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Show 0ATSC WACs Doing Big. Job at , Hospitj Hill Field's WAC Hospital Technicians Enlisted Women Learn Medical Techniques While Doing Vital Work ' If?"1 Twenty-fou- r if v from the most menial work to that requiring a great amount ' of skill. and nurses commissioned of Under the supervision medical officers, the WACs receive training which will contribute much to the war effort, as well as preparing them for responsible positions in hospital maintenance and other V work when they return to , civilian life. ' " "v:':';VX WACs, stationed at Hill Field, are doing as techninecessary and vital work "at the station hospital cians. These girls carry on in tasks which run the gamut I 3 : ; . t , 'ATSC Backs . The women take training and " can. advance in the program which is approximately the same as tnai ennsieu given meaicai department men. They attend lectures and take training in penorminB Their t duty as- their various tasks. .a are orto tne nospitai signments, dered by the commanding officer . and they take their meals in. the General Knudsen WAC detachment who are doing their share In tkw nf local the Mvmiiors nonrfK t nrnvirviis hospital mess hall. of the sick and wounded at the station hospital are pictured above. Back row, left to right: Pvt. K WACs become suffiWhen the rvt. tieien wger.Pvt.il Tells , of New Duvall, Pvt. Eleanor Cihlar, Pvt. Grace Ferraro, rvt. Heiga ivucisenDecKer, ciently skilled in the work assigned .. , Pvt. Rial i. C. Lvman, Pvt. Sue cramora, rv. rat wmpueu, them, they can be pomoted to med.Pvt. Ellen Troop, Cpl. Linda Campbe Pre. li AAF Directive ical corpsmen, by a and Pfc. Georgiana Guidi; front row: Pfc. Ida. Peeples, Aiitcneii, rvi. ueipjua iraij uu i vt. medical officer or nurse. This for further available makes them A message by teletype received training and they are assigned to and cleaning the room behere from Lt. Gen. .William Knud-se- n this by the ' off iceirs in charge at mehts, fore , after ... operations. The and this the hospital, according to the needs at ATSC headquarters room from top to botis cleaned for of to the specialists. hospital of vital importance week, was tom with disinfectants, a task which to the Classifications personnel, relative military is vital to the success of any opernation-wid- e curfew now in force. Among the classifications they ation. . It read in part: "By order of the may be assigned to for further Pfc. Lolita C. Mitchell of DavenStates army, chief of staff. United are:, dental technician, to training hi the medical the following will be brought dairy inspector, medical port, Iowa,'asworks the attention of all military per meat and a medical laboratory laboratory technitechnician, sanitary sonnel immediately. The director supply She makes tests on spetechnician. Or technician. of war mobilization has requested cian and pharmacy, of blood and urine, and opr may .be assigned to take fur cimens that patrons of all places 01 enter- they erates the electrocardiagraph. which ther preliminary training time in such leave tainment places to permit closing at 12 midnight. will give them a rating of medical Works in Radiology skilled, and qualifies Pvt. Helen L. Burger of Alham- "Places of entertainment include corpsman, for training in other special- ' bra, . Calif., serves in the y night clubs, sport arenas, theatres, them work. as a radiology techni dance halls, road houses, saloons, ized laboratory Medical corpsmen, skilled, are cian. She operates the mabars and other similar enterprises, Whether public or private, exclud- qualified to take training for ra- chine, regulating the length of the ing restaurants engaged exclusively diology technician, medical techni- exposure, and develops the negacian, surgery technician, medical tives. Also she assists in filing , in serving food. "The purpose of this request is- laboratory technician, and medical these for future experience. to conserve coal, electricity, trans- administrative specialist. The Another WAC, Pvt. Delphia D. to facili- needs of the hospital govern the Craig of Saratoga, Wyo., is a denportation and man power tate the war effort. An AAF letter officers in charge in making as- tal assistant in the dental clinic, containing this directive will be signments to any of these special assisting in dental procedures such as and caring for den dispatched from this headquarters ties. Nurses and medical officers un tal sterilizing on 21 March, with distribution and preparing the instruments, der whom the WACs work, are re amalgams used for fillings. down to and including all LABORATORY TECHNICIAN . . Pfc. Lolita Mitchell is fc a for their sponsible training, and Five of the WACs serve as clerks here interpreting colloidal gold reaction on spinal fluid spec fih to aiia Af 9A VDACa ilninir imnnrf nnt wnrk in the station member of either group can cer- in various of the medical depart tify that an individual has become ments. Pvt. Eleanora Cihlar of St, proficient