Acknowledgements & Bibliography

6th Armored Division medical Officers are treating a former inmate of KZ-Buchenwald, after the camp's liberation, April 1945

So far this project has been a major part of the authors' lives. It has taken a great deal of time to both research and compile. Personal contacts with other collectors, authors, and individual Veterans, have helped us gain a broader view and more insight about the organization of the Medical Department during World War 2. To all of these people, the authors are truly grateful, and we look forward to working with you all in the future too.

Our heartfelt thanks and sincere gratitude go to 1st Lieutenant Ellan J. Levitsky (ASN: N762232) and her sister 2d Lieutenant Dorothy F. Levitsky (ASN: N762231), both Nurses served with the 164th General Hospital and generously shared their personal reminiscences, memorabilia and pictures with our staff. 

The following is by no means an exhaustive list, but just a few names who really stand out for having helped with the project:

Roger Dean Jr.,Todd Metzger, Paul Silva, Stein Teppen, Johan Willaert to name just a few.

Other individuals have also contributed by helping us secure 'precious' and difficult to obtain medical data, such as Daan Meijer who helped us secure a precious Armed Services Catalog of Medical Materiel, and Didier Andres who shared part of his personal files related to "special equipment vehicles" used by the Medical Department; for which our most sincere thanks.

Our sincere thanks are also given to Lois Montbertrand, daughter of Captain Robert L. Shiner (ASN: 0-369560), US Army Dental Corps, 203rd General Hospital who has most generously provided information about, photographs of and memoirs from her father's service.

Joanne McLaughlin, daughter of George P. McLaughlin (ASN: 31026229) , 59th Evacuation Hospital, has also provided the WW2 US Medical Research Centre with images and information regarding her father's service with the 59th Evac., for which the authors are truly thankful.

We must also express thanks to Linda Hancock Houk, daughter of T/4 Harold Hancock (ASN: 32666624), 96th Evacuation Hospital, who has kindly donated items, photographs and information from her father's service with the 96th Evac., which has assisted in the writing of the Unit's History. The authors are sincerely thankful for her donation.

We should not forget to thank the staff of the Carentan Historical Center (France) who have generously allowed us to view, scrutinize, and photograph some very 'special' and 'scarce' medical items, part of their outstanding collection of American WW2 memorabilia. Our sincere thanks.

The authors and administrators would also like to thank Mary Nell Coblentz for her kind donation to the MRC of a WW2 booklet looking at Venereal Disease and its treatment by the US Medical Department.

Thanks are also due to Tony Honeyman, a British researcher of General and Station Hospitals who has unselfishly shared data with the authors relating to the 280th Station Hospital, among other units. The authors are truly thankful for his contribution to the website.

Our special thanks are also given to Al Sims, son of 76th Amd Med Bn veteran T/3 John Sims (ASN: 34180913) for his kind supply of photographs relating to his father's service for our "Photo Galleries". His website can be found here.

We would also like to thank Elmer K. Miller (ASN: 35800394), a veteran of the 100th General Hospital who generously shared his memoirs, photographs and documents with the MRC team.

The MRC team would also like to thank Mary Jane Crow, who is the neice of 297th General Hospital veteran 1st Lt. Rita Mary Offerle (ASN: N728651). Mary has kindly supplied the authors with a great deal of infomration relating to the service of Lillian Krell Swedlow, whose Testimony can be found on this site.

We must also express our sincere gratitude towards 50th General Hospital veteran T/5 Joseph B. Sullivan (ASN: 39208186). Jay kindly shared a great deal of information about his unit with the authors, including a fantastic video containing colour footage of the unit's time in Normandy.

My personal thanks must go to my good friend Alain Batens, without whose help, unwavering support and steadfast dedication, this site would still be a pipe dream. Of course it was teamwork that did it and the never-ending enthusiasm of both authors;! Both of us continuously interacted, while researching, writing, reading, correcting, editing, always in search of new topics and additional data …

Bibliography:

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