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 photographs, taken in 1945 shows the stowage of camouflage net on the roof of the 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 fellow infantrymen gather round a wounded comrade, and administer plasma to treat the shock of the patient. This illustration was taken on 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