in her work and is elig Paul, Minn., is in the flight sur ing the various record files on those fTwo ible for further assignment and geon s 'office assisting in the pre- who have work done here. advancement. paration of records and reports on WACs assigned to the hos Other an military personnel on flying Courses Medical Technicians are Pfc. Alta Clagg of Lind- pital status. Also assists she in the is Rek14 B. of' At Calif.: Catherine Pfc. are the sey, present, girls Devotees of aircraft in a big way of glasses prescribed by the tenwald of New Brunswick, N. J.; are Beulah Keister and Marie assigned inas medical technicians; suing The first class in the newtt medical officer in charge of eye Pfc. Ida M. Peeples of Belleville, the wards taking care AAF Pk Lockhart of flight test, who left working 111.: Pfc. Mary W. Surby of Tulsa, tablished the patients. Five are assigned examinations. Saturday for Kellogg. Idaho, to re of was acw course M. Pvt. Marie St. Duvall of officer Okla.: Pfc. Georgia P. Guidi of senior ODen their private flying school to the maternity ward where they Louis, Mo., is clerk in W Service temporarily c 1 o s e d because of assist in caring for the mothers department, the unit to which mil- Akeley, Minn.; Pvt. Viola F. Camp- at the Foreign; and little newcomers, dependents bell of Muscatine, Iowa; Pvt. Dor- Center, Washington, weather conditions. personnel report when on othy S. Crawford of Hattiesburg, Refusing to be denied an inti of military personnel stationed itary call. She assists in the preoara Miss.; 12, according to a Duueiu.. mate association with planes when here. The hospital has had as high sick tion of AAF headquarttC for records the admission school 18 as closed Janu issueLfrom last their mothers and babies in this of Pvt. Grace M. Ferraro of San they .. to see Hill to came Field patients. ward at one time. d ary, they The purpose of tne Jose, Calif.; Pvt. Geraldine B. As medical the air from the ground lip as juof Grand Island, Neb.; Pvt. train key regular army office the Files Readings technicians, nior mechanics, and repair aircraft WACs apply bandages and dressHelen E. Harmsen of Spring Val Serving as a clerk in the v AAF for duty m tt'j than the small private train ings, care for fracture cases, ad- laboratory, larger - ley, N. Y.; Pvt. Lauretta M. Hay the McPfc. M. Gertrude ers they were accustomed to. minister first aid and care for spe- Phillips of Brockton, Mass., takes of South Bend, Ind.; Pvt. Helga ropean theater. ;of operations! w Five years ago they were nov cial equipment. They also perform aown in shorthand the findings of A. Kuchenbecker of Minneapolis, hostilities have ceased. an ices, but today they both hold com such necessary tasks as cleaning the doctor offiearj when he reads the Minn.; Pvt. Mary C. Lyman of St. for this schooling, mercial pilot licenses with instruc the wards, making beds, feeding of types these up and files l.ouis, Mo.; Pvt. Catherine R. Sat-tl- hold the rank tor's ratings and are accredited the patients and washing the dishes them She of Cincinnati, Ohio; and Pvt. must have a.sup with the negatives for future with approximately 1800 flying afterward, and take temperatures, reference. Ellen C. Troop of Columbia, Penn. rating and must be pnys hours. I Diood pressures, and pulse and res for overseas duty. - Among In medical Cpl. Linda M. accomplishments other AAF also announces rates. is all done un- Campbell of supply, This The piration BETTER new GUN N. SIGHTS to Elmira, Y., assists courses year's experience der the supervision of a they possess v qa.ov doctor, in the keeping of records, filling New gunnery sights constantly Ilea ui instructing naval cadets at Felts nurse, or wara master. Field in Spokane, Washington. requisitions and in the typing of under development by ATSC at to quamy " Pvt. Myrtle M. Hazen of Fort various Both girls are agreed upon one records and forms required Wright Fitld lessen the complexity first lieutenant to coloner ind is a chocolate-coatetechniInd., Wayne, d in this department. ' surgery thing that flying is no and improve the aerial firepower ;nt;q duty in Pvt. Myrtle S. Foss of Chetek, accuracy pastime nor hobby to daw- cian in surgery, and assists with These offg our of accordtheater. gunners, dle over at tea time. However the surgical techniques required Wis., handles .the 'book work in ing to Maj. Gen. K. B. Wolfe, chief ropean mGst have superior fascinating, it e is to them essentially in tnis room, rnis work includes the dental clinic, making appoint- of engineering and procurement ing and must be physical serious profession. sterilizing bandages and instru- - ments with patients and maintain- - ior tne command. ' overseas service. Midnight Curfew Law '. t on-the-j- ob J - r .uu, o.w, semi-skille- d, . vis , " ' X-ra- . X-r- ay " . , -- v Girls in Flight Test Go to Idaho AAF Offering 3 Officer 15-we- ek out-patie- nt Hal-stea- X-r- ay X-ra- . X-ra- y. 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