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"In Tunisia -- American tent hospitals in the battle area seem to be favorite hangouts for correspondents. The presence of American nurses is alleged to have nothing whatever to do with it. At one hospital three correspondents just moved in and made it their headquarters for a couple of weeks. They'd roam the country in their jeeps during the day, then return to the hospital at night just as though it were a hotel."
"This gang is kept pretty much on the move. They don't dare to be too close to the lines, and yet they can't be very far away. So they swing with it. The nurses of this outfit are the most veteran of any in Africa."
"There are nearly 60 of them, and they're living just like the soldiers at the front. The have run out of nearly everything feminine. They wear heavy issue shoes, and even men's G.I. underwear. Most of the time they wear Army coveralls instead of dresses."
"I asked them what to put in the column that they'd like sent from home, and here is what they want---cleansing creams and tissues, fountain pens, shampoo's and underwear. That's all they ask. They don't want slips, for they don't wear them."
"These girls can really take it. They eat out of mess kits when they're on the move. They do their own washing. They stand regular duty hours all the time, and in emergencies they work without thought of the hours."
"During battles they are swamped. Then between battles they have little to do, for a frontline hospital must always be kept pretty free of patients to make room for a sudden influx. A surgical hospital seldom keeps a patient more than three days."
"During these lax periods the nurses fill in their time by rolling bandages, sewing sheets and generally getting everything ready for the next storm."
"They lead a miserably blank social life. There is absolutely no town life in Central Tunisia, even if they could get to a town. Occasionally an officer will take them for a jeep ride, but usually they're not even permitted to walk up and down the road. They just work, and sleep, and sit, and write letters. War is not fun for them."
"They make $186 a month and pay $21 of it for mess. There's nothing to buy over here, so nearly all them send money home."
"Like the soldiers, they have learned what a valuable implement the steel helmet is. They use it as a foot bath, as a wastebasket, as a dirty-clothes hamper, to carry water in, as a cooking utensil, as a chair, as a candleholder, as a rain-hat, and--er, ah--yes, even as an emergency toilet on cold nights!"
"Being nurses and accustomed to physical misery, they have not been shocked or upset by the badly wounded men they care for. The thing that has impressed them most is the way the wounded men act. They say they've worked with wounded men lying knee-deep outside the operating rooms, and never does one whimper or complain. They say it's remarkable."
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