Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Page 4the stars and stripes weekly saturday. July 24, i m3 wounded yanks get Best of care on Hospital ship they were there by a sol raef i g. Maritn stars end stripes staff writer with the american troops in Sicily a the kid sipped his bottle of a cokes with an unbelieving look in his right it re his left Eye had been knocked out by a piece of shrapnel just 24 hours ago. Quot from hell to heaven in less than a Day. That a pretty Damn Good Isnit it Bud asked the kid. He was Only 20. His face still had that beardless fuss to it. But he had done his Job As Long As he would and now he was being evacuated. Only a few hours ago he had been brought on the ship dirty and bloody brooding. Now he was washed clean carefully propped up in Between White sheets and he was wailing. Did a Ever see such Beautiful White sheets in your life a he asked. �?�1 told the nuns Here to give me one Sheet at a time so i would get used to it  the Young pretty nurse standing next to his bed smiled a wide Sweet smile Tor the kid. A and do you know what i had for supper a he continued. Quot i had roast beef and All kinds of vegetables and Apple pie and Orange juice and real honest to goodness milk. And now they gave me this Coke. The first Coke in be had in eight months. You can put this in the stars and stripes Fella. The army is really taking care of  the army really is. This Hospital ship first american ship to carry Back the wounded from Sicily had been furnished with the beet of everything the Best food the Best equipment the Best facilities. A a and the Best is none too Good a said it cob c. W. Salley Bay City Texas commanding officer of the ship. Still there was practically everything you could ask for the two Ultra modern operating rooms with the Shadow proof lighting and the emergency batteries the separate words for different types of cases All equipped with Sines and cigarettes and a lot of writing paper. Then in the evening Shell bring Over some ice Cream and a Coke and Abow them some movies. A to it Ere was one boy who had both his legs of she said. T just Wasny to sure what to say to him what to do. He was always worried about his Mother who had been ii so i brought him my recording machine. And we left him alone. He Felt so much better after that. 111 never forget that record. It started out Quot Good morning  there were More boats alongside. By this time the sea was Rocky and rough and they got the patients aboard by the single Pulley Stretcher dropped Down from the Side of the ship. One of the wounded soldiers being hauled up laughed and yelled Quot better not drop me or 111 really make a big splash. The kid had Ane of his legs bashed in. After a few hours of sailing Down the coast the boats stopped to pick up More wounded this time prisoners. Quot these italians Are All right a said a sgt Morris 8po-Kony, new York City. Quot All those who Are Able to walk insist on carrying their own wounded and even help us carry  but not those nazis he added. Quot there was one Guy who pretended he was very sick and after we carried him upstairs he got up off the Stretcher and walked to his bed. There Are things id like to do to that Guy if he Wasny to  night came and More email ships with More wounded. Often there would be a lag of an hour or two and some of the men and nurses would grab a Catnap until the whistle blew again. It All lasted until 4 am when the last wounded Soldier was taken aboard. Just As the ship pulled Anchor and started to leave the Harbor guns opened up on some Jerry planes who were dropping their loud of eggs. In the passageway i bumped into t-3 Peter m. Kyriazis Erie a. In a few hours bleary eyed Pete would be Back in the Ward working again. I asked him How he Felt. Quot what the Heil a he said. Quot these Guys Are up there fighting and dying. This is the least we can  the ship was moving fast now but you could still hear the guns blasting away at the Axis planes. Below deck the wounded were sleeping Between Dean White sheets. Tomorrow the War would even be further away from them they were going to have Bacon and eggs for breakfast. War is like thatyanks9 Battlefield tales Are stranger than fiction wounded flown Back ahead of schedule with the american troops in Sicily eleven Days ahead of schedule on d-3, the first Batch of 70 wounded american soldiers were evacuated by plane to North Africa. According to the chief surgeon of the air support command la col Nicholas p. Atria new Orleans most of those evacuated had been wounded Only 12 hours before. Some of them had been hit during the capture of the. Same Airfield from which they were evacuated. Throughout the loading of the wounded on five c-47�?Ts, a Bunch of spitfire planes hovered Over the Field supplying air Oover. Erl vate showers and toilets the in kitchens crammed with food that the american Soldier everywhere dreams about. Suddenly the whistle sounded signalling that More ships with More wounded were waiting to be loaded. That meant that everybody available whether he was sleeping or working had to Assembly e in the companionway ready to carry up the litters. Quot when it comes to carrying up the stretchers of wounded there a no rank around Here. We All pitch in a said 1st sgt. Leo Bis Kupsky of Toledo Ohio. The Small rolling Sci eased up to the Gangway and within a matter of minutes four litter bearers were bringing up the first stretchers quickly carefully. They could Bot have been More careful if it was a Case of int or a baby. Those patients who could stand walked in. Their Heads bandaged or their arms broken. May m. D. Garred. Ashland ky., surgical chief looked them All Over and decided what Section the patient was to go to and whether or not he needed Sot in immediate attention. After that tile Section doctors and nurses took