Lt. Aaron Herskovitz, WAC Pvt. Goldie Rosenberg, and Lt. Irene Schultz all focus on getting Lt. Herskovitz healed

Description
Lt. Aaron Herskovitz smiles as he sits up in a hospital bed in a body cast with writing on it as Pvt. Goldie Rosenberg grins and rubs a substance from a bottle in her right hand on his back with her left hand. Lt. Irene Schultz, who attended the trans-Atlantic flight that brought him to the hospital, stands to his left with a smile of approval for his care as she helps him sit up. There is a window behind each female soldier. The women are in military uniforms. Lt. Irene Schultz has the 9th Air Force patch on her left shoulder.
Note
No date; likely 1945Typewritten note attached to the back"Public Relations Office, 1380th AAF BU, NAD, ATC, Presque Isle, Maine. Lt. Aaron Herskovitz displays a smile of approval as WAC Pvt. Goldie Rosenberg of Rock Island, Ill. gives his back a good rubbing in the Air Evacuation Hospital of the SNOWBALL base in Presque Isle, ME. Lt. Irene Schultz attended Herskovitz and several other evacuees on their trans-Atlantic flight in a C-54 transport plane over the SNOWBALL route from a general hospital in Paris. Inducted into the armed forces on February 9, 1942, Lt. Herskovitz was wounded on the German battlefronts. He is a graduate of the Somerville High School, Mass. and of the Boston University. -30-."
Date Issued
1945
Type
Extent
1 photograph : black and white print ; 26 x 21 cm
Time Period
Subject (Geographic)
Rights Note
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Collection Identifier: MS-0187
Source
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Unit
LaBudde Special Collections