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    "ocrText": "Marth\nM\nare\nR\n&\nApril 2, 1941\nMiss Ruth Marion Martin,\n2760 Devonshire Place, N.W.,\nWashington, D. c.\nMail\nMy dear Miss Martin:\nI am writing to offer you an appointment to the nursing staff of\nthe American Red Cross-Harvard Hospital Unit to be established in\nEngland. Te are pleased that you are interested in this Unit, and we\nfeel the nurses who take part have ahead of them an interesting under-\ntaking and will bring back to this country an experience that will be\nmost valuable in nursing.\nSince you have not had communicable disease training or experience\nas a segregated service, it will be necessary for you to have two weeks'\nobservation at a reputable communicable disease hospital. This you must\ndo at your own convenience and expense.\nInformation regarding insurance, uniforms, personal clothing and\nluggage is being sent to you in the same mail.\nThe enclosed forms for your physical examination should be filled\nin and returned to us. If you will give the form 1193 and the x-Tay\nreport first consideration and mail them to us just as soon as possible,\nwe shall be able to make arrangements for your rinal physical examination\nby a physician appointed by Dr. Gordon, shile the other forms are being\ncompleted. Your appointment to the Unit is, of course, pending a satis-\nfactory physical examination report.\nIf you have obligated yourself in any way to the Army or Navy since\nAugust 1940, we should know of this before we consider yourfor appointment\nto the Unit. If you receive any communication from the Army or Navy shile\nin communication with us regarding an appointment to the Harvard-Red Cross\nUnit, please notify us at once.\nMay we hear from you, stating definitely that you are interested in\naccepting a position as general staff nurse with this Unit.\nSincerely yours,\nGertrude Madley, Chief Nurse,\nX/B\nAmerican Red Cross-Harvard Hos lital Unit.\nEnc. - 7\n61,\n9\nJ"
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