WEBVTT 00:00:03.540 --> 00:00:05.540 This is a special cut. 10 minutes for Kata are in Phoenix to be added to 00:00:08.929 --> 00:00:14.136 the 158 Infantry series which is now in the process of being prepared for 00:00:14.169 --> 00:00:19.407 shipment. Yeah, 00:00:19.440 --> 00:00:23.607 once again, it's hello to you from the south pacific Howard Pyle speaking 00:00:23.640 --> 00:00:28.907 and quite happy on this occasion because we've been lucky enough to find 00:00:28.940 --> 00:00:34.946 four Army nurses from Arizona who are going to be divided by two and 00:00:34.979 --> 00:00:39.557 appear during our next two broadcasts or in the order in which fred 00:00:39.590 --> 00:00:44.467 macpherson may decide to present them For the 1st 2. We have Lieutenant 00:00:44.500 --> 00:00:51.917 Laura Celaya of the 120th General Hospital 9 13 Myrtle Avenue Tempe and 00:00:51.950 --> 00:00:57.557 Lieutenant mary Ellen smith Of the 80th General Hospital. She came into 00:00:57.590 --> 00:01:04.107 the army from buckeye. So these two girls are going to occupy me and you 00:01:04.140 --> 00:01:07.376 For the next 10 minutes now we've had a lot of fun talking here about 00:01:07.409 --> 00:01:13.057 whether or not two girls could occupy as much time as four boys. And I am 00:01:13.090 --> 00:01:16.837 of the opinion on the basis of my experience with the four Wax from 00:01:16.870 --> 00:01:21.387 Arizona recently that 2.5 minutes as we allow it for the boys is not 00:01:21.420 --> 00:01:25.107 enough for the girls. Now we'll see whether these girls are equal to the 00:01:25.140 --> 00:01:28.926 assignment or whether we will wish we had put all four of them on one 00:01:28.959 --> 00:01:31.766 program and allowed it to go at that. How have you been? Lieutenant Celia 00:01:31.799 --> 00:01:38.367 ? I have been fine. That's good. Now you've been over here about 18 months 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:42.167 I think you told 18 months this month. Well, has it been good for your 00:01:42.200 --> 00:01:49.986 figure, your face or your fortune? Uh huh. Neither. Okay, I'm afraid of 00:01:50.019 --> 00:01:56.176 this added weight. Oh, I can't believe you look so slender now. Who's 00:01:56.209 --> 00:01:59.926 kidding? You're supposed to thank me. Oh, I thank you. All right. That's 00:01:59.959 --> 00:02:04.367 wonderful. Well, I'll tell you the truth. Lieutenant Salah. Even if you 00:02:04.400 --> 00:02:11.416 were just a self like these uniforms seldom emphasized one slender nous, 00:02:11.449 --> 00:02:18.147 but every curve and bulge that you have seems to show up more plainly Now 00:02:18.180 --> 00:02:22.006 you're being tackled. 00:02:22.039 --> 00:02:28.696 Well, anyway, it sure is nice to see you as a resident of Tempe. I find a 00:02:28.729 --> 00:02:33.927 great personal delight in meeting someone from home, especially a girl who 00:02:33.960 --> 00:02:37.476 lived on the same street with me for so many years that we seem almost 00:02:37.509 --> 00:02:42.376 like neighbors. The sister's name is Ophelia Celaya. And as I said a 00:02:42.409 --> 00:02:47.816 moment ago, the addresses. 9 13 Myrtle Avenue Tempe. Lieutenant Salah. Or 00:02:47.849 --> 00:02:53.006 what have you missed most about home since you've been away? I can't say 00:02:53.039 --> 00:02:58.797 much that I've missed the climate. Oh, you had that name but I do miss the 00:02:58.830 --> 00:03:04.416 greenness mostly over here because it's, it isn't the same. It seems like 00:03:04.449 --> 00:03:09.196 everything is overgrown with weeds at the present. And over there are 00:03:09.229 --> 00:03:17.229 beautiful loans and oh, landscape gardens and 00:03:18.039 --> 00:03:22.126 just just home. It's the difference between civilization and the tropics 00:03:22.159 --> 00:03:26.717 and the tropics. I noticed too that the undergrowth, the greenery that you 00:03:26.750 --> 00:03:32.087 refer to is more rank than it is at home and as a result it lacks the 00:03:32.120 --> 00:03:36.807 orderliness that we appreciate about Arizona is more or less well kept 00:03:36.840 --> 00:03:41.436 appearance. Are you enjoying the work that you're doing in the hospital's 00:03:41.469 --> 00:03:47.077 Lieutenant Celia? I am very much now. I had not been with the general 00:03:47.110 --> 00:03:54.457 hospital for before but now it's different and it's very interesting now 00:03:54.490 --> 00:03:57.856 really I'm enjoying it. Are you doing any particular type of work in the 00:03:57.889 --> 00:04:03.307 general hospital? Are you in surgery or