Laurel outlook., 1944-06-14

Sgt. Roscoe C. Branstetter, sar
dina, May IT:
I have been moving about s,
much that l haven't had a perman
ent address for any appreciate
length of time, but now 1 NAV be
settled for a little while.
Sardinia is a pretty good place
The climate is quite agreeable
able, something like California.
certainly will be glad when I learn
to speak some of the language. Sc
far 1 have had to get along nv
using signs, but that is a hard wav
to make myself understood.
I look forward very much to re-
ceiving the Outlook again, also all
the back copies. Thanks to all the
people who make it possible for me
to receive the paper.
Pvt. Claude Reynolds, Camp
Roberts, Calf, June 6:
This is to notify you of nv
change of address.
l surely have enjoyed the paper.
l am the only one from the old
home town who is in this company.
and it certainly helps a lot to know
what is going on at home.
Public relations section, Montana
recruiting and induction district.
Butte. June 9.
Charles Robert Tharalson, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. c. T. Tharalson of
1927 Virginia Lane, Billings, was
sworn into the enlisted reserve
corps at army headquarters in
Butte, Monday, by Lieut.. Ben M.
Levy, enlisting officer.
Participation in the army special
lied training reserve program is
scheduled for the new 17-year-old.
He has been placed on inactive duty
at home until the ninth service
command directs him to report to
some college or university for aca-
demic and military training.
Tharalson was valedictorian of
the 1914 graduating class at Lau-
rel high school, and the recipient
of several awards at the state
scholarship contest in Bozeman.
Public relations branch, Allied
force headquarters, Mediterranean
theatre, June z:
Nothing is impossible" stated
Col. John Guy Strohm, 2255 N. w.
Flander street, Portland, Ore, COM
manding officer of the 10th gen
eral hospital situated in a North
African Medical Center" And,
judging from what the doctors.
nurses and enlisted men of the out
fit have already accomplished, Col
onel Strohm can back up his words
with facts.
The hospital has handled more
than 5000 patients since it landed
in North Africa in August 1912
wounded soldiers from the Italian
front, as well as the sick men from
the local areas. Of these patients
so per cent have been returned to
full duty, % per cent to limited
duty and the balance evacuated for
further treatment in the the Unit
ed States.
In this hospital center, where
several general and station hospit-
have been brought together in
order to provide the American SOL
der with the most expert medical
the 10th has been designated
the specialists for eye cases, skin
diseases, and for tuberculosis pa
In it's laboratories and
wards, the doctors and nurses have
developed new techniques to hasten
return to good health and duty
of the American soldier.
Although the hospital was desig-
mated at a 1,750-bed unit, the men
they can take in as many ,
sick and wounded as there are
tents and beds available. at only :
takes us eight minutes to get a
ward tent ready for patients" they
say. Gust keep the canvas coming
and the patients will get the best
treatment in the world"
The hospital can boast of MANY
improvements. For example, it has
he only orthopedic instrument shop
n North Africa. This is run by
Sgt. George Hohnstein, 1876 n. E.
street, Portland, Ore, with
he help of three other enlisted +
men. The sergeant did the same 9
work for an orthopedic instrument I
firm before joining the army. i
An upright Horoscope devised c
Major James B. Haworth, 3417
Y. w. SAVER street, Portland, CHEZ 6
IF X-ray, and the soldiers of his :
was brought into being from ;,
l regulation X-ray machine utiliz- y
ng cables from an old airplane \
wing and a non-salvageable auto -
mobile transmission as weight for '
balance.