Over. Later Quot mom Quot took charge. Quot Momy was lied Cross worker Nell Ennis who had grading hair and a soft Lull lace with big kind eyes. A a Momy knows what War is she was in Pearl Harbor on dec. 7. Quot tile boys came in with their souls All twisted up and Hurt inside and so i never say anything to them until they be rested up and feel like talking a she said. Then i bring them  she brings them toilet articles and books and Candy and Maga by sgt Jack Foisie stars and stripes staff writer Allied head. And then there was the Case of quarters a German tank Man a medic who did no to have time to and an american machine gun or dress ids own wound so Busy was advanced who had blazed away at each other on the Battlefield now lie in the same Ward of an american evacuation Hospital near Here Blit All the fierce hatred of that moment a the tank charging Down on the machine gun position was gone. The German though he spoke English was in too much pain to talk and the american was too thankful at finding himself alive and free to Bear any grudge he said. Fact is the yank had saved Fritz a life i Learned from a  of his who had been wounded. The tank an improved Mark in had been stopped just too Yards from the american lines by a direct hit. All but one of the tank Crew jumped out and escaped. The one blood streaming Down his face had stumbled out and fallen. For Over an hour he Lay there crying for help and feebly waving his tunic to attract attention. The dug in doughboy saw him alright and several with the fever of Battle Strong upon them wanted to finish the Jerry  but the machine gunner a Veteran of the tunisian Campaign said no. An hour later he too Lay wounded the enemy followed up with four 88 shells in an Effort to finish him off. Germans through that lots the amazing fact expressed by most of the wounded i talked to a How the germans would lob in heavy Caliper Shell after Shell in an Effort to get Small groups of personnel even a single Man. Quot they seems determined to get everyone of us no matter How much it Cost a exclaimed a Rifleman. One infantryman Odio had previously served in the Navy and lad seen five years of spasmodic fighting in the second nicaraguan Campaign said the Landing operation was the hottest thing lie had he attending to other wounded. There were no Quot easy spots in tile sicilian Landing a a colonel s orderly and a finance clerk were among the injured that i talked to today. The invasion was Quot old stuff to a Twenty year old Corporal of a mortar squad. He also made the North african beachhead. His squad reached its first Days objective in Sicily four hours ahead of schedule but the next Day they ran into a pattern of 88 shells and the Young Veteran went Down with a Nugget sized hunk of Lead in his leg. T was Long overdue he said. T am glad its Over with. I think two invasions Are enough for any Man dont you a he also told of seeing two generals in a jeep leading a tank attack. A they Are really front line generals Quot he said proudly. On Sicily this Corporal had just one remark plenty of watermelons but no  still can laugh among All the pain of a Ward of wounded men there Are also laughs. The yanks can joke about anything even wounds. For instance they were laughing about Quot pop a a signal corps lineman who had just started into Shore when his Barge was bombed. Quot i Don t know Liat in hell happened after that. They found me in the water with a Gash on my leg and a Gash on my head. I can to even prove in be been to Sicily. Even Quot pop was laughing. Then there was the anti aircraft gunner who was stricken with acute appendicitis 15 minutes before he hit the by Ach. He went ashore anyway but they had to carry him Back to the ship a half hour later. Three grinning paratroopers each with a leg in a cast explained How it All happened. One landed on a stump to bet the Farmer Cut it Ever been in. His squad had wiped Down on  the second out two pillboxes captured 28 crawled for two or three Hundred italians and advanced 300 Yards from the Beach when shrapnel from German bombs pot him. Another doughboy a craftsman in civilian life who hid drawn repair plans for the ship on which he sailed to Sicily told of the barbed wire and anti personnel mines through which his outfit had to make its Way after Landing. He still does no to know what hit him whether it was a Bullet or shrapnel. No soft spots one texan hit by bomb fragments aboard ship went on fighting for two Days before he Quot had time Quot to be sent to the Hospital. Yards after fracturing his leg before coming upon the paratroop medic who had also broken his leg. Tho third jumping Jack Lav on a Hill All night not knowing that there was an Aid station just Over the Rise. And finally there was a 22-Vear-old artillery Man who was pinned Down by artillery fire for 30 hours without injury. Then he slipped while climbing into a half track and crushed his leg. To takes All kinds of Fellows to make a War and these Are some of Tho Best Quot said word nurses Helen Camitsch and Nelia Shields returning to their charges. A lady must keep up appearances even on the Battlefield. Here la Anne Cheyney of Lansdowne pa., touches up a bit in her outdoor powder room. The assortment of bottles indicates la. Cheyney like every american woman Isnit going to be caught Short where Beauty is concerned War or no War. A round of inspection after the Bustle of making Camp seems in order. Making Ute turn Down the wartime Avenue Are left to right its. Marjorie m. Belcher Belmont mass. Katherine Bradshaw Philadelphia Anne Cheyney Lansdowne a. And Laura Burton of Baltimore my. American nurses Are their own baggage knockers in the Field. Nurse Laura Barton of Baltimore md., sorts Over a pile of Luggage preparatory to a Forward move to keep up with the fast advancing front. A stars and stripes photo