https://usnursesww2.omeka.net/items/browse?tags=Medical+Care+in+WWII&output=atom2024-03-29T00:51:29-04:00Omekahttps://usnursesww2.omeka.net/items/show/67 "No rest for the wicked. A very busy day in OR. 12 cases. Had first hours. Had a memorial mass for Thurman. Unable to go. Saw 5 horrible burn cases dressed in OR. Many boys. What these poor soldiers go through. Legs, arms, hand, feet. Off. All are a mess with shattered bones. But in spite of all they are swell patients & sports. Makes me want to cry to see them. 20 new nurses arrived with Colonel (?) wait till Chamberlin gets a hold of them. Poor kids. On call. Saw (?) Flannigan, on her way to Sicily."
Few, if any historians, could have said it better themselves.]]>2020-04-30T12:45:00-04:00
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Title
"Swell Patients and Sports"
Subject
Diary entry excerpt from the WWII diary of US Army Nurse F. DeWitt
Description
This item is actually an excerpt from the World War II diary of US Army Nurse F. DeWitt, spanning from 1943 to 1944. DeWitt clearly has a sense of humor even when discussing dark topics, and seems to try to make the best of things throughout her diary. However, the following entry from August 15, 1943, truly exemplifies the tough parts of being a military nurse;
"No rest for the wicked. A very busy day in OR. 12 cases. Had first hours. Had a memorial mass for Thurman. Unable to go. Saw 5 horrible burn cases dressed in OR. Many boys. What these poor soldiers go through. Legs, arms, hand, feet. Off. All are a mess with shattered bones. But in spite of all they are swell patients & sports. Makes me want to cry to see them. 20 new nurses arrived with Colonel (?) wait till Chamberlin gets a hold of them. Poor kids. On call. Saw (?) Flannigan, on her way to Sicily."
Few, if any historians, could have said it better themselves.