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We had our pictures taken on board the "Resolute" first the group of nurses, then the Surgeons and Physicians. I shall give my address to the gentleman who took them and see if he will not send a copy here. I do not think you will know me because my hair is cut and I had I felt a very unnatural excruciating look on my face at that moment. But down into history we go as the first band of women enlisted into the Government of the United States of America. It is a moment to live for, to feel, that some life may be saved by us; some father, son, or husband will be returned to his own by our skill of nursing. I have taken the oath to serve