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This is the second program in the Army Nurses series to be added to the

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158 Infantry Group. That is being
processed now for Keita are in Phoenix.

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We bring you to more army nurses from
the south pacific hospitals where

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are wounded and disabled veterans are
being given the kind of care that

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would bring a real vote of
satisfaction and confidence from you. It has

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been my privilege to visit one or two
of these hospitals and I'm

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thoroughly convinced that the girls
who are handling the nursing side and

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the professional men who are in the
ranks of those who look after the

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surgical and otherwise side of the
picture of caring for them are doing a

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magnificent job. It's been very nice
visiting with the four girls whom we

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have been able to secure for these two
interviews. One already presented

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and the one for this period?
Lieutenant Agnes Mitchell from chin lee is

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our first Lieutenant this afternoon.
Mrs frank Mitchell is the mother and

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lieutenant Mitchell is Connected here
with the 80th General Hospital.

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Lieutenant Mitchell. Do you see
anything about the Philippines that

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remind you of the chin lee country?

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No, it certainly doesn't. I think
family is mostly desert. The Philippines

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is far different from it but still I
miss the desert. You think we would

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ever become accustomed to being away
from it? No. For me I wouldn't be.

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Are you a native of Arizona? Yes I am.
And have you always lived in the

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Chin lee country? Well I had all my
schooling in New Mexico but my home is

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in Arizona. And your mother is still
there? She's still there. Do you hear

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from me quite regularly. Yes sir. I
do. Are you a good correspondent

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yourself? Well, I write to her very
often but it's very short letters.

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Just telling her how I am. Well, she's
just about all. She probably

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appreciates more and shorter letters
than she would longer and less of

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them. Well, she probably does. She
never gives me any comment on it. Would

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it be fair for me to ask a question
like this? I didn't ask either of the

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two young ladies we interviewed
yesterday about the possibility of going

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home sometime and having a home and a
family. Do you plan to do something

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like that someday

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or is your love life a closed chapter?
Well, I think it is. Oh, surely

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that can't be right. I should think
that all of you eventually would want

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to get back home and

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have a home and sort of forget all of
this out here

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while if I meet somebody, if
somebody's

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equal to your specifications, you'll
see what can be done about that. Is

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that right? Well, perhaps I shouldn't
have asked that question for after

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all, A young lady should have the
privilege of retaining a few secrets and

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maybe that's one of the standard ones.
Are you going to remain out here

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indefinitely or are you planning to go
home at the first opportunity? Well

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, we only do what the army says if I
have a chance to go home first, I'll

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sure take it. Are you enthusiastic
about the work that's being done in the

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hospital? Yes sir, I am. Do you think
you're doing better here than you

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did in new guinea? Well, I think we
are here when we first landed over and

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Clark Field at the 24th field, we had
these boys coming in right from the

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fields back in New Guinea. We had just
old casualty cases. So I think we

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have done more than we have ever done
here in the Philippines. You have

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better facilities. Yes sir. We do. The
medical men who are responsible for

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the major portion of the work in the
hospitals by and large? They

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represent about the best the
profession had at home. Is it not true? Very

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true. Most of them are young man,
fresh out of medical College and and

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naturally adept in the use of all of
the modern drugs and all of the

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modern techniques. Seems to me like
that. That is a very comforting item

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of information. The loved ones at home
who know that their boys are

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occasionally hospitalized for various
reasons and to know that they are in

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the care of thoroughly capable,
altogether competent and skilled personnel

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in the hospitals is really something I
think that is to be appreciated and

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sort of looked upon with real
gratitude. Do the boys get quite a little

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mail from home? Yes, they do. The
parents are pretty faithful about riding

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to the especially the boys in the
hospital. That's right. Well I should

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say that that would be a major
responsibility that every parent who is

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similarly affected should follow
through on. What would you like to say to

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your mother? Mrs frank Mitchell up in
chin lee. I think she'd like to hear

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from you. Hello mother, how is
everybody at home here? I'm fine and doing

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my work very well. Only I hope I will
get to see you soon mm Well I'll

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join you. I hope you 2. 2 chin lee is
a long ways from here. Lieutenant.

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That's right. It's it seems so long
and so far away that it seems almost

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incredible that we should be able to
use a device of this kind to say

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hello personally. Thanks a lot for
coming in from the 80th General

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Hospital for this little interview.
I've enjoyed it and I think you have

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to. I have enjoyed it. Thank you. Mr
parker. You're certainly welcome.

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That was Lieutenant Agnes Mitchell of
Chin lee Arizona. Her mother Mrs

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frank Mitchell. And the local address
here in the Philippines for

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lieutenant Mitchell is the 80th
General Hospital and now we have

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Lieutenant Doris Norberg N. O. R. B.
E. R. G. Lieutenant Norberg. Is that

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your maiden name or your married name?
That's my maiden name, your maiden

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name. You are married. Those. I
understand it. Just a brand new bride. A

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brand new bride and I'm to be one of
the first to congratulate you. I hope.

