Welcome

Typical view of a Field Hospital, with numerous Hospital Ward Tents, Pyramidal Tents, and Small Wall Tents, the majority of which carry a large circular Geneva Convention or Red Cross marker for identification

Welcome to the WW2 US Medical Research Centre. We hope that your stay here is a long and enjoyable one. The site is a work-in-progress, designed to offer an excellent research utility to anyone interested in WW2 United States Army Medical history.

The site was founded by two World War 2 medical collectors and re-enactors from Europe, frustrated by the lack of comprehensive research tools for this area of WW2 History. The site originally started out as a database of United States Medical Department Item numbers and descriptions.

The founders hope that you find the site useful, and really would welcome any comments that you may have regarding the site. Please feel free to contact us using the "Contact" page found here.

Please use the navigation menu to your left to navigate around the site, and please feel free to leave us your comments and feedback in the Guestbook.

Many thanks for your visit,
Alain S. BATENS and Ben C. MAJOR.

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Latest News

The following is a list of our latest news items. These items have been taken from our RSS Feed and News Archive, which can be found by clicking here. If you would like to view more about a specific news item, please click on the "Read More" link underneath the extract.
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7th Convalescent Hospital Unit History added. Monday 23rd January, 2012
	With the kind assistance of Steven Chaplin, we have now… With the kind assistance of Steven Chaplin, we have now been able to finalise the addition of another Unit History to our website. This one looks at the 7th Convalescent Hospital, and its service in England, France and Germany during WW2. The texts can be found in the "Unit Histories" menu of the main website navigation.
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41st Evacuation Hospital Unit History added. Wednesday 28th December, 2011
	The MRC Staff are once again truly indebted to Lynn McN… The MRC Staff are once again truly indebted to Lynn McNulty for kindly providing them with copies of the relevant documents needed to compile a Unit History of the 41st Evacuation Hospital during WW2. This new addition can be found in the Unit Histories menu of the main website navigation.
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Personnel Roster added to Medical Detachment, 70th Tank Battalion Unit History Wednesday 21st December, 2011
	With the precious assistance of Michael Krizsanitz, we … With the precious assistance of Michael Krizsanitz, we have now been able to add a Personnel Roster to the Medical Detachment, 70th Tank Battalion Unit History.
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New Download added. Tuesday 6th December, 2011
	We have now been able to finalise the addition of anoth… We have now been able to finalise the addition of another Download to the website. This one is entitled “WHAT’S THE SCORE … IN A CASE LIKE MINE?” War Department Pamphlet 21-35, 6 August 1945, and it can be found in the "Downloads" section of the main website navigation.
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24th Evacuation Hospital Unit History updated. Wednesday 30th November, 2011
	With the precious assistance of Chris Schepper, we have… With the precious assistance of Chris Schepper, we have now been able to completely review and amend the Unit History of the 24th Evacuation Hospital. Updates include new illustrations, texts and completed personnel rosters.
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"Ode to the Medics"

(Poem by Cpl John Readey, Cp. Stoneman, Calif.)
(Cp. Stoneman, Pittsburg, California, was a staging area for the San Francisco P/E during World War II)

"They give me shots for tetanus;
For typhoid, I get three!
The yellow fever is an excuse
For one more hole in me."

"They stick the needle in me dry;
They stick it in me wet.
They punch me full of holes, it seems,
At every chance they get."

"Typhus, measles, housemaid's knee,
There's shots for ev'ry thing;
Fallen arches, leprosy:
Boy, those shots do sting!"

"Sometimes those vampires stick me good
Right in a vein of me,
And then they take a pint of blood
And smile with fiendish glee."

"Oh, I haven't been in battle, yet;
In war I haven't starred.
But if you saw the holes in me,
You'd swear I'm battle scarred!"

(Courtesy "Yank-The Army Weekly" 1942)

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