Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-12-25

with relatives and friends,
ment of nearly 10 months.
Lieutenant Ivory, who did her
nurse training in the nationally
known Brewster hospital at jack
sonville. and enlisted from that city
states that the job is tough but adds
that women of the Army Nurse
Corps of the United States are ma
king very fine and definite con-
tribution TO the war effort through
their humanitarian efforts OF caring
for the sick and injured at home
and on foreign theatres.
ENLISTED IN 1910
The young Army Nurse Corps Of
ficer, who is ranked a Second LIEU
tenant. finished her high school
work here at Booker T. Washington
with the class of 1887. She then,
through the inspiration given her
by an older sister, who is also a Reg
istered Nurse entered Brewster
where she took her nurse training.
After graduation there, she enlist
ed in 1910 in the Army Nurse Corps
and was first assigned to Fort Bragg
N. C. where she made an enviable
record as nurse.
In February of this year her call
came for overseas duty and although
she was about to leave mother, Sis
ters and other loved ones, she greet
ed the news of her going overseas to
do her bit in the war which is be-
ing staged for the upholding OF de-
mocratic rights and principles the
world over. She sailed at that time
with a contingent of 80 other nur-
ses. and an Engineer Regiment from
Fort Bragg for Monrovia, Liberia.
All were activated at the same time
and sailed away from these shores
together for war duty.
On arrival in West Africa, Lieut..
Ivory and her group were assigned
to the Post Hospital there, where
they began ministering to the needs
of the sick and wounded. She tells
us that she enjoyed her work, adds
that casualties were few, and that
she was fortunate with her group
to be out of the actual battle zones.
MEETS SIDNEY WILLIAMS
Officer Ivory has met quite large
0F HraW
home, one being Sidney Williams,
former South Carolinian, who is dir
ector of the Red Cross unit In the
area where she was assigned. IT
was awful nice meeting old friends,
because it makes you feel bit like
being back home Lieut.. Ivory stat
ed in speaking of meeting and greet
ing Williams and others.
Gladly does she tell us that the
word Negro is never heard" All
people on the other side OF the ocean
are regarded as human beings,
there being no reference made to
race, color or creed, and that is GER
tainly gratifying to Negroes who Wis
it over there or do duty over in these
countries in connection with the
war;, the Army Nurse stated. She
said that even the whites from Ala
bama, Georgia, Mississippi, and
ptber deep southern states are cor
dial. courteous, ready to give the
salute to their superior officers, be
they black or white, and that Amer
leans from all sections of the United
States are beginning to recognize
the Negro as being part and a
vital factor in war crisis.
BOYS ARE SAFE
The Lieutenant drops a word of
comfort also to the wives, sweet
hearts and would be girl friends and
fiances of the boys in service.
There is need for worry about the
boys and girls of the other lands,
because from my observation, they
just don't appeal to our boys like
their girls and wives back home,
she said.
"All American traditions are for
gotten, Nurse Ivory states, once you
arrive over the pond, but there is
something that is very noticeable,
and that is when you near the Sta
tue of Liberty. That is the only
time when friendliness on the Part
of the whites, servicemen and civil
ian disappears. That is the time they
start to cooling off on YOU, She adj
ded.
Lieut.. Ivory wants to go back
overseas for duty. Her long ride
back home sort of tired her. but she
is well rested now and after her
sojourn of 20 days here she is ~aady
and willing to again hit the high
seas for more war duty. She has had
some wonderful experiences, she
tells us, among these being her visit
to the place where FDR and Chur-
chill gathered for that history ma
king conference at Casablanca. her
tour of the famous cafe shown in
the movie Casablanca, in which
Humphrey Boeart starred, and Wis
its to other notable places and cities
in that area. She also speaks of her
effort to see and meet the celebrat-
ed Josephine Baker, who was in her
area on a Red Cross tour, and stat