Women Afloat. Happy Birthday-- In the mess hall of a Coast Guard-manned troop transport, a group of Army nurses watch Lieut. Margie Camper of Sioux Falls, cut the birthday cake made in her honor by the galley boys. In the group bound for duty in the far Pacific are, left to right: Lieut. Cecilia Schmolke, of Buckman, Minn.; Lieutenant Camper; Lieut. Mary B. Lofley, of Abilene, Texas; Lieut. Elizabeth Kneeland, of Waban, Mass.; and Lieut. Jean Lynas, of Norwich, Conn.

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Keywords: 17-a2-212, 26-, coast, guard, history, job, rdss, rg