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GIVEN HONORS
Py EVERETT M. CALHOUN
Deering. Alaska
y (A tribute to the Army
Air Force)
“I take my hat off, to the Med
ical and Search and Rescue Di
visions of the Army Air Forces
^ in Alaska. Perhaps it is not re
quired, but these men are ren
dering a great service to the civ
ilians in this part of Alaska.
These men have been sent here
primarily to protect our- country
from the enemy, but they are
doing much, more than that.
“As a teacher of the Alaska
Indian Service, one of my duties
is to render what medical as
sistance I can to the Eskimos in
the village where I teach. With
the aid of doctors and nurses who
talk to us by radio, we care for
the sick and injured. Last Sep
tember a young fellow here had,
what I thought, was inflamatory
rheumatism. The doctor said it
might be osteomelitis., He advis
ed sending the boy to the hos
pital, but transportation was not
available. One Sunday an ATC
pilot an army operations officer,
visited here, and was taking a
few pictures. I suggested an ‘in
terior’ shot, so we went to visit
the sick boy. I explained that he
should be hospitalized. The pilot
and operations officer ‘went into
a huddle’. Result—the boy was
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taken to a hospital where he be
longed. No, they didn’t have to
do this, but they did.
“Recently, I was caring for a
young woman who had been in
labor for five and a half days. I
had contacted the government
nurse, and was instructed to stand
by until the delivery was com
pleted; to be ready to give in
fant resuscitation. The patient
began running temperature, and
the labor pains decreased. This
was a case for a doctor, not a
teacher, so I called on the flight
surgeon for help. He tried to get
here, but the weather closed in.
Those were anxious moments, as
the patient grew steadily weak
er. What a welcome sound that
was when the army plane came
flying into the village. The child
was delivered, dead. The wom
an’s life was saved. Plasma was
given. Thanks to the medical
staff of the Army Air Corps.
Not long ago a call came in
from one of our villages report
ing an Eskimo adrift on the ice, ;
floating out to sea. Different pri
vate airplane companies were
asked to assist, but conditions
prevented a search. ‘Search and
Rescue’ of the Army Air Force
! was. summoned. A plane went
out, located the. helpless Native,
dropped flares, supplies and in
“He Advertised”
structions. The next day, the
plane re-located him, and drop
ped ‘floating smudge pots’ into
the ocean, marked the course, so
that skin boats could go to the
rescue. I remember five years
ago when planes searched for
Natives adrift, were unable to
locate them, and the Natives are
never seen again.
‘‘Yes,( sometime the personnel
of the Air Force risk life and
limb to help civilians. Let’s not
forget the good work that they
are doing. The Coast Guard mot
to: ‘Always ready’, can well be
applied to the Army Air Force.”
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