads: The President of the United Statestakes pleasure in awarding the MEDAL ofHONOR to SERGEANT HULON B. WHIT-TINGTON, Co. I, 41st Armored InfantryRegiment, United States Army, for serviceas set forth in the following citation: “Forconspicuous gallantry and intrepidity atthe risk of live above and beyond the callof duty. On the night of 29 July 1944, nearGrimesnil, France, during an enemyarmored attack, Sergeant Whittington, asquad leader, assumed command of hisplatoon when the platoon leader andplatoon sergeant became missing in action.He reorganized the defense, and under firecourageously crawled between gun posi-tions to check the actions of his men. Whenthe advancing enemy attempted to pene-trate a road block, Sergeant Whittington,completely disregarding intense enemyaction, mounted a tank and by shoutingthrough the turret, directed it into positionto fire point blank at the leading Mark VGerman tank. The destruction of thisvehicle blocked all movement of the remain-ing enemy column, consisting of over 100vehicles of a Panzer unit. The blockedvehicles were then destroyed by hand gre-nades, bazooka, tank and artillery fire andlarge numbers of enemy personnel werewiped out by a bold and resolute bayonetcharge inspired by Sergeant Whittington.When the medical aid man had become acasualty, Sergeant Whittington personallyadministered first aid to his wounded men.The dynamic leadership, the inspiringexample and the dauntless courage of Ser-geant Whittington, above and beyond thecall of duty, are in keeping with the highesttraditions of the military service.” It wassigned by the late President Franklin D.Roosevelt.

Whittington entered the service of hiscountry on August 21, 1940, from Bastrop,La. In addition to his Congressional Medalof Honor, Whittington wears the SilverStar, Purple Heart with one Oak-Leaf Clus-ter, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the


Patients Hear Lectures OnFundamentals of Selling

Mr. Walter M. Casey, whose series of lectures have been well received by patients of the BrookeGeneral and Convalescent Hospitals is shown above explaning the fundametals of selling toS Sgt Herman W. Graf, left, of San Antonio, Texas, and Tec 3 Dale L. Stofferson of Harlin, Iowa.

A series of six lectures on the funda-mentals of selling has just been concludedat the New Hospital, Annex II and AnnexIV, by Walter M. Casey of Beaumont,Texas, as part of the Educational Recondi-tioning Program.

Mr. Casey is owner of the New CrosbyHotel in Beaumont, assistant to the presi-dent of the Rice Mills and also one ofeight members comprising the W.P.B. HotelIndustry Advisory Committee. His variedoccupations throughout an eventful life-time qualify him to talk on a level that allthe patients, whether grammar school orcollege graduates, are able to enjoy andappreciate. He has worked as a bell hopin New York City, the oilfields in Mexico,district sales manager for the Ford MotorCompany in Southern California in additionto his current diversified enterprises.

Based on a recent survey, Mr. Casey be-lieves that 43 per cent of the availablemanpower will be employed in sales, serviceand distribution. Since many patients areundecided as to their postwar plans, hehas taken this opportunity to explain thefundamentals of selling. He also points

out what a lucrative field selling is. Mr.Casey volunteered these lectures on hisown, in his effort to be of service to hos-pital patients.

Explaining that the postwar world willnot be Utopia, Mr. Casey emphasizes will-ingness to work and common sense willstill be pre-requisites to success. Educationis required, he contends, but a diploma doesnot necessarily signify qualifications forexecutive positions. Over 65 per cent ofthe executives in industry today do nothave high school diplomas, he points out.Mr. Casey himself worked his way throughschool and is a graduate of ColumbiaUniversity.

Mr. Casey has urged the Sales ManagersClub of San Antonio to supplement hisprogram. Speakers from the organizationare already appearing on the EducationalReconditioning Programs and are beingwell received by men who have never pre-viously been interested in the selling field.

Many of these lectures can be applied toany chosen occupation and individual.Everyone is a salesman for himself in allof his daily contacts. A lecture on “De-


veloping a Pleasing Personality” concernseveryone. A willingness to work and learnare basics for any job. Mr. Casey hasgiven assurances to patients in this hos-pital that there will be postwar jobs forveterans—if they are willing to work.

