Marines Apologetic for Wounds; Eager to Return to Own Outfits o.. orirp irra t a xrr i __—. (Marine Corps Combat Corresp.) OKINAWA (Delayer)—The walk ing wounded are apologetic. Some are even ashamed of their wounds. “Just a scratch, Doc,” the youth ful Marine from Texas says, show ing a forearm split open by a snip er's bullet. “Put a patch on, so I can go back to my outfit.” The weary physician examines the arm. The Marine watches stretcher-bearers carry a white faced, unconscious Leatherneck into the first-aid station. The doctor motions for a hospital corpsman to dress the Texan's arm. Then the physician bends over the man on the stretcher. “Where’s he hit?” the Texan asks, nodding his head toward the man on the stretcher. The corpsman looks up. “Mortar shell fragments in the stomach.” Starts for Entrance The Texan is silent as the corps man wraps bandages around the injured arm. As soon as the ad hesive tape is on, the Marine jumps up, mumbles, “Thanks,” and starts for the entrance. “Where are you going?" the doc tor asks. \tsacK to my outm, tne marine replies. “You’re going to remain here for a while. There’s danger of in fection in that arm.” The doctor again leans over the man on the stretcher. The corpsman points to a cot and tells the Marine to lie down. The Texan, staring at the man with the wounds in the stomach, starts to protest, but the corps man says no arguing. Sheepishly, the Texan lies down on the cot. Ohio sticks his head into the first aid station. He winks at a corps man. “They got me, pal,” he laughs as he limps on inside. “Maybe I’ll get to go home.” Sees Man on Stretcher The corpsman has the Ohioan roll up his trouse'rs leg. The flesh is torn above the ankel. The laugh ing Marine starts to wisecrack but he sees the physician working on the man on the stretcher. "What hit him?” the Ohioan asks. "A doctor will examine your leg in a moment.” “That poor guy is really shot up.” A physician comes over and ex amines the Ohioan’s wound. “All it needs is a bandage,” the Ma rine says. “The corpsman can put it on.” The doctor dresses the injury. “Go lie down on a cot,” he orders. “There’s nothing wrong with me,” the Ohioan argues. The' doc tor walks away to tend to another patient. “Come on, Mac,” the corpsman says, impatiently, “take the ^rid cot.” Before the Ohio Marine can open his mouth the corpsman says: “I know, I know. But there’s danger of infection.” Cotton Report As Of July 1.1945 The acreage of cotton in North Carolina in cultivation on July 1, es timated at 595,000 acres, is less than for any year since 1872. Farmers reduced their cotton crop 170,000 acres —• or 22 percent — below that of last year and 305,000 acres—or 30 percent—below the ten-year (1934-43) average. The acreage of cotton grown in this State reached a peak in 1925 when farmers had in cultivation 1,802,000 acres—three times as much as grown this sea son. The acreage of cotton nas been re duced 50 per cent or more from a year ago in the heavy tobacco pro ducing counties of eastern North Carolina. A material shift from cot ton to peanuts occurred in all ma jor peanut producing counties. Farmers in the lower Piedmont, where cotton is the main source of income, reported only a slight re duction in acreage from a year ago. Growers experienced considerable difficulty in getting a stand of cot ton this spring. As a result, the per centage of the acreage that had to be replanted was probably the high est on record. Many producers had to plant as many as three times. Stands at the present time range from “fair” to "average,” with growth irregular for this season of the year. 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