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Cases requiring 2 to four months care were hospitalized in Honolulu. The rest requiring more than 120 days of treatment were evacuated to the zone of the interior. >> Zone of the interior? Where is that? >> Zone of the interior. Zone of the interior. Zone of the interior. That's army talk for home. These boys got the green light. 24 hours or so after they landed, they were riding the forklift up into the plane. Inside, the litters stack up four high, each strapped and clamped as snug as an old brass bedstead. The C-54 will hold 28 men on litters, though usually the payload includes some ambulatory cases, walking wounded. Two pilots fly the airplane with the help of a navigator, radio man, and engineer. Medical personnel includes a highly trained technician and a guide philosopher.