Portfolio Naples May 2022 | Page 32

Above , “ Doc Sunshine ” Makes His Rounds : If ever a dog smiled - it is " Doc Sunshine ," self-appointed official cheerer upper below decks on a Coast Guard-manned troop transport ferrying back casualties from Europe . All day long , " Doc Sunshine " makes his rounds from bunk to bunk visiting the boys who are coming home with their arms and legs in casts and their heads in bandages . He makes " em forget the war and break into smiles . Here , the " Doc " drops in on Private First Class Harold L . Keel ( left ), of Tennessee City , Ten ., who has shrapnel wounds , and Tech . Sergt . Harry H . Steffenhagen , of 123 W . 34th Street , Richmond , Va ., who got in the way of some German machine-gun fire .
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