inside? I'm doing just the medical 00:04:03.340 --> 00:04:07.467 ward work now. Are you optimistic about the kind of care that the army is 00:04:07.500 --> 00:04:14.376 able to give the wounded veterans in our hospitals? I am. I think we have 00:04:14.409 --> 00:04:20.556 about the, oh, the best they can be had. And they are the boys are really 00:04:20.589 --> 00:04:26.697 getting the care. They seem to appreciate it to an awful lot that by their 00:04:26.730 --> 00:04:32.127 own words, I have found out that they to get the attention and the care 00:04:32.160 --> 00:04:37.406 that they need. I understand that you have a very high rate of 00:04:37.439 --> 00:04:41.717 effectiveness in your treatment. Somebody gave me not too long ago, a very 00:04:41.750 --> 00:04:45.577 startling percentage of the number who reach your hospitals here at the 00:04:45.610 --> 00:04:51.596 bases who are able to return to duty. And in some cases though they're not 00:04:51.629 --> 00:04:54.687 able to return to duty, they do go home. In other words, if you finally 00:04:54.720 --> 00:04:58.457 get them to the hospitals, the base hospitals, you do have marvelous luck 00:04:58.490 --> 00:05:02.187 with them. As I understand it, we have, we have very good luck and I think 00:05:02.220 --> 00:05:08.176 it's due to the the treatments and all that they're using here. They have 00:05:08.209 --> 00:05:10.306 the latest. 00:05:10.339 --> 00:05:14.426 How's the morale of the boys when we first get them? I think their morale 00:05:14.459 --> 00:05:19.127 is low but it picks up I think seeing girls and I think you've got it 00:05:19.160 --> 00:05:25.056 right. I don't think any further explanation is necessary. I suppose that 00:05:25.089 --> 00:05:29.947 was particularly true down in new guinea. Very much so. What I can gather 00:05:29.980 --> 00:05:35.507 a new guinea must have been a pretty weird place, mud and lots of it, 00:05:35.540 --> 00:05:39.187 endless mud, endless mud. What would you like to say to your sister and 00:05:39.220 --> 00:05:41.967 your friends at home? Suppose you go ahead and talk to them for a few 00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:48.056 minutes or at least a few seconds. Well, I just want to say that I am very 00:05:48.089 --> 00:05:55.536 well and I'm very happy and though it's seems like they rumors have it 00:05:55.569 --> 00:06:00.517 that we might be getting home. I still think I want to stay here until 00:06:00.550 --> 00:06:08.550 it's all over with you know, I think my sister's a failure and I didn and 00:06:09.680 --> 00:06:15.647 only I would can understand perfectly well the way I feel and I'd like to 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:21.267 see this thing through and with God's help. I hope I do. Thank you very 00:06:21.300 --> 00:06:26.226 much. Lieutenant Laura stallion of the 120th General Hospital. Her home 00:06:26.259 --> 00:06:30.877 address is 9 13 Myrtle Avenue Tempe And the sisters names have been 00:06:30.910 --> 00:06:35.726 enumerated for you by Lieutenant Celia. You're certainly to be admired. 00:06:35.759 --> 00:06:40.296 Lieutenant for your ambition to see it through. I hope you succeed and 00:06:40.329 --> 00:06:45.207 that it isn't too long. Even on that basis until you're home. Thank you 00:06:45.240 --> 00:06:49.306 very much. Our power may also say hello to all the friends in phoenix and 00:06:49.339 --> 00:06:54.327 Tempe And Tucson. They'll appreciate that a lot. Thank you very much. And 00:06:54.360 --> 00:06:59.036 now we have lieutenant Mary Ellen Smith at the 80th General Hospital. The 00:06:59.069 --> 00:07:03.246 80th General Hospital. She came into the army from Buckeye and although 00:07:03.279 --> 00:07:09.096 she has A sister living in Phoenix at 44 80 North Central Avenue, she 00:07:09.129 --> 00:07:12.937 declined to give her address as Phoenix. Feeling that her public health 00:07:12.970 --> 00:07:15.906 work and work in buckeye. And the fact that she came into the army from 00:07:15.939 --> 00:07:20.937 buckeye certainly made it essential that she give buckeye as her all right 00:07:20.970 --> 00:07:26.416 , proud home address. How are you? Lieutenant smith? I'm just fine. You 00:07:26.449 --> 00:07:31.406 certainly look the part. Well, I think I have ever since I've been here. 00:07:31.439 --> 00:07:35.457 Well, have you always looked as rugged and strong as you do now, I'm 00:07:35.490 --> 00:07:41.056 afraid to have you are almost laughing. I wonder why I really am not 00:07:41.089 --> 00:07:44.906 alluding to anything in particular friends. 