This film shows the telephone center and the bedside telephone service in a U.S. Army hospital. Various sizes of telephone booths are provided for men in wheelchairs or with cumbersome splints. Discusses the beneficial impact on a soldiers health by receiving telephone calls from home and loved ones. Advises families how to handle these important calls by acting normal and allowing for soldiers to discuss their injuries on their own terms. ]]> Bell System]]> Loucks and Norling ]]> U.S. Office of War Information]]> 1945]]> U.S. Army Air Forces Motion Picture Unit]]> 1945]]> U.S. Army Air Forces Motion Picture Unit]]> War Finance Division]]> 1945]]> "Diary of a Sergeant" portrays the post-war life of a soldier who lost both of his hands on D-Day (though his injury was the result of an explosion while testing weapons on base in North Carolina). Former soldier Harold Russell stars in the film, and much of the plot is based on his own experiences after the amputation of his hands in the war. Russell would go on to win an Academy Award for playing a disabled veteran in "The Best Years of Our Lives". Russell's narration reflects on the difficulties of living with his disability and the perceived shame of not having sustained his injury while in battle. Portrays the solider learning how to complete everyday tasks with his prostheses. Posits that the technological advances in prosthetic limbs will be around far after the Nazis. Concludes with a statement from the U.S. Surgeon General.]]> U.S. Army Pictorial Service Signal Corps]]> 1945]]> U.S. Marine Corps]]> U.S. Treasury Department War Finance Department]]> 1945]]> U.S. Navy]]> U.S. Marine Corps]]> U.S. Coast Guard]]> 1945]]> U.S. Navy]]> 1945]]> U.S. Navy]]> U.S. Coast Guard]]> U.S. Treasury Department War Finance Division]]> 1945]]> U.S. Navy]]> U.S. Marine Corps]]> U.S. Coast Guard]]> U.S. Treasury Department, War Finance, Motion Pictures and Special Events Division]]> 1945]]> This film focuses on the care and recovery of injured soldiers and cites specific ways in which they are being provided with necessary medical assistance. "Wounded Americans, back from the battlefields and task forces all over the world, are the Navy's most important post-war mission - to get them well and send them home. Victory Bonds help get that job done." ("New Victory Loan 16mm Sound Films," Business Screen, volume 6, number 7, 1945, 23.)]]> U.S. Navy]]> U.S. Marine Corps]]> U.S. Coast Guard]]> 1945]]>