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Mary H. Staats letters 1944-1947 1944-1946 Staats, Mary H. letters

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Mary H. Staats wrote regularly to Dr. H. Allan Novak of Boston, Massachusetts, while serving as a United States Navy nurse in the Solomon Islands and the United States during and just after World War II. She commented on her living conditions, work, education, and health.

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