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Identifier: CarryOnAug1918_851 (find matches)
Title: Carry On (periodical)
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Office of the Surgeon General, United States Army
Subjects: reconstruction rehabilitation therapy vocational therapy physical therapy American Red Cross
Publisher: Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine
Contributing Library: American Red Cross

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ch of American industry. The manwho has offered his body in the defense of hiscountry must not be allowed to return to usmerely as a hero worthy of our sympathy.His physical handicap, whatever it may be,will not, except in rare instances, render himuseless as an industrial factor; on the con-trary, it will afford a greater opportunity thanever before to utilize his brains upon whichhe was not so dependent when he went away. Reconstruction is a very live issue inAmerica. Not an academic problem, but apractical one. For some time it has beengaining in importance as a part of the veryfabric of industry, and because our big leadersare blessed with imagination, many of themhave already foreseen the necessity of salvag-ing their man-power, of holding trained andloyal employees and not discarding them onaccount of a disability for which they are notresponsible. I know of many instances wherethe process of retraining has returned ablemen to their jobs, and has not only saved the No, 2 R R O N
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THEY BELIEVE IN SIGNS Hand-lettering and sign-painting provide many handsome incomes,and often mean the start of a permanent business. Here the trainingbegins in the early stages of convalescence. Ray Smith, the soldierat the right, won a I500 prize in a War Savings poster contest. man for himself and his family, but increasedthe effectiveness of the plant in which heworked. It is not possible to gauge accurately thenumber of fighting men who will return to ushandicapped in body, but there will be many.Most of them will not have to learn new trades—not more than ten per cent., I am told.But practically all of them can be put backinto the industrial life of the country and mustbe. We need these men—need them badly.Their physical courage proves their worth;and ought to dispel once and for all the notionthat they crave pity. I have been asked to suggest what seem tobe the best fields of industry for our handi- capped soldiers and sailors. It would beeasier to say which field they can

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