WW2 Order of Battle Medical Units

View of a Clearing Station, somewhere behind Utah Beach, Normandy, taken June 6 - 7, 1944 - triage of Airborne casualties and patients ...

Here follows a list of organic Medical Units, assigned to specific Divisions throughout World War 2:

Shoulder Sleeve Insignia of the 29th, 30th, 9th, and 3d Infantry Divisions

Remark: Other Medical units were equally attached to specific United States Armies, either for individual campaigns only, or for the entire duration of the war.

List of typical Medical organizations:

• Aid Station
• Aid Station Squad
• Airborne Medical Company
• Auxiliary Surgical Group
• Battalion Aid Station
• Blood Transfusion Unit
• Clearing Station
• Collecting Station
• Company Aid Squad
• Convalescent Hospital
• Evacuation Hospital
• Field Hospital
• General Hospital
• Hospital Center
• Hospital Ship
• Hospital Train
• Litter Bearer Squad
• Medical Air Evacuation Squadron
• Medical Air Evacuation Transport Squadron
• Medical Ambulance Company
• Medical Base Depot
• Medical Base Depot Company
• Medical Battalion
• Medical Clearing Company
• Medical Collecting Company
• Medical Collecto-Clearing Company
• Medical Demonstration Platoon
• Medical Department
• Medical Depot
• Medical Depot Company
• Medical Detachment
• Medical Equipment Laboratory
• Medical Field Service Training School
• Medical Gas Treatment Battalion
• Medical General Laboratory
• Medical Group
• Medical Supply Depot
• Medical Supply Depot Company
• Medical Regiment
• Medical Replacement Training Center
• Medical Training Regiment
• Medical Sanitary Company
• Medical Supply Section
• OCS Medical Administrative School
• Optical Repair Detachment
• Optical Repair Section
• Station Hospital
• Surgical Hospital
• Venereal Disease Diagnostic & Treatment Center
• Venereal Disease Hospital
• Veterinary Company
• Veterinary Evacuation Detachment
• Veterinary Hospital
• Veterinary Station

WW2 Campaigns and Dates:

The following list shows WW2 campaigns and the date associated with them:

North African Campaigns:

EGYPT & LIBYA > 11 June 1942 – 12 February 1943
ALGERIA & FRENCH-MOROCCO > 8 November 1942 – 11 November 1942
TUNISIA > 17 November 1942 – 13 May 1943

A GI looks out over the tents and vehicles of the 48th General Hospital, situated in Germany. This photograph, taken in 1945 shows the stowage of camouflage net on the roof of a WC54 Ambulance seen through the ruined building.

European Campaigns:

AIR OFFENSIVE EUROPE > 4 July 1942 – 5 June 1944
SICILY > 9 July 1943 – 17 August 1943
NAPLES-FOGGIA > 9 September 1943 – 21 January 1944
ANZIO > 22 January 1944 – 24 May 1944
ROME-ARNO > 22 January 1944 – 9 September 1944
NORMANDY > 6 June 1944 – 24 July 1944
NORTHERN FRANCE > 25 July 1944 – 14 September 1944
SOUTHERN FRANCE > 15 August 1944 – 14 September 1944
NORTH APENNINES > 10 September 1944 – 4 April 1945
RHINELAND > 15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945
ARDENNES-ALSACE > 16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945
CENTRAL EUROPE > 22 March 1945 – 11 May 1945
PO VALLEY > 5 April 1945 – 8 May 1945

Pacific Campaigns:

Medics and fellow infantrymen gather round a wounded comrade, and administer plasma to treat the shock of the patient. This illustration was taken in the Philippines in the closing days of the campaign.

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS > 7 December 1941 – 10 May 1942
BURMA > 7 December 1941 – 26 May 1942
CENTRAL PACIFIC > 7 December 1941 – 6 December 1943
EAST INDIES > 1 January 1942 – 22 July 1942
INDIA & BURMA > 2 April 1942 – 28 January 1943
AIR OFFENSIVE JAPAN > 17 April 1942 – 2 September 1945
ALEUTIAN ISLANDS > 3 June 1942 – 24 August 1943
CHINA DEFENSIVE > 4 July 1942 – 4 May 1945
PAPUA > 23 July 1942 – 23 January 1943
GUADALCANAL > 7 August 1942 – 21 February 1943
NEW GUINEA > 24 January 1943 – 31 December 1944
NORTHERN SOLOMONS > 22 February 1943 - 21 November 1944
BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO > 15 December 1943 – 27 November 1944
EASTERN MANDATES > 31 January 1944 – 14 June 1944
WESTERN PACIFIC > 15 June 1944 – 2 September 1945
LEYTE > 17 October 1944 – 1 July 1945
LUZON > 15 December 1944 – 4 July 1945
CENTRAL BURMA > 29 January 1945 – 15 July 1945
SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES > 27 February 1945 – 4 July 1945
RYUKYUS > 26 March 1945 – 2 July 1945
CHINA OFFENSIVE > 5 May 1945 – 2 September 1945