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Photograph caption dated March 9, 1964 reads, "Mrs. Orr leaves Pacoima hospital for mercy flight to Texas. As ambulance attendants load her, Lt. Col. Walter E. Switzer, nevt [sic] to right, and Dr. Luigi DeLucia of Mission Hills, holding plasma bottle, stand by. Dr. DeLucia received high praise for his efforts in keeping Mrs. Orr alive." The article partially reads, "Mrs. Gloria Orr, 37, of 13180 Foothill Blvd., burned in an explosion on Feb. 29, early Sunday morning was flown to Brooke Army Hospital in San Antonio, Tex., via an Air Force flying ambulance...The plane, with a special burn unit team of nurses and doctors, arrived at Lockheed Air Terminal shortly after midnight Saturday. The team prepared Mrs. Orr for her trip, drove her to the plane in an ambulance, and took off for Texas in less than three hours."; See images #00117522 through #00117523 for all photos in this series.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Pacoima Memorial Lutheran Hospital (Los Angeles, Calif.) United States.--Air Force--Medical care Aeronautics in medicine--California--Los Angeles Hospital patients--Transportation--California--Los Angeles Transport of sick and wounded--California--Los Angeles Burns and scalds--California--Los Angeles Wounds and injuries--California--Los Angeles Physicians--California--Los Angeles Emergency medical personnel--California--Los Angeles Ambulances--California--Los Angeles Hospitals--California--Pacoima (Los Angeles) Pacoima (Los Angeles, Calif.) Night photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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