BLOOD BROTHERHOOD

S war took greater toll of our armed forces, blood
plasma became an ever more indispensable aid in
the medical and surgical treatment of our wound-
ed fighters.

‘Today it can be reported that approximately SIX

milljn pints of American blood have been given since the
Re ross Blood Donor Service was established three years
aggjat the ei of the Medical Departments of the Army
w many thousands of lives have been saved by plasma
canget be stated. But Major General Norman nes ark,
Surgs@on General, United States Army, declared that plasma
ranked first as the foremost life-saver in North Africa. Rear
Admiral Ross T. McIntire, Surgeon General, United States
Navy, announced that only one percent of navy personnel
wounded in the South Pacific died, thanks in large part to
plasma.

Millions of additional blood
donations are required in 1944,
and continued public coopera-
tion will meet the demand, ‘de-
spite its astronomical propor-
tions. A significant develop-
ment of the past year was the
steady increase in group re-
cruitment. By departments and
by whole plants, business and
industrial workers responded.
Clubs, societies, and churches

 

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