A history of United States Army Base Hospital No36 (Detroit College of Medicine and Surgery Unit) organized at Detroit, Michigan, April 11th, 1917 . ent home in the preceeding month, of March with a diagnosis, of McGlynn never recovered, and died in May, 1919. She was a woman of sweet and cour-ageous character, uncomplainingly doing her duty as long as she was able. After the Armistice, the nurses were allowed some of their accumulated leave and many ofthem went to Paris and the Riviera. Ten nurses were permanently detached, and sent to Ger-many with the American troops. We felt
A history of United States Army Base Hospital No36 (Detroit College of Medicine and Surgery Unit) organized at Detroit, Michigan, April 11th, 1917 . ent home in the preceeding month, of March with a diagnosis, of McGlynn never recovered, and died in May, 1919. She was a woman of sweet and cour-ageous character, uncomplainingly doing her duty as long as she was able. After the Armistice, the nurses were allowed some of their accumulated leave and many ofthem went to Paris and the Riviera. Ten nurses were permanently detached, and sent to Ger-many with the American troops. We felt the parting severely as we realized that this was thebeginning of the end, and that very soon we should see the Unit disbanded, and the pleasant asso-ciations of a year and a half would be a thing of the past. Some of our officers left us in December and nurses were sent to Chaumont. On February16th, 1919, the men of the Unit left enroute for home, and the nurses followed in two detach-ments going via Paris to La Baule where we remained about a week. La Baule is a beautifulplace, and the nurses had many interesting trips to surrounding
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