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All supplies and equipments sent to Poland were purchased at various companies around New York City, centralized at the warehouse, and then shipped to Poland.

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The American Unitarian Association, concerned about the Czech refugees fleeing Sudetenland, sent Robert Dexter to Europe to assess the situation in 1938. Because of his report, the Unitarian Service Committee was formed.

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All supplies and equipment sent to Poland from America left these doors before boarding ships bound for Europe.

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Rev. Howard Brooks was the USC associate director who communicated frequently with Dorothea Jones during the hospital project.

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By the time the Polish Medical Team had arrived, the found the hospital abandoned and empty, having been previously occupied and looted by the Germans and the Russians. There were no supplies, no equipment, and even the sinks were ripped out, except…

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As a trauma center, the Kościuszko Hospital had four surgical wards and one medical ward, and much of the work done by the USC was with importing and setting up surgical equipment. Dr. Powell Davies was a unitarian minister who spoke at the official…

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Dorothea Jones was an American young woman from Beacon Hill, MA who, after being turned down by UNRRA, started working for the USC's French Office under Noel Field. She was appointed a member of the Polish Medical Team that, starting in 1944,…

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The Kosciuszko Hospital was the joint effort of the Unitarian Service Committee's Polish Medical Team and ZUS, the Polish Social Insurance Agency. The team was tasked with repairing and restocking the hospital, including importing the latest American…

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Dr. Bruk was the medical director of the USC medical mission and later, of the Piekary Hospital
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