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Smiling Wounded Soldier
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Second Lieutenant Louis Connick smiling for a photograph aboard USS Samaritan, a hospital ship. He is lying in a bed and holding a cigarette. He is shirtless and has a sheet pulled up to his waist.
1945
Chapelle, Dickey, 1919-1965
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Wounded on the USS Samaritan
1945
A badly wounded Sergent Frank W. Mrocykowski resting aboard the USS Samaritan. His head and eye are bandaged.
Wounded Men on the USS Samaritan
1945
Private First Class George Pantaloni in a plaster cast aboard the USS Samaritan. He is lying in a cot and smiling. Behind him are more cots with other men on them. One man behind Pataloni is lookin...
Wounded Men Disembarking from Hospital Ship
circa 1945
Wounded soldiers are led from the USS Samaritan, a hospital ship.
Nurse Feeding Wounded Man
1945
A nurse aboard the USS Samaritan feeding a wounded soldier. The man is sitting up in bed as the nurse is raising a fork full of food to his mouth. There is a tray of food in front of him.
Deck of USS Samaritan
1945
View from the deck of the hospital ship, the USS Samaritan, at sea. There are other ships and a shoreline in the background.
Hospital Ship USS Samaritan
circa 1945-02
Deck of the hospital ship USS Samaritan at sea. There are various forms of bedding and mattresses airing out on the railings and on the deck.
