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    "ocrText": "August 15, 1941\nDear Miss Madley:\nUnless we can get just the right house mother we shall not\nsend anyone now, but I am still hopeful that just the right one will go\nwith Miss Olson and the others. I think of you every day, and eagerly\nread all the news about all of you. We are sending you a picture of\nMrs. Breckinridge, and one of me too. I am very proud to have mine hang\nin the Headquarters of the Harvard-Red Cross Unit, and I know Mrs.\nBreckinridge would be too.\nMiss McGill seems to be in good condition now, but certainly\nit was just good sense to have her come home. For her own sake it was a\npreventive measure that may be of the utmost importance to her.\nI just can't believe the miracle of Miss Jurewicz and Miss\nSomerville. Please tell them how very, very thankfull we are for their\nsafety and that they are an active part of the nursing group. Having\nbeen so intimately with the four who returned from the other boat, I\nfind it hard to believe that these can be so able to take part in the\nwork of the Unit.\nMy love to all and a special message for Elisabeth Phil-\nlips and yourself. We shall miss Alice Olson very much when she goes,\nbut how glad you will all be to have her there.\nSincerely,\nMary Beard\nDirector, Nursing Service\nMiss Gertrude Madley\nChief Nurse\nAmerican Red Cross-Harvard Field\nHospital Unit\nSalisbury, England"
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