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babies since 1948.
1t. Barbara Goodwin Of
Jamaica Plain, Mass, an
obstetrical ward nurse and
comparative newcomer with
only 10 months in the Air
Force, reported to 3703, where
she was to become Mrs. Ken
nedy's 3-to-11 o'clock night
nurse. 1t. Nancy Lumsden
of Winchester, Va, was to get
the overnight nursing trick,
IL pm. to Z am.
While DR.. Walsh was alert
ing the base hospital, a
Secret Service man had sum-
moned an Army helicopter,
one of the Presidents stand
by fleet here.
Mrs. Kennedy had taken
her children on an outing at
OSterville, not far from
Squaw Island when the I'M
expected pains started about
IL am.
She sent word to DR..
Walsh, and they rushed to
meet at Squaw Island. The
doctor agreed with Mrs.
Kennedy'S own diagnosis that
the baby was coming.
Wearing a colorful pink
and orange print dress, Mrs.
Kennedy stepped into the
helicopter. followed by her
personal secretary, Mrs.
Mary Gallagher of Alexan-
dria, DR.. Walsh and a Secret
Service agent. The helicopter
took off at 1884 am. two
minutes after DR.. Walsh had
alerted Otis.
1t set down on the Otis
landing pad just seven min
utes later. An Air Force am
bulance waited with Staff
Sergt. Nelson G. Stevens of
StrongStown, Pa, at the
wheel. With Mrs. Kennedy
settled in back, he sped to
nearby 3703 in three minutes
flat.
Mrs. Kennedy walked to
the door where the nurses
were waiting for her.
Called Beautiful"
Maj. Frank Mahan, anes-
theSiologiSt from Panama,
Okla, gave Mrs. Kennedy a
general anesthetic. 1T was a
beautiful, normal anesthetic,"
he said afterward, smil-
ingly explaining that beau
tiful" to one In his profess
sion means "uneventful."
He was assisted by Nurse
Capt. Nancy Pipas Of Has
tingS, Pa.
The operating room tech
nicianS were:
Staff Sergt. william Gil
ger of Swansea, Mass; Staff
Sergt. Olvera; Airman &c
Elma Lamphron of Chester
Depot, VT, and Airman 1/c
Edward F. Myette, Attleboro,
VT, and Staff Sergt. Carl
Sherblum of Providence, r. I.
DR.. Walsh performed the
Caesarean as he had done
when Mrs. Kennedy's first
son, John, jr., was born pre-
maturely in November, 1860.
He got an assist from the
base hospitals chief Of sur
gerry, Capt. Charles Snislow
of Railway, N. j.
The baby was delivered at
1852 pm, just Sc minutes
after Mrs. Kennedy's arrival.
The infant went immedi-
ately under the care of par
ticipating pediatrician Capt.
William Jablopsd of Web
Ster, Mass.
Baby Patrick Bowler Ken
nedy went into an incubator
and was placed in the new
born nursery" where IL
other babies, born in recent
days, were being cared for.
Mrs. Kennedy only saw her
little son twice. First in the
operating room after his
birth and then when Presi-
dent Kennedy wheeled in the
incubator so she could get q
last look before the baby was
rushed to Boston's Children's
Medical Center where he
failed to fight off the killing
hyaline membrane disease, a
respiratory ailment that took
his life.
The ambulance that had
taken Mrs. Kennedy from
helicopter to hospital took
her baby on the dash TO
Boston. This time the driver
was Airman l/c Gerald T.
Winnick Of Flint, Mich.
When they saw the Ken
nedy baby leave, the Air
Force operating room team
said they had no inkling that
the youngster would live less
than two days.
When Mrs. Kennedy left,
hand-in-hand with the Pres
ident to go home last We'd
nesday. the operating room
team didn't see her go.
It was "Caesarean Wednes-
day" again and they were
busy delivering the Caesarean
of that day, the 6-pound,
l334-ounc son Of Master
Sergt. and Mrs. Lapdon Nc
Cormack Of Whitman, Mass.