All articles A thru I are from the Hospital Newspaper “The Haven’s Raven” – a) 29 June 1945 – pg. 2 “Saucy Skirt Skoops” column on nurses and ARC. mentions “Lt” Ruth Erickson. b) 11 August 1945 – pg. 2 “Navy Nurses “Work” Their way Home” mentions 17 nurses and change of duty status. They had been overseas and received temporary duty on the Haven as they headed for the mainland. Names and duty stations listed. c) 18 August 1945 – No nurse articles. d) 25 August 1945 – Not complete. Articles and title of paper pasted to scrap book page. On back is a program: “A Service of Thanksgiving to God” for ending the War and for victory and peace 19 August 1945 the first Sunday after the victorious conclusion of the War with Japan. e) 15 September 1945 – No nurse articles. f) 22 September 1945 – No nurse articles. g) 13 October 1945 – Article pg. 104 “RELEASED PRISONERS OF WAR TELL OF FRIGHTFUL CONDITIONS PREVAILING IN JAPANESE CAMPS” No nurse articles (2 copies). h) 20 October 1945 – No nurse articles. i) 26 November 1945 (enroute to San Francisco) pg. 1 and 3 “Former Prisoner of War and Family Aboard Ship for Journey to their Home in the States” the husband was a POW in Japan and the wife and childern fought desperately to survive on Guam. pg. 5 “Skirt Scoops” article on women, but not all nurses.
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