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Show Another J aJ)omber Shot Doivn Air Thinsnort Cniiirrmnri Do Job in Moving Wounded to States Planes Arrive at Hill Fied Almost Daily With Men fllll HI Hospital Ships The job of administering medical aid to our thousands of wounded service men all over the world is "one of staggering magnitude. The hospital planes flown to and from Hill Field by the Army lransport Command afford a glimpse of this huge task. ::v:i::WS: . By Ralph Nicholson The planes which arrive here al most daily with wounded are completing the last phase of evacua tion from combat zones. In this final step in transporting the wounded, we see the job per- tormed with the finest facilities Is the slogan of the medical corps. If FIVE GOLDEN HOURS available and under ideal condia wounded man is moved back from the front lines and given, expert tions. This makes u wonder about medical attention within five hours from the time he is injured, his chances to survive are excellent. the initial phase when jagged steel s a soicuer mio Doay. rips wun snens zinging and shrapnel flying around, the first aid men move up into the combat zones with the troops. These men care tor tne sick and wounded the best they can with the facilities availnlYlA t r tViAm TVkmt yviorlr oinli to be returned by one of Uncle Sam's wounded man on Now HILLFIELDERS ibmfr serving . i .. "uu" i 1 i i 41. 11. administer up wounas, rwum auc X. ui inter, yaicn uic x ainci uiuiucia tnc. obvuui in il iby a of Ogden, brother suipnatniazoi, den. and their "buddy", Roy H. Speechly, also apply tourniquets SXAOTCri itTnlrAK iw Dvifiuli uiauw 1A AliAirA ic and continue along with the adEric speecniy, amif vance. Sown a successful pot shot from the "baby" aircraft carrier which Below, left to right, Wallace Must Move With Advance taught down a Jap bomber at Saipan. v Parker. QM also now QM 3C, 3C, Jand John The litter bearers follow and .. .Richards Parker,4t.AiK clrSnnoi- rAm t ud SDeecniy, aou nmiavi. j a .uiawius "Ja nr.ll... 0i..rrv., the litter cases back to the carry iiimiimi wiaiivt battalion aid station which is located about 300 yards behind the front lines. The doctor at this station must also be prepared to move up with the advance however rapid the pace may be, so by necessity the amount and extent of his supplies and equipment are limitof the or- - ed. He renders whatever medical "We would like to feel someWallace was a member the circumstances m between our toes," a iormer toinal ptot of CI. V. E. 71. "babv nirJ hp ran under no but has major surgery. flat-toand performs m Field brother team writes (jeep carrier), tvia qpvotpIv lniurea. reauirme ton the Pacific battle are where seen action in 10 invasions in tne further medical attention, are now central Pacific, at Guam, Saipan, moved back ey are both stationed aooara tne by ambulance to the and escort Lingayen one Pelen, Leyte, of the Tinian, pe carrier, which are several stations collecting Marshalls, Carolines, the of CVEs other which, Mvely diminutive the front lines. These i the words of Vice Admiral Mariannas and Philippines all in miles behind much are larger and more lomas C. Kincaid. clayed such an a little more tnan a year, ne nas stations battalion aid the than complete his inbelievable" superior stations. At this part in routing sketched several ofand sent many men point them officers in crayon to duty icvay iicct in me xiiixipjj&iics. returned and treated are iThe hnvs Wnllnpo T.rplc Parker. to his mother, Mrs. John L. Park W within 24 hours. If the collecting Va 01W 3 r arH .Tnhn Birhard er of Ogden. unable to complete the is station , same aKnard the carrier Corumo per, now also QM 3c, were task of rehabilitating a wounaea tcnamc Helpers here in June, with the Parker brotners is noy man, he is again moved oy amou- entering the service a few H. SDeechlev. petty otticer ac, Thin timp to a clearing sta- an f v.rif Sneechlev. onths later. They work' within v.tv.r.