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    "ocrText": "February 7, 1941\nMiss Catherine J. Wilson,\nNewcomb Hospital,\nVineland, New Jersey\nMy dear Miss Wilson:\nI em writing to offer you an appointment to the nursing staff\nof the American Red Cross-Harvard Hospital Unit to be established in\nEngland. We 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.\nThe date on which the nurses of the Unit will sail for England\nis still very indefinite, but we expect it will be about March 15.\nWe shill keep you informed of any change and in the meantime advise\nthat you not give up your present position until you hear from us again.\nInformation regarding insurance, uniforms, personal clothing and luggage\nis being sent to you in the same mail.\nWe are enclosing a revised statement concerning the Unit. As\nstated on this sheet, the salary of general staff nurses will be $80\na month, maintenance, travel and uniforms being in addition.\nThe enclosed forms for your physical examination should be filled\ninand returned to us. If you will give the x-ray report first con-\nsideration and mail it to us just as soon as possible, we shall be able\nto make arrangements for your final physical examination by a physician\nappointed by Dr. Gordon, while the other forms are being completed. Your\nappointment to the Unit is, of course, pending a satisfactory physical\nexamination report.\nBill you please send a small photograph in uniform when you return\nthe forms.\nIf you have obligated yourself in any way to the Army or Navy\nsince August 1940, we should know of this before we consider you for\nappointment to the Unit. If you receive any communication from the\nArmy or Navy while in communication with us regarding an appointment\nto the Harvard-Red Cross Unit, please notify us at once."
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