The 64th General Observer v1 n1 March 1943

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Vol. I, No . 1 t_T .A.Cl{SOlJ, S. C. -'--------]_ 943 .
_ 6/ TH. GE~'E.RAL EOS! I':L'.-.1, .FORT March
It is your-desire to hays · a news paper,
and it has r1y nholehearted a1;proval. :. ' .1Ch
a project is educational r.hd indicates in­dustry
, and the results of t l ,is ente:cpri se
should , be inf:ormativ~ and. interestinG to ·
those in the .variO'.,;.J servicc s · o.r this hosp­ital.
. By this vrc .·. shall knor; each other
better. Individual effort, combined into
teamwork, will ass1U'e success. · Let·• s all
pull tozether for THE 64Th GENEHAL .2
§~RV'LfL .
D. B. FAUST,
Colonel, Medical Corps,- Commanding.
NIJRSES SHOW WAACS ,BOVI
strin:i:::;.
Gc..s ~ If ~ don f t get MY cas mask on
ir. o. :-_-:::.'IJ' I'll be a cusuo.lty. Sniff?
'\ihat i.f.! that ;:as? Gosh, but that tear ;:as
bur:1s ~ Where 1. s the . door?
If I ever ,:et hom, I 1m ;:oin: rir;ht
to , be:d and s1£;.op and_ slce:p_~ But not so~
P.l'T .ltttlc nurso -,; . ·a 'shoi;,rer and out to
d~co. One · has to keep up one's. no.rale.
Lovc l~T lau~l, inrr l adies .in evonin.,. · • • • ..; "-J .l, - • • • ....,
dross--dancin': to ·r5opulc.r tunes and ·
strollin~ beneath that famous Carolina
Moon . · The 64th Gene r al Hospital Nurses
hud_ ve.ry little tro'_1blc keeping up their
morale. '
They did many other thin:s, thE'·Se
In July they pesan tC? arrive----those nurses . ThE"y rode in trucks, in buses,
::_:irls from 11 uay dovm South11 • · The;I· i-:ere net irl cars, 1t --best remembered--they walk-at
the . train by .a charn:i.ng uniforued rmr :Je, c c,--Clp hill and dovn1 hill, mile on mile .
none other _.than 1st Lt ... Juc:i.th .. ~·I8.11in, Chief They-. si_::ncd papers and nent to meetin:3s , ·
Nurse of the 64th General Ho '"pital . army navies, and more meetings , AnLt .1ow
At first it vms like an hilarious rir ea!'!l: theytre Army Nurscs l •• n~r day you can wc.lk
the long wooden corridors' the frame .1./ -~_1d- in+, tJ a hospital 1,\.'':J.rd and mE:-et a smil~ ;-:I
j_r;:;J· that were to be our qu&rtsrs (not ~~ cr::- 6/ct ;l Ihrr ·Je . On the streets of Columbic:.:.
i tories ~), anC: t he vastness that Tro.s l o~·-t:. r c.tur!'linz .sall;!-~es in a snnppy mili-: J.r~r
Jackson. lJJhen sor.-,eonc asked, 11 l'i11at t::!.ne is mc:.:.nm r . Thcy1ro r c. nd;>r -- for whatever
lunch serYed?11 she WP..S :n:ormed tr . ; ~ ~~ss 11 they :-..: y~e o~llc cl to do . Thc:r 1rt. .~_rn:-~
is cerved at noon . lJ·u.~· ., ..:: . ~ ..
Then --- but of course , they cou: >·.' t. li(- . ....--"'-ri.J}:Jl ~
be serious v1hen ·they ·said t ho.t clo::e order l,;G. . D . \~~. ~. ·-· I ~
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U 8 • ey CCI' al y i-70U _ ,_.n v q.SK :::;1r .l.S "CO . . . u<.·.-•\\ ,:J\~
cet out after d1,J.ty in that t errific :l( -::t ~
and drill~ Soldier~ did t h::tt·~
Hut~ two-thro e -four~ COJJ'll'~an- ee ten-
SHmH By the numbers, salutd r;y :hair is · . \\l ._ strin~in,:, th€. .sv:oat rolls Qff ny bror.r, ny --- v~:> ::S
· fe ot hurt, but 1 .1 m a t attentio:o and have to ~--~~r\ ~~- f'":i-_......_ ./)
stand still nEwertheless • . Oh, for a rE:Jt ~ . -", ~~/l~~
But I 1 TJ too tired to care,• iLr.1y hair ia . \\\ . ' L~ ~~·
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