Plans are being made to bring Mr. Caseyback during the last part of May to repeatthis valuable series of lectures.

The patients shown with Mr. Casey inthe photo, page 29, have both served theircountry overseas. S/Sgt. Herman W. Grafof San Antonio saw action in the Asiatic,Pacific and Mediterranean sections goingoverseas in May, 1943, and returning Sep-tember, 1944. He has been a patient atthe Brooke General Hospital since the20th of December, 1944. Entering serv-ice in October, 1940, Sgt. Graf wearsthe Pre-Pearl Harbor Ribbon, the EuropeanTheater of Operations Ribbon with fourbattle stars, the Good Conduct Medal andthe Purple Heart with TWO Oak LeafClusters.

Tec 3 Dale L. Stofferson of Harlin, Iowa,left for overseas August 2, 1942, and re-turned October 20, 1944. He was a mem-ber of the “Fighting” Medics, being aCompany Aid man with a rifle platoon com-pany, 1st Infantry Division. He waswounded twice, once in the African theateron May 6, 1943, the second time in Nor-mandy on 1 August 1944. He wears besidesthe Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, aSilver Star with an Oak Leaf Cluster, GoodConduct Ribbon, the European Theater ofOperations ribbon with four battle stars,the Veterans of Foreign Wars Ribbon andthe Distinguished Unit Badge.

Another patient, Private Howard Charterof San Francisco, Calif., assigned to theEducation and Information section ofBrooke Hospital, has given much valuableassistance to Mr. Casey in his series oflectures.

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Red Cross NewsCANDY PULL

The fact that most men like to putteraround a kitchen was proven when on April11th an old fashioned “candy pull” washeld at New Hospital Red Cross Building.Many batches of taffy were cooked by thepatients and pulled to just the right con-sistency. The only tragedy was that oneman couldn’t wait for the mixture to cooland blistered his hands a little. Fudge wasalso on the recipe list and was especiallygood because of the hard work done by the“pecan shelling” crew. Patients who werenot “kitchen inclined” enjoyed card gamesand were served coffee. Sharply at 9 P. M.the last dish, pot and pan was spotless—-the last crumbs eaten, — and the tired'“cooks” on their way to bed.

BARNYARD PARTY“I’m a duck” — “I’m a pig” — “I’m a

donkey” — “I’m a chicken’ — such werethe cries heard at the Old Hospital RedCross Building as the guests filed in tothe Barnyard Party and had pinned on hisor her lapel a tiny paper animal which af-filiated him or her with the group. As soonas the chickens gathered in their roost,the pigs in their pen, etc. the peanut racebegan. Each group tried to find more pea-nuts than the other in a given time. Thenoisy part was that only the captain ofeach group could pick up the feanuts andhe had to be called by the pigs “oinking,”the ducks “quacking,” the cows “mooing.”Pandemonium reignedr Next came a duckwalk race, then a rooster crowing contestwith gestures. A real hot potato relay racecame next and blue ribbons were awardedwinners in each game or race. Last of allcame “Farmer in the Dell’ but not as youever played it before. This was in swing-time and the farmer jitterbugged aroundchoosing a wife. This game led to the re-freshment table which held kegs of ciderand doughnuts. Corporal Koch played thepiano while these delicacies were enjoyedand the whole group joined in singing popu-lar favorites. The animals seemed reluct-and to leave the barnyard and the attractivefarmer’s daughters who were guests.

* U.S.O. NOTESThe Discussion Club of the Crockett

Street USO invites patients of the BrookeGeneral Hospital and the Brooke Convales-cent Hospital to attend a program givenon May 10th at 8 P. M., the subiect ofwhich will be “Small Business After theWar.” The speaker will be Mr. ConradNetting, district director of the Small WarPlants Corporation. The object Mr. Nettingwill have in mind will be to inform thegroup attending about united effort beingput forth by men in small businesses topromote their enterprises in the reconver-sion era.*This meeting should be of especialinterest to the soldier who anticipates go-ing into business after the war.USO INVITES WIVES OF SERVICEMEN TO "CHIT-CHAT AND CHILI"

A hearty welcome is extended to wivesof servicemen by the U.S.O. at 326 E.Crockett St. to attend “Wives Afternoon”every Thursday at 2:00 P. M. and enjoy“Chit—Chat a nd Chili.” Sports, tours,classes and special programs for womenare also a feature of these get-togethers.

