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Illustration showing Army Field Maneuvers in the Carolinas, 1942. The x-ray room in the 6th Evacuation Hospital
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In an effort to offer the best medical care possible, the Medical Department comprised of a number of field installations, spread throughout the various echelons of medical care. Each of these installations and stations was equipped according to its role in administering medical care. The listings below show the contents of each installation, and their evolution.

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Evacuation Hospital

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Partial view of the 8th Evacuation Hospital at its final location; Lake Garda, Italy, Summer 1945

An Evacuation Hospital is defined as a mobile Field Hospital in the combat zone. The Evacuation Hospital gives necessary treatment to casualties, but sends serious cases on to fixed Hospitals for further care. Evacuation Hospitals are organic elements of a field Army and function under Army Headquarters.

They are of two types:

  • 400-bed; semi-mobile
  • 750-bed; semi-mobile

Both of these units function in direct support of a frontline Division and carry out the "third echelon" medical service, they receive patients from Divisional, Corps, or Army Clearing Stations – 750-bed Evacuation Hospitals are allotted at the rate of one per 3 Army Divisions, while 400-bed Hospitals are allotted at the rate of one per single Army Division, abbreviation: EVAC HOSP

Staff for Evacuation Hospitals was 47 Officers, 52 Nurses and 318 Enlisted Men (to serve as Technicians etc.)

Please click on the link below to either show or hide the Equipment List of a 400-bed Evacuation Hospital. Please note that this list has been constructed from Medical Department Equipment List, Evacuation Hospital, 400-bed, 1 June 1943. As a result of this early date, the original document featured 5-digit Item Numbers. Wherever possible, the Nomenclature has been matched with the later 7-digit Item Numbers for disambiguation purposes.

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Station Hospital

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Aerial view of a Station Hospital, somewhere in France, late 1944. The author believes that this establishment is a 400-bed capacity unit, although this is unconfirmed.

A Station Hospital is defined as a fixed Hospital in or near a Military Post to give medical and dental care to those attached to the post. Station Hospital and General Hospital are the two types of fixed Hospitals, when located in the Communications Zone, it is housed in tentage or improvised housing of the Theater of Operations, and even located in the combat zone. (numbered) Station Hospitals have bed capacities ranging from 25 to 900 beds, in exceptional circumstances it may serve as an Evacuation or General Hospital, abbreviation : STA HOSP.

Staff for the various capacities of Station Hospitals are shown below:

  • 25-bed: 5 Officers, 4 Nurses and 25 Enlisted Men
  • 50-bed: 7 Officers, 6 Nurses and 41 Enlisted Men
  • 75-bed: 8 Officers, 8 Nurses and 42 Enlisted Men
  • 100-bed: 10 Officers, 10 Nurses and 62 Enlisted Men
  • 150-bed: 13 Officers, 15 Nurses and 97 Enlisted Men
  • 200-bed: 16 Officers, 20 Nurses and 125 Enlisted Men
  • 250-bed: 21 Officers, 30 Nurses and 150 Enlisted Men
  • 300-bed: 23 Officers, 35 Nurses and 175 Enlisted Men
  • 350-bed: 25 Officers, 1 Warrant Officer, 40 Nurses and 200 Enlisted Men
  • 400-bed: 27 Officers, 1 Warrant Officer, 45 Nurses and 223 Enlisted Men
  • 450-bed: 29 Officers, 1 Warrant Officer, 50 Nurses and 251 Enlisted Men
  • 500-bed: 33 Officers, 1 Warrant Officer, 55 Nurses and 275 Enlisted Men
  • 600-bed: 35 Officers, 1 Warrant Officer, 62 Nurses and 328 Enlisted Men
  • 700-bed: 38 Officers, 1 Warrant Officer, 70 Nurses and 371 Enlisted Men
  • 750-bed: 40 Officers, 1 Warrant Officer, 75 Nurses and 392 Enlisted Men
  • 800-bed: 43 Officers, 1 Warrant Officer, 80 Nurses and 415 Enlisted Men
  • 900-bed: 46 Officers, 1 Warrant Officer, 90 Nurses and 459 Enlisted Men

Please click on the link below to either show or hide the Equipment List of a 500-bed Station Hospital. Please note that this list has been constructed from Medical Department Equipment List, Station Hospital, 500-bed, 12 July 1942. As a result of this early date, the original document featured 5-digit Item Numbers. Wherever possible, the Nomenclature has been matched with the later 7-digit Item Numbers for disambiguation purposes.

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