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David R. Elder correspondence, June-July 1945

1945-07-21 S/Sgt Don Burger to Dave Elder Page 2

U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES
system, being over-age, medically, etc. To me, the method used here is quite different, even though others may have wittnessed it someplace else. I've met with many barriers in the Army, but in some way managed to get over them up to this time. This one really has me stopped.
When a soldier is taken before the discharge board here, the doctors have a definite procedure to follow & this is it. The doctor's first step is to tack a picture of a man's anatomy on the wall. Then a complete physical examination is made of the soldier. Each time a physical defect is found, a pin is placed in the picture to correspond with it. This continues until the physical exam is completed and all required pins placed in the picture. The next procedure is to remove the picture from the wall and insert it in a player piano. If the piano plays "Nearer My God To Thee," the soldier gets a discharge.
I'll go now, Dave, So Long, Don Burger
[S/Sgt.]

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U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES system, being over-age, medically, etc. To me, the method used here is quite different, even though others may have wittnessed it someplace else. I've met with many barriers in the Army, but in some way managed to get over them up to this time. This one really has me stopped. When a soldier is taken before the discharge board here, the doctors have a definite procedure to follow & this is it. The doctor's first step is to tack a picture of a man's anatomy on the wall. Then a complete physical examination is made of the soldier. Each time a physical defect is found, a pin is placed in the picture to correspond with it. This continues until the physical exam is completed and all required pins placed in the picture. The next procedure is to remove the picture from the wall and insert it in a player piano. If the piano plays "Nearer My God To Thee," the soldier gets a discharge. I'll go now, Dave, So Long, Don Burger [S/Sgt.]