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A few friends and I [[strikethrough]] liven [[/strikethrough]] got together and organized a hospital for the wounded soldiers, it was munber 24th under the Red cross. We got a building right near where I lived and borowed beds from other scloods, we collected sheets and blankets from the department stores and have all our friends subscribed to beds. The Belgium Radiem Institute provided us with 3 doctors and 6 nurses and an operation room.The Red Cross supplied us with medicine and dressing. But we had to train men to nurse the soldiers, and also gave fore their food. We were also responsible for the expenses so we had to organized concerts, theathers etc to raise fund . Besides that we had a refugee camp and an orhanages in our charged . None of us had any experince before but this was emergency and we had to tried and do our best. We had two hundred day patients and we could only recive about 20 at a time they usualy came at night .Because the international settlement was suppose to be neutral so they had be smuggled in. 
The boy and girl scouts and buddist monks organized themself as stcercher bearer and risked thier lives at the front to bring in the wounded soldiers. There were only two nurses on duties so we have to wash them and help the doctor to operate on them. Since only one doctor was on duty ,he had to continul operating all night.
During those months
I have learned much of the bravery of our soldiers. We tried to give them the best for they seseved to much. At night ahter nine when the lights were turn low, I used to go into the wards to see if they needed anything, I was alaw ys impressed by the quietness of the soldiers. For many of them have just been operated onand I was sure they must be suffering great pain, and yet not a moan was uttered by them . They told me that they were so greatful to be well care for , there they they didn't want to disturb eachother. [[strikethrough]] AnBefore[[/strikethrough]] And before they were fullyr ecovered most of them wanted to return to the front.
It was elqualy heart breaking at the refugee campsand orhanages. One day I was driving pass one of them, I saw a line of children from 2 - 4 years of age , sitting along the