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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2d Hospitalization Unit (Platoon), 42d Field Hospital Unit History added. Friday 26th April, 2013
	With the precious assistance of Brian Lampert, son of C… With the precious assistance of Brian Lampert, son of Corporal Hyman Lampert, who served with the Second Hospitalization Unit, 42d Field Hospital, in the European Theater of Operations, the MRC authors have now been able to finalize the editing of a concise Unit History looking at the service of the 2d Hosp Unit, 42d Fld Hosp during WW2. The new texts can be found in the "Unit Histories" menu of the main website navigation.
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Capt. Margaret M. Eggert's Testimony added. Tuesday 16th April, 2013
	With the generous assistance of Donald L. Boatright and… With the generous assistance of Donald L. Boatright and Mary K. O’Neill, son-in-law and daughter of Captain Margaret M. Eggert, ANC (N-731929), we have now been able to complete the editing of Margaret's Testimony. Capt. Eggert served with the 250th Station Hospital during WW2. The new text can be found in the "Testimonies" menu of our main website navigation.
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"You're STAGING FOR THE STATES" PDF Download added. Sunday 14th April, 2013
	We have now been able to digitize and upload a PDF of t… We have now been able to digitize and upload a PDF of the 1945 publication "You're STAGING FOR THE STATES". It can be found in the Documents section of our Downloads area.
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635th Medical Clearing Company Unit History added. Saturday 6th April, 2013
	With the precious assistance of Elaine A. Putvin, daugh… With the precious assistance of Elaine A. Putvin, daughter of Captain David B. Johnson (ASN:O-352059), we have now been able to finalise the editing of another Unit History. This one looks at the service of the 635th Medical Clearing Company during WW2, and can be found in the "Unit Histories" menu of the main website navigation.
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250th Station Hospital Unit History added. Saturday 6th April, 2013
	The authors have now been able to finalize the editing … The authors have now been able to finalize the editing of a new Unit History, looking at the service of the 250th Station Hospital during WW2. We are grateful for the precious assistance of Donald L. Boatright (son-in-law of 1st Lieutenant Margaret M. Eggert, ANC, N-731929), who kindly provided numerous illustrations to accompany the new texts.
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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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