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Thank you very much indeed. Mrs Saban
S. A. B. I am and mrs Sinclair S. I

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N C L. A. I. R. Box 20 to 36. Warren
Arizona are the sisters of Lieutenant

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Doris Norberg. How long have you lived
in the Warren Country? Miss Norberg

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? About four years then You have had
enough of Arizona in your blood to

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make you feel somewhat like a native
anyway, haven't you? And I should say

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I have. What do you plan to do after
the war is over you and your new

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husband? Well we plan to go home and
settle someplace and raise a family,

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settle someplace. Just anyplace Or do
you think you might go to Arizona? I

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don't believe so. My husband's from
the south. We'll probably go to

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Georgia. In other words you're going
to take a vote and he's going to out

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vote. You expect that? So it'll be,
how did you happen to run into a

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husband? Way out here in the
Philippines? Did you know him before you came

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out here? We met in Arizona? We met at
Fort Huachuca. Well that's on our

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side. That's right. You were stationed
at Fort Huachuca for awhile. Yes I

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was there for 14 months and he was
there about 10. We met and were engaged

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there came overseas first and then I
came over just three months ago and

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we met and were married. What channels
did you use to engineer this rather

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unusual circumstance of you arriving
here And he arriving here anything Or

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was it sheer luck? I think it was just
your luck. What end of the service

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is he in? He's a paratrooper. Leavened
airborne. Yes sir. See I'm knowing

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my air troopers, everybody should.
That's right. Have you been getting

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along in the hospital work here? Do
you find it interesting or does it

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drag a bit? No, it's very interesting.
I'm on a medical ward. And tropical

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medicine is quite different from
medicine in the States. You have such

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different diseases. Do you suspect
that you might continue with any

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portion of this kind of work after the
war is over in spite of your going

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home and having the family and so
forth? No, I think my nursing days are

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over. When you finish out here, then
you're going to be ready to retire

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from the nursing game. Except in a
private way. That's right. Well that's

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good experience. I should say that a
girl who's had your experience and

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background in nursing would certainly
be a better wife and a better mother.

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Wouldn't you think so? Well, you have
the background and that you ought

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to be able to take care of your own
Children? Goodness and your husband

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and your husband? That's very
important. What would you like to say to

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these two sisters of yours here. Hello
Lenore and Amy and the boys. Ellen

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and ralphie. I hope youll I'll be
there waiting for us when we come back.

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We're both very anxious to get home
and see you all. But not until the

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war is over. How many points, sir? You
don't have points. But how many

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months of service do you have? 28.

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That's all out here. Or part of it at
home? Oh no, I'm just brand new

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recruit out here. I've only been here
three months. I see. Well, you've

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been very busy since you've been here.
If you've acquired a husband and an

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appreciation for the Philippines. And
Uh huh. Good job in the What

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hospital are you with the 313 3 13.
Yes. I forgot to write it down here.

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And I wasn't sure I could trust my
memory. One more question. Before you

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finish here, how about the other
girls? Are any of them finding romance is

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out here in this part of the world?
Yes. A couple of the girls have met

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their husbands here. They come over
since the girls arrived. And uh

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another girl and one of the nurses and
one of our doctors are marrying

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this week today. In fact, so
everything goes wrong quite well. Human

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beings are ever the same. No matter
where you are. Isn't lots of romancing.

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Well, these young people out here
entitled to a little romance. I should

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say that that's about all there is out
here. That persons of our type of

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civilization would find altogether
compatible. This is no cook's tour.

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This is no sight seeing junket in
spite of the fact that it's nice to come

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to another part of the world and see
how other people live. Still you're

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always a native of your own particular
country and addicted, shall we say

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to those things which are common to
the behavior of persons in that part

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of the world? Any other point you'd
like to make before we finish

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lieutenant. Just that I'm very, very
happy and sort of nursing overseas.

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It's different. But you get a lot of
satisfaction out of it being able to

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help the boys that do so much more
than we ever could. Well, I think

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that's a very nice way to end our
broadcast. I believe your attitude is

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typical of the nursing corps, both the
red cross and the army. And you're

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to be complimented and congratulated
and saluted for your fine sense of

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service friends that completes the
four army nurses whom we have been able

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to secure from the general hospitals
in this area who call Arizona their

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home. Hope you've enjoyed their
remarks. I think they did very well in

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spite of the fact that we group them
in pairs instead of in fours as we

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usually do. This is Howard Pyle
reporting from the south pacific Central

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pacific perhaps would be better. And
returning you to Frederickperson