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![09-8128-10 Navy casualty gets autographs - Ensign Martha Lowry of the Navy Nurses' Corps adds her name to the list compiled by Seaman 1st Class Lawrence Sender of Cleveland, Ohio as the latter arrives in Silver Spring Maryland, on the last lap of a long trip which began after he was wounded in the invasion. A hospital ship transported Sender and 128 other Navy casualties from Europe. [Hospital ships. Transport of sick and wounded.] [Women.] [Nurses. Nursing.] [Scene.] Nurse Corps aboard Hospital Ships. 08/02/1944; File Number 46201](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1758653500481-a1b46b5b63d4?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxNjU2OTR8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwxfHxob3NwaXRhbCUyMHBhcGVyd29ya3xlbnwxfDB8fHwxNzczODA2MTU0fDA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=1080&auto=format,compress&fm=webp&q=75&w=1200)
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