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Title: A Doctors Note
Words: 1306
After graduating from Cork Medical School in 1938, MacCarthy was unable to obtain a medical appointment in Ireland because of local professional nepotism. He then headed to Whales, then London to work in dispensaries. After a night of drinking and bar hoping him and 2 of his friends decided to join the RAF.
When war was declared on Germany, Flight Lt. MacCarthy was shipped to Northern France. The planes were a mixture of wooden-prop Hawkers and biplane Gladiators. MacCarthy's convoy headed toward Amiens , constantly strafed by German fighters and dive-bombed . Crowds of refugees hindered MacCarthy's convoy. He watched helplessly as women and children were blown to bits and pieces. As the convoy neared Calais MacCarthy and his medical corpsmen were issued riffles to engage i ...
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