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On 18 April 1943, Santee was commissioned as a lieutenant in the United States Navy. Initially, Santee wanted to enter the Intelligence field, but with his medical training, the Navy insisted he work as a physician. He served as a doctor in the Pacific theater and picked up a working knowledge of the Japanese language. Part of his time was spent on Guadalcanal where he tended to wounded soldiers, without seeing any combat action himself. | On 18 April 1943, Santee was commissioned as a lieutenant in the United States Navy. Initially, Santee wanted to enter the Intelligence field, but with his medical training, the Navy insisted he work as a physician. He served as a doctor in the Pacific theater and picked up a working knowledge of the Japanese language. Part of his time was spent on Guadalcanal where he tended to wounded soldiers, without seeing any combat action himself. | ||
In 1944, Santee was stationed as the medical officer at Arkansas Agricultural and Mechanical College (now the University of Arkansas at Monticello) as part of the U.S. military's V-12 Navy College Training Program. This program was intended to supplement the force of commissioned officers in the U.S. Navy during World War II. While in Arkansas, he and his wife Betty were highly active in the college's poetry club. They each contributed numerous poems to the club's 1944 book ''Sawdust and Tomatoes''. | |||
==Medical career== | ==Medical career== | ||
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Ruth died of a brain aneurysm in 1965 at the age of 35 or 36, although her obituary erroneously printed her age as 33. She had worked as a dance instructor and model. She is buried in Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery (Section N, site 770). A poem written by her stepmother, Betty, in 1944 titled "Fourteen," would seem to confirm her year of birth as 1930. | Ruth died of a brain aneurysm in 1965 at the age of 35 or 36, although her obituary erroneously printed her age as 33. She had worked as a dance instructor and model. She is buried in Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery (Section N, site 770). A poem written by her stepmother, Betty, in 1944 titled "Fourteen," would seem to confirm her year of birth as 1930. | ||
==''Sawdust and Tomatoes'' poetry== | |||
In 1944, members of the poetry club at Arkansas A & M College, where Frederick Santee was serving as a Naval medical officer as part of the V-12 training program, published a book of their collective poems titled ''Sawdust and Tomatoes''. | |||
Frederick contributed [[13 (number)|13]] poems and his wife Betty contributed 36. | |||
The 97-page book's publication was financed by New York stock broker and Naval Reserve ensign Robert F. Shelare, who did so knowing the book's sales would never turn a profit. It was printed by the Times Printing Company in Arkansas. Due to the cost-effective methods utilized in printing the book, the few remaining copies are extremely fragile. Even copies kept in archival conditions by university libraries have started to disintegrate and are no longer considered viable books. | |||
As of 2024, less than 12 copies of ''Sawdust and Tomatoes'' are believed to exist. | |||
==''The Devil's Wager'' author== | ==''The Devil's Wager'' author== | ||