“Navy Medicine September – October 1995” page s 23 – 27 article “Ecstatic to be Free” WWII. Very touching account of POW’s being released from prision camps in Japan. On page 27 Ruth Erickson (later Director) was aboard th USHS Relief. They docked at Nagasaki (devastated by atomic bomb) helping to process the returning prisoners. Pages 30 – 34 article, “Navy Medicine September – October 1945 by George Martin USNR. An overall account of lives lost in WWII both military and civilian – including Germany, Soviet Union, France, Great Britain, China (unaccountable) and U.S. Article addresses the advances made in medicine (specifically, military) mentioning the training of flight nurses. Page 31 Small picture of nurses learning to board an inflatable raft. Page 37 Picture of Betty Rupert in seersucker dress and cap assisting feeding Italian orphans in Afragola, Italy 1952. (Korean War)