The Quincy Street USO were hostessesfor a most exciting Bingo evening at theOld Hospital early in April. The grandprize was a long distance telephone call.Having just arrived at the hospital thatvery afternoon, the lucky winner couldscarcely wait for the opportunity to callhis Chicago home.


The Women'sArmy CorpsTo Observe 3rd Birthday

14 May, 1945sSrjjraBggaRMED with good health, alert

minds, Army technical and spe-cialized training, plus the will

Ritom to work and win, America’swomen soldiers proudly arewearing the insignia of their

branch of Army service, or the PallasAthlene of their own corps, in far cornersof the world today.

Originally organized as an Army auxil-ary by an Act of Congress introduced byRepresentative Edith Nourse Rogers ofMassachusetts, the Women’s Army Corpsbill was passed on May 14, 1942. Congres-sional and military leaders realized that intime of total war, women also must workto preserve the democratic form of govern-ment which granted them the privilege oftaking their places in society and businessalongside their men.

On May 15, 1942, Oveta Culp Hobby ofHouston, Texas, wife of former GovernorWilliam P. Hobby, was named Director ofthe Corps. Now a member of the War De-partment General Staff, Colonel Hobby isresponsible for the plans and policies, forprocurement, reception, classification, train-ing and assignment of its personnel, andthe inspection of units, detachments, andindividuals assigned to the Army GroundForces and the Army Service Forces.

There have been many changes in theCorps in the three years since its forma-tion. Despite a 25 percent loss in num-bers due to various reasons when the“Auxiliary” was dropped from its name,there was a gain in prestige, in unity ofpurpose within the Corps and in prideamong women.

Women who join the ranks of the Armymust be citizens of the United States; be

single; or married without dependent chil-dren under 14 years of age; and be able topass a physical examination. The minimumeducation requirements for the applicantare that she must have completed two yearsof high school or the equivalent in business,vocational or trade school.

Almost within reach of the third mile-stone in the Corps’ history, the women inthe Army of the United States have attunedtheir skills and abilities to the needs oftheir country at war.

The Wacs do many jobs in the Army,contributing directly to the fighting fronts;jobs that mean supplies on time, that ordersare precise, accurate and delivered on sched-ule; that channels of communication arekept open and the records of every soldierwho works and fights in this war are com-plete and dependable.

Now they are serving in the Army Gen-eral Hospitals as Medical and Surgicaltechnicians, helping to care for our woundedwho are returning to this country at analarming rate. They are performing vari-ous duties in the hospital wards and in oper-ating rooms, assisting in the care of thesick and wounded under the supervision ofArmy doctors and Army nurses. They aretaking over many of the functions whichin normal times would be handled by thenurses, but for which professional trainingis not necessary.

The Women’s Army Corps in its threeyears of existence, in its devotion to itstasks, in its high regard for the Army’sgreat and important teamwork, has earnedthe pride its women members now feel inbeing soldiers. They have earned the rightto see Captain Van Gilder in person, phone3041 for information sought.

ATTENTION, PATIENTSThe following rights should be brought

to your attention. If you have been hospit-alized for a period of six consecutive monthsor over, regardless of the number of his-.pitals in which you have been a patient,Lir whether you have been overseas or not,you are entitled to make application for arefund of all premiums paid on your lifeinsurance from the first day of hospitali-zation.

All dispositions and decisions rendered onevery applicant’s case come from the Chief,National Service Life Insurance, VeteransAdministration, Washington, D. C.

Additioning information and applicationsmay be obtained by contacting CaptainRobert L. Van Gilder, the Personal AffairsOfficer of Brooke, office in the basement,west wing new hospital. If you are unableto see Captain Van Gilder in person, aphone call from your bedside (extention


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