Those men wounded beneath their battle flags May or may not have a fighting chance. Nurses are needed, yet recruiting lags While every mile of ground our troops advance Is bought with blood and even lives expended; Though death to some has always been the price Of victory when any right's defended, Nothing excuses useless sacrifice! Whether or not the men in foreign lands Have little nursing care to ease their pain-- Or die perhaps--the answer's in your hands. Life means so much to them! Can you explain To any youth who fought, suffered, and bled, Why you did not serve, too, beside his bed?
--RUTH ARUNDEL PIERCY, R.N.
From The American Journal of Nursing, Vol. 44. No. 2. Feb. 1944, p. 97.
PAGE I. Emergency 11 II. Hurdles 23 III. Suspects 35 IV. The Gas Chamber 47 V. Official Notice 57 VI. Camouflage 65 VII. Letters 79 VIII. Port of Embarkation 91 IX. Alert 101 X. Embarkation 110 XI. At Sea 119 XII. A Dream 131 XIII. Tommy's Bombardier 145 XIV. Bruce's Report 158 XV. Parting 168 XVI. Beach Landing 178 XVII. The Gunner's Story 192 XVIII. A Test 205 XIX. Adrift 216 XX. The Plane 228 XXI. Rescued 238