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    "ocrText": "Mrs Drylus\nfile\nAugust 23, 1943\nMiss Stefanie Schlesinger\nChief Nurse\nWahiawa Emergency Hospital\nHonolulu, T. H.\nMy dear Miss Schlesinger:\nI have your letter of August 9, giving the very interesting\naccount of the program which you are starting with the nurses at Wahiawa.\nI feel sure that plans of the general type which you have indicated are\nvery appropriate and undoubtedly you are working closely with Miss Mac\nLachlan in developing these programs. Miss MacLachlan has the matter\nvery much at heart and will appreciate your part indeed.\nPerhaps you have read the article in the American Journal of\nNursing entitled \"This Waiting \"War.\" The problem the nurses in Hawaii\narefacing is by no means unique with them. It is a problem in even the\nmost active areas of war.\nYour question regarding the uniform brings up points to which\nwe have given a good deal of attention at different stages of the unit.\nWhen the unit Was first organized under the Red Cross even the Army and\nNavy had no outdoor uniform for their nurses in warm climates. When the\nunit was taken over by the Office of Covilian Defense on October 1, 1942,\nthe Red Cross and the O.C.D. agreed these nurses might continue with the\nindoor Red Cross identification although such identification has never\nelsewhere been allowed except in the case of nurses actually under the\nemploy of the American Red Cross.\nI would discuss with Miss MacLachlan if I were you the ques-\ntion of quarters for the nurses on the ships coming to Hawaii as compared\nwith the quarters given to Army and Navy nurses, as the arrangements for\nthe quarters during transportation is made through the Office of Civilian\nDefense. I am taking the liberty of sending to Miss MacLahn a copy of my\nletter.\nWith all best wishes for your work, I am\nSincerely yours,\nVirginia M. Dunbar\nAssistant Director\nVMD: EBG\nNursing Service\ncet Mia"
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