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MODERN MEDICINE TO A REMOTE ISLAND -- Words of encouragement are given by Government of the Ryukyu Islands' Deputy Chief Executive Seiko Kohagura (R) to doctors and nurses preparing to fly aboard helicopters of the 263rd Marine Corps Medium Helicopter Squadron on Sept. 24 to 28 to provide medical examinations and treatment to 4,000 residents of Kouri Island, northwest of Okinawa. The program, sponsored by the Ryukyu Shimpo, a major Naha daily, and the Okinawa Medical Association, is part of their continuing project to give medical aid to remote islands in the Ryukyu chair, with the aid of the U.S. military. The squadron made 44 flights to the island carrying medical personnel and equipment during the four-day period. Shown at center in the Ryukyu Shimpo Hall are, L-R: Maj. Carl Pace, chief, Sanitation Division, Public Health and Welfare Dept., U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands, and Maj. Guy L. Brown, operations officer; and Lt. Col. Truman Clark, squadron commanding officer.
【和訳】第3回無医地区巡回診療
離島に近代医療を - 9月24日から28日にかけて第263海兵隊中型ヘリコプター飛行隊のヘリに搭乗し、沖縄本島北西の古宇利島の住民4,000人を診察・治療する準備をすすめる医師や看護婦たちに、琉球政府古波蔵政光副主席（右）から激励の言葉が贈られた。琉球新報社と沖縄医師会が主催し、米軍の援助を受けて離島に医療援助を行う継続的事業の一環。同飛行隊は医療従事者と器具を積んで、4日間で44回飛行した。写真は琉球新報ホール中央で、左から米国民政府公衆衛生福祉局衛生部長カール・ペース少佐、作戦指揮官ガイ・L・ブラウン少佐、飛行隊司令官トルーマン・クラーク中佐。
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