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Show Nurse on Long Flight Second Lieut Lucy M. Wain-wright Wain-wright army nurse corps, of Ocean-side, Ocean-side, Long Island, New York, attended at-tended a seriously ill soldier patient in an emergency 97-hour flight from India to the United States, where an immediate operation was performed. A cargo plane, heavily loaded with packing cases, was used for the longest long-est part of the trip. The patient, suffering from a brain tumor, was placed on an army field cot atop the packing cases, which were lashed to the sides of the plane to prevent shifting in flight. |