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    "ocrText": "April 21, 1943\nMiss Florence Elizabeth Little\n261 County Road\nBarrington, Rhode Island\nMy dear Miss Little:\nIn response to your recent letter, may we advise that as you have\npassed your forty-fifth birthday, you are overage for military service.\nThe Army Nurse Corps regulations are that a nurse is considered eligible\nuo to her forty-fifth birthday, and in certifying nurses to the Army, we\nmust, of course be guided by their regulations.\nDue to your excellent preparation and experience in the Public\nHealth field, we will keep your name on file for consideration for service\nin postwar rehabilitation work as we anticipate that the American Red Cross\nNursing Service may be called upon to supply personnel when such a program\nis organized. I am very sorry that you are not eligible for military service,\nbut we are bound to be governed by Army and Nurse Corps regulations.\nIt is your privilege, of course, to plead your own cause, and if you\nwish to contact the Army Nurse Corps about this regulation and whethe: r or not\nthere is any possibility of waiving it in your particular case, may I advise\nthat you write directly to the Lieutenant Colonel of your service command,\nwhose name and address is -\nLt. Colonel Ruth I. Taylor\nAsst. Supt. of Nurses, U.S.A.\nFirst Service Command\nArmy Base, Boston 9, Massachusetts\nIt might even be better for you to go to Boston for a personal inter-\nview if it were possible for you to arrange it. We would be very gratified,\nof course, if Lt. Colonel Taylor were able to make an exception in your case\nand would consider you for a military appointment.\nWith our continued best wishes to you, I am\nVery truly yours,\n(Mrs.) Ernestine B. Amick\nAssistant to Director\nEBA:SJ\nNursing Service"
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