IOWA NURSE IN ENGLAND
Dumont, Ia. -- Lieut. Pauline Maguire last week cabled her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Maguire of Dumont, of her safe arrival in England with a recent convoy of the American Expeditionary Forces.
From 1936 to 1941 Lieutenant Maguire was a floor supervisor at Mercy hospital in Des Moines and in April of 1941 she volunteered for the army nursing corps She was stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., until last June, when she volunteered for foreign service.
Source: The DesMoines Register, September 6, 1942 (photo included)
Who'll Take Their Places?
Mason City has seen 12 of its nurses go into military service in the past year and already plans are going forward for the organization of Nurse's Aide corps which will help provide substitute assistance for the nurses left on duty here.
The Red Cross volunteers corps will start its first class Monday at the Mercy hospital. Women who are interested in taking up this volunteer project may call the Red Cross for further information.
Of the nurses who have left Mason City on war duty, two are stationed in Ireland, Lieut. Pauline Maguire and Lieut. Aquinas Leahey; one in Australian, Lieut. Mary Kelsh; and two others are members of task forces, Lieut. Mabel Jorgenson and Lieut. Elizabeth Clark.
In this county, Lieut. Rosalie Linnehan, Lieut. Winifred Meade and Lieut. Flora Ross are stationed at Fort Riley, Kans., Lieut. Nan Kramer at Jefferson Barracks, Lieut. Della Zaugg at Kelly field, Lieut. Bernice Rappath at the Army and Navy hospital at Hot Springs and Lieut. Margaret Wagner at Camp Robinson, Little Rock.
Not only do nurses volunteer for army and navy duty, but the supply is also depleted by the nurses who retire from the profession to be married, or take up other work. It takes three years to train a nurse, and because the number of registered nurses cannot be kept up to average, volunteer Nurses Aide corps are being organized all over the United States, and Mason City's effort is a part of the nationwide movement.
Source: The Mason City Globe-Gazette, November 7, 1942
Greene - Second Lt. Pauline Maguire of Greene is serving in the European area as army nurse. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phil Maguire. She was surgical floor supervisor at St. Joseph Mercy hospital at Des Moines before coming into the army nearly 3 1/2 years ago. She served at the Ft. Leonard Woods, Mo., station hospital before going overseas.
Source: The Courier, Waterloo IA - December 25, 1944
Returned Home
Lieutenant Pauline Maguire, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Maguire of Greene, arrived home last Saturday after serving overseas in the European theater of war for nearly three years. Lieutenant Maguire, an army nurse, was granted a 30-day leave through the efforts of the home service division of the Red Cross, to return home because of the illness of her father.
The army nurse, who made the return trip by airplane from Glasgow, Scotland, to Washington, D.C, had been stationed at a field hospital in Belgium. She was accompanied on the trip by three other nurses who were also returning home on emergency furloughs.
Lieutenant Maguire had served overseas 35 and one-half months. She had seen service in England, France and Belgium. The hospital unit with which she served was located only a few miles form the front lines. Soldiers seriously wounded were given first aid treatment at this hospital and were then sent to a hospital further back. Those with minor injuries remained at this hospital until they were able to return to duty.
Lieutenant Maguire will report for duty at Miami, Florida at the conclusion of her leave.
Source: The Greene Recorder, August 1, 1945