-rof artillery range, where out tion eshot of each other on the careworker in Drancn AiTcr cunniv . definitive surgical woik. much virrj. are graauaxes veui iAAlr r during battle and following a ten. All. three i.1 all "" uHtVi shavp (tnamv rlirf Knmh. den high school, ah The army has in service many at Farragut, pmade signs of "thumbs up" to basic naval training mobile units that are vir- large W another. and hot coiiee are onng a MIGHTY TASTY . . . These sandwiches upei by Red Cross Volunteers, Scores of magazine articles have tually iocompieie ThMo units are moved of hospital-ship- s IThey have been for together ever passengers pioviaed dramatized the role of the "baby up to the clearing stations to ef ect Mrs. Amos Odd and Mrs. Archie Green. ftlpers side by side at Hill Field. flattop' 'in this war in major operations, rrom Red Cross are transporieu patientsor evacuation the general hospital in Brigham Hill Field are met by the hospitals. escent passen Nfiw who provide personnel 1 City. i rnme the Planes iNew Tiormilk oi and F. sandwiches, with Hogan Gertrude Is Completed gers Capt. vast network oi Cycle to the pilot army nurse who x At this stage the romDnsme is addition In Rockford, Conn., coffee. so completed. hot the And cycle the a o. Tim Firfd t r,ion: - ; meny sianuncu each ship's crew in moves Men who were wounded or fell and left here Jan. 27, has arrived for Air Transport Command to disease in France, New cludes a prey nurse and a surgitug lnese flight the into picture, Guinea or the Philippines a few duty at the Regional nospuai, the for . and personnel man) . . nr weeks aeo are now back cal technician (enlistedCommand oa carry cargo, fOlK, IIUIO. IT.rf.vi an uva at iirqc I'llv dservices arme Air The Transport nugau receiving native country, uapiam sick and in their the is supervision under to Field The ATC flies the Hill at the OATSC regional --hospital known care medical the finest two yea of Capt. H. E. DeKorp, ii. F. Pul-haJS wounded across the Atlantic and and .came The axe was . . . , , here .n;nivtcr at on the world. debarkation taken to lost-tim- e points to Salt Lake, is chief clerk. Pacific nei "of ""6Nursing, Fort The hospital ships arriving ai fadents at OATSC in 1944 as receiveaSchool and west coasts of this east eran the pployes, responding to appeals Their od noi jr Ind., where she was grad country. r , , it, Command de- i"u saiety ofifcials, slashed the Wayne, $43 total Jsnea.' A uated in 7 tn it" general hospi I JCL BCtVVt " LtlJ cillU pr command thousands of man s c at t e re d throughout the tals w labor, Major Robert R. . . . United States is a OS' nos.pii.ai wuf Here satety officer, an uaiat are -- tt x to utter caseshours r "us weeK. Accident fo'r Four THURSDAY-FRIDABushnell. num frequency scheduled rating . ol lost time 3 aiong mishaps per mil later it skims February to nan taxies and OATSC 9 hours of ex 7 at accident 2 Evening and 1 transports i big other JhSt7 was ii.d. vigor- beside ." Matinee FridayAmericana tod persistent icn..v. The litter cases arewhich campaigning by "Pan speeds Long tm! v"6"icers in every Audrey a waiting ambulance Terry, at Philip on the field cut destination final their to this to an them SATURDAY ' " icioi yean. lost February 124 accidents in 1944, ihlic, time Matinee women. Comprising ou per cent of OATSC'S Evening 7 and 9:15 "I Love a Mystery " .i!:?onnel female workers Jim Bannon, Nina Foch buted 46 per cent o the Sjha Hisnnsal of dead "Her Lucky Night -A COmeicu" "f. . Ka! VCM P. .. . Andrews Sisters excess properxy and Martha O'Driscoll y arves stressing proper lotkiV Noah Beery, Jr. planned uw ' .h s to be oi chiei The Ci5, equipment and work 6 vastly in paring lost hellrence will be attended by reamed February ld?Tfts here, Major Afflick 2 ogden -h Sunday Matinee , represenwuv 9.30 , "'ce September, l44, kW . and 7 Evenings and oenLi". safety shoe store was "Objective, BurmaHull n spe-vVH" 837th 1500 Si "at the 7 ,building Henry . on Errol Flynn, safety shoes have been old point eialized depot, the siorage u.c in materials such 8 for LLNo'ember this station led the February 1 Matinee Tuesday 9 chnical service will deal with 7 and Evenings depots the throuehout methods s procedures and c in the nxinptinn . irtaf "Here Come the Abbott and Costello "S? A m terial is the official "isnaps. Class "excess THURSDAY-FRIDAclassification , uj 2 nM of the of War Robert P. March 1 sT.ch material 6 material, Said 4Uni Friday Matinee i ' "the "Oh! I forgot to tell you- - my sister was a guerrilla!" of "'tary leaders, Evenings is Grows in Brooklyn Tree h stt "A in P for Plans handi. state- made the sua n ureintr i culties rnee of this McGuire tn"v.wfiuii-on l.m.mi.ttee to approve legis- wm bV discussed. Peggy Ann Garner , ... . ... . . di,. flat-tO- . i - Hill Field Brother in So. Pacific Fight Former team p" ''l; -- . 42, . - DSe . - -- iMi Accidents M. Post M. - . for--i.- Ji -- co-pil- Here in 1944 A-- I 1 ft m, The Wolf 4. L !- ' Post Movies -., Y 22-2- io Property Disposal Meeting riannea - Y SUNDAY-MONDA- K 25-2- E-16- - J'jrArBose Bi 4, TUESDAY-WEDNESDA- Y 27-2- com-ttu.w.l- th Co-ed- Y SSetary Wn" , i"" 1-- ri-on- f1f . . ?upe i"viaing for drafting of - . v I Zo er by Sansone |