00:07:44.939 --> 00:07:48.837 We've had a bit of fun always in all of our discussions with the girls 00:07:48.870 --> 00:07:56.046 about the form and figure of things. And I have a hunch that Lieutenant 00:07:56.079 --> 00:08:01.207 smith here thinks I'm alluding to the fact that she might be called stout. 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:05.467 Is that right slightly on No, that's good now that we have that out of 00:08:05.500 --> 00:08:09.656 the way and I handled just as delicately as I knew how I appreciate that 00:08:09.689 --> 00:08:17.127 we can go on from there. Um 80th General Hospital isn't Captain Mattila 00:08:17.160 --> 00:08:20.906 Yonas in your 00:08:20.939 --> 00:08:25.556 station? Yes, she's in the chief nurses office. I say captain. And I'd 00:08:25.589 --> 00:08:29.096 like to have you emphasized that a bit if you will. That was news to me. 00:08:29.129 --> 00:08:33.427 It came to me through sources the other day that I hadn't contacted before. 00:08:33.460 --> 00:08:36.907 She was a lieutenant when we interviewed her a few weeks. That's right. 00:08:36.940 --> 00:08:41.376 But she's now a captain and they received her captain say about a week ago. 00:08:41.409 --> 00:08:46.197 She must be very proud and we're proud of her. That's good. How have you 00:08:46.230 --> 00:08:49.866 found the hospital work since you've been in during these 17 months? I 00:08:49.899 --> 00:08:55.557 believe I've enjoyed it very much. I think the one thing that I've enjoyed 00:08:55.590 --> 00:09:00.006 most is the use of penicillin and the results that we get together with 00:09:00.039 --> 00:09:06.096 the sulfa drugs as much as the boys hate the shot. I always tell them it's 00:09:06.129 --> 00:09:11.077 a pleasure to give them to him because I know that it will help them. I 00:09:11.110 --> 00:09:14.896 suspect that in the long run they're very grateful to you in spite of the 00:09:14.929 --> 00:09:19.476 local discomfort. That's right. How do you find the morale of the boys in 00:09:19.509 --> 00:09:26.356 the hospital Very good. When we first went to the 24th field, the boys 00:09:26.389 --> 00:09:32.587 didn't have quite the facilities for handling the amendment that we now 00:09:32.620 --> 00:09:37.866 have. But when the girls came in, I think that helped a great deal both 00:09:37.899 --> 00:09:44.157 the enlisted personnel and also the personnel in the hospital. Do you plan 00:09:44.190 --> 00:09:50.026 to stay after? It's over until, shall we say the Duration in six months is 00:09:50.059 --> 00:09:56.967 transpired? I shall try try. That's good. And we'll give you a try. How 00:09:57.000 --> 00:10:01.876 about a personal message to your sister? Mrs Luck Leslie. Our luck. Go 00:10:01.909 --> 00:10:06.376 right ahead To Hazel one Leslie. I'd like to say Hello and to all the 00:10:06.409 --> 00:10:12.106 folks at Buckeye. Those people that have meant so much to me in the past 00:10:12.139 --> 00:10:16.817 and will mean so much in the future. Of course I'd like to come home. It 00:10:16.850 --> 00:10:21.346 wouldn't mean a great deal to be home, but I enjoy it very much here. And 00:10:21.379 --> 00:10:27.707 I think as Howard tells you, I am still healthy and still going strong and 00:10:27.740 --> 00:10:33.207 looking very nice. I might add all I said in the beginning about those 00:10:33.240 --> 00:10:37.606 certain things I should take back because her uniform is very becoming to 00:10:37.639 --> 00:10:42.567 you And I know you're just as healthy as you look. Thanks a lot for coming 00:10:42.600 --> 00:10:47.226 in. Thank you Howard. It's been a pleasure. And when we get back home 00:10:47.259 --> 00:10:51.307 again, we'll try to get together somewhere and talk it all over the four 00:10:51.340 --> 00:10:55.726 of us. That has been Lieutenant mary Ellen smith of the 80th General 00:10:55.759 --> 00:11:00.346 Hospital. She came into the army from buckeye. She has a sister living at 00:11:00.379 --> 00:11:05.266 44 80 North Central Avenue mrs Leslie. Our Luck. It's been a pleasure to 00:11:05.299 --> 00:11:09.917 interview these two army nurses, both of them Lieutenants Lieutenants ally 00:11:09.950 --> 00:11:14.467 of 10 p.m. Lieutenant smith of Buckeye. We'll have to others in a 00:11:14.500 --> 00:11:18.006 forthcoming broadcast, and I know you'll want to hear from them, too. This 00:11:18.039 --> 00:11:20.937 is Howard Pyle, reporting from the pacific and returning you to fred 00:11:20.970 --> 00:11:22.970 Macpherson.