Navy on the Job--Three of 12 Navy hospital corpsmen who were flown from Great Lakes, Ill., to Sioux City to help out in the polio emergency, man their posts at Sioux City's Mercy Hospital along with Sister Mary Gerald of the hospital staff. The corpsmen, left to right, are: Don R. Mc Daniel, Lebanon, Tenn.; Marvin West, Minneapolis; and Joseph N. Pipkin, Campbell, Calif., who is in charge of the Navy group. The two patients in respirators are Miss Gail Harrison, 20, Hinton, Ia. (left); and Mrs. Eleanor Heckathron, 41, Wausa, Neb.

Associated Press · [ca. August 1952]

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