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When it's laundry time, members of the medical outpost hike down to the river like Pvt. Don Booth. |
Sgt. Robert Fromant props his helmet upon a bamboo stand to use as a wash basin. Nothing fancy here. |
A shower? When it rains, stand under the eaves of the roof like Pvt. Nick Romeo, left, and Booth. |
In a basha dispensary, Lt. Art Sonnenberg, right, and Booth bandage a leg injury of an Indian porter. |
Pfc. Russell A. Musarra has discovered that bamboo is an adequate fuel to use when cooking meals. |
Mail time is the biggest moment of the day. Dak porters carry the "sugar reports" to the outpost. |
Entertainment is a difficult problem for this hard-working group of jungle medics. Sonnenberg amuses himself in a rugged game of darts, while Booth watches. |
A malaria mosquito gnawed on Pvt. Jack Savage. Recuperating, Savage passes the time by letter-writing on the porch of the log cabin where the medicos live. |
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Two former athletes were turned down by the armed forces, so they volunteered for the American Field Ambulance Corps and are serving in India. Former Middlebury College football coach, Richard Field, above, has only half vision in one eye, while Edward Brennan, ski star, was turned down 15 times by the Army, Navy and Air Forces after breaking a leg. He wouldn't take "no" for an answer. |
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THE ROUNDUP IS OUT TODAY The dogs are reading books, The apes are playing dice. The rats are running in the holes And dancing with the mice. The cows are dancing 'round, The chickens are playing ball; All the goldbricks' work now, They no longer stall. The goats are eating cans, The flies are drinking spry, For everybody's happy - The ROUNDUP'S out today. - By Cpl. LEONARD F. SMITH |
FOR DISCHARGED G.I.'S WASHINGTON - UP - Acting Secretary of War Robert Paterson announced that service lapel buttons will be awarded to men and women who have been honorably discharged from the Army during this war. The buttons will be small, gold-plated and made of plastic, containing an eagle within a circle with his wings extending beyond the circle's edge. |
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