Rebel Spain ' s young nurses . Cheer war casulties convanescence . Although badly wounded and crippled by the civil war , these rebel soldiers of Franco ' s forces found their convalescence made easier by the cheerful and smiling attendance of the neat , white uniformed nurses as they took their daily outing on crutches at a rebel base hospital in Spain . Many young women are serving as nurses at the emergency hospitals and first aid bases established within sight of the front line . 8 March 1937