The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-15

before quitting time. Leisure hours were spent reading, sewing, or at the Red Cross and YMCA Tecrea- tional centers. But for most part they merely rested, hoping to store up sufficient energy for the next days work.
 The Chinese soldiers, the Army nurse said, made good patients with one exception. They swiped every movable object. But the nurses soon learned that petty thievery was also one of the favorite pasttimes of the Burmese employed to launder and clean the huts. Writswatches, cig- , aretteS, and fountain pens disap- peared with blink of the eye. Since the magical American drugs so effectively in warding of tropical l diseases brought good price among the natives, heavy guard practition was required in the phar- macy area.
 The disappearance of the nurses lingerie from their sleeping quar- ters constituted one of the major problems. Army MP'S assigned to native huts to investigate the con- tinuouS pilfering of intimate gar ments, reported the silken bras and pink panties proved so fascinating that they were hung up as wall 1 decorations when not worn by the masculine Burmese.
 And though new and strange diff culties arose in the jungle hospital daily, It. Stokes said the doctors and nurses were to be commended for their splendid courage and their ability to meet problems with a smile and unwavering fortitude <, Most heart-rendering of all, the nurse said, was to watch victims of typhus literally burn to death with fever of 107, while the corps stood by unable ohelp. Constant vigil ance was required in wards since rats as big as cats sought the op- portunity to .gnaw paralytics. And ever there was the constant battle against the deadly malaria mos quito. So effective was the mosquito control, however, administered by the Army that nurses rarely saw this type of insect. Planes shoWered the area with DOT regularly, and the staff used arosol bombs, and re- pellent lotion on all exposed parts of the skin daily. HutS were en- cased in hession cloth while sleep CTS were well guarded by thick mos quito netting,
 Beauty Spot
 On October the Army nurse bid farewell to the jungle hospital and the constant rains. Like a magic carpet the C-24 scared above the colorful Sahara, the towers of Bag dad, and Karachi, on the west coast of Arabia. which the nurse considers the most beautiful of all Far Eastern cities. The crew enjoyed an eleven day stop over at Casablanca where the Army nurses drank in the Won- ders of civilization once again and stocked up on Parisian perfumes. A severe storm a few hours out from the Azores necessitated return to the island for greater supply of gasoline.
 The end of the round-th world trek was not happy one for the Army nurse for she learned her father, the former Anthony Stokes, who resided for many years in Oak vile, had died on Thankskiving day.
 Before joining the service, It. Stokes travelled extensively through this country with MT. and Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt whom she served as private nurse for almost three years.
 Asked whether she had satisfied her yen for travel, the Army nurse said, Well, time will tell. Travel has always been recommended be- cause of it's educational advantages, she added, but recommend it prin- cipally because it makes home seem so good"