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A wood block support; injured legs \yhi1c tl,is cr h.u mucr s :,\\':1\
al :1 h.mdsom« .rlruuuuuu tray he plans to send hon«: when finished.
Highly-trained physical therapists outl inc to paticnt; the SjK'
cific exercise neecss:ny tor lOllceting their p.ut icul.u eoulhtl"ll.
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They admit all the problems have 110t yet been solved and
they welcome new suggestions from their p.itirnts. "'" l.ivbc
vouvc figured out a new angle on limhering up a stiff [oint.'
thcv S'I\', "Dont be hesitant even if it sccius to li.ivc that
!\ul)e (~o]dherg touth. Dnclop it in one of our 'shops'
here, let lIS know about it, and wcl l wor]; it out with vou ."
"This is stili the Armv amI vou will still he able t;) di::;
IIp some gripes," men ,{re tol('l npon cntering, "The di(
Ference here is th:rt mayhe we c.ui do somdlling about
vour gripcs. There is auot hcr difference between this and
the rest of the Armv. \\ c arc not greatll' interested in Cpl.
J. J. Joncs AS'.; I lH:;(I-;-S-+. \\e arc a lot m orc intcrc-tc«!
in an imli\ iclu.rl. Joe Joncs. wil l: a persoll:t! problenl we .irc
going to work out with him."
The solu t ion of yom pcr-ou.il prohlem hcgins with in 2-+
hours after \'CJl1r .uriv.i]. You will h.ivc coufidcut i.rl mtcr-
\ic\\s with y'our voc.itionu! specialist. persoll:d alrairs officcr.
illcdicd-surgical officcr. and cducutiounl ofFiccr. There are
plellh of the iucvit.rblc nulit.uv fomls to he filled out l)I\t-this
comes as a distinct shock to SO;IlC-\OII wont h.rx c to
do thc paper work. The couvult inr; st:tf( docs it for \'011 -
.uid in e'lsy sLlgc,s-h\' mcrely asking \'011 the lll'CC\s:ny
(' llC\tion-.
You \"ill get, of CO\HSC. a cOl1lplete 11lCtlic'll cx.u n in.i tinu ,
.il tcr which \0\\ .ur. :I"igned to a 1"light Surgeou. vour
"pcrvon.i] pll\\icLIl!." That's prcciscly \\11:lt he wi]! he, too,
for the d ur.itiou of vour st:t\- H)lI[ doctor .urd one who,
lil«: voursclf, h:IS :tIs;) seen l~len't\' of ()\crsclS .ut iou. The
conv.rlcsccut hospit:tIs li.tvc horro\\'cd [rom civi] life the
idcI of the till Iill' doctor to get :IS f.rr :1\\:1\' :IS pos\ihle from
the clinic.r] impcrsonnlitv of the USI\;t! p:!tICllt.lllCdICII oniccr
rcla l ion-h ip. I Icrc one cloct or is 'I"igncd to a spcedle group
of mcu. I Ie \I:I\'S witl: them until t licv IC:l\ c.
Your doctor r~'\in\'s vour CI\C, (leci(:~'s wli.r! kind of treatmcnt
\'011 xh ould 11;1\(:. cxpl.riu-, e\(']'ClSCS \'"1 c.m do for
voursclf, thosl' vou m u-t clo un.k-r supcrviviou , and a(!lises
certain sports that will help vour p.ut icul.rr condirion. IIi,
report also goes to vour voc.rtioual .mr] educational officers
wit l: rccOlllmclllLlti,;m about the kind of cLtsscs tll'lt l1light
he of spccd hcm'!lt.
B\' .uir] LHgC the decision ,IS to \\'hat classes \'()U attend
wil l be yours. l Iowcvcr. if vour phnicr1 conditio'n indicate:
that \'(JIl will, in all proh:lhilih, keep vour ori~ln:tI \[OS.
vou wil] be ~l(hised to t.rl«: refresher courses in that field .
. C!:lsscs in 20 to 00 different subjects is ubout par for
one of the cOl1\alcsccnt hospitals. YOII l1la,'sign up for
art in the nlOrlling .md journ~lli\m in the afternoon or \'(JIl
1lla:' spend the entire eLtss time from OSO() to 1()OO in 'the
aireraft repair shop.
The fact that von arc a novice, th.if vour oulv cxpcricucc
in woodwork was \\hittlin\'; a piec\.: of \\OOl\ on thc front
porch. or that the closest you ncr c.nnc to radio repair \\:1'
rcpl.rcius; a hurncd-uut tube. needn't deter "OIL YOII'II have
pkntv of C01npal1\; thc nr.rjoritv of the xtudcuts in these
chsscs arc rank hcginners. Your iu-tructorv, both C[ and
civil i.m, wil] he p.i licut .uid indnh;ent.
"Trv it a \\eck", tlicvll \;1\', "if von don't likc it, ch:lllge
to son;cthlng cl «: ncx t i\eck." ,
"\\'e m.rl«: no at tempt to throw the trudc-, at the'c
students." sa\'s au instructor at l'!. Ceorge \\'right. "Fir-t
thcv become interested in 1ll:lking ,ol1lcthing thcv ucccl
themselles or woulc] like to gi\e to their girls. '" l.ivbc it's
'I steel fIshing rocl .n«] reel. or SOlne a\h tra\, m.rd« from
coudr-uurcd piston he:lcls. or engr:l\ccl tr:I\'S from ser:lp' of
mct.il. You ought to sec sonic of t:le rc.illv tlnL' steel
kni\cs made 11\' men \\ho h.rvc never t ouclicd ~l lathe before.
Bllt 1\'1lJt st:trt-; out purclv a, a liobbv ell! c.ivilv turn into
:1 desire to continue the same tIring Oil a scriou-, scale.
\nd so, in purely incidental f.ixh iou , we arc opening a Icw
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