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Introduction: On 25 November 1940, permission was granted by the Secretary of War for the formation of a General Hospital unit sponsored by the Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which would be officially known as US Army General Hospital Unit No. 58. Dr. Frank R. Bailey, MC, O-410134, with the rank of Lt. Colonel, was […]

Introduction & Activation: The 53d Field Hospital was officially activated as the 229th Station Hospital on 25 February 1943, at Cp. Rucker, Ozark, Alabama (Division Camp, total acreage 58,999, troop capacity 3,280 Officers & 39,461 EM –ed) under T/O & E 8-560 dated 22 July 1942, authorizing a total force of 21 Officers, 25 Nurses, […]

Introduction & Activation: The 51st Evacuation Hospital was the brainchild of WW1 veteran Dr. Orrin S. Cook. Cook had worked as the head of the Radiology Department at Mercy General Hospital, Sacramento, California during the interbellum years, and early in 1942 Cook wrote to the US Army Medical Department and officially requested permission to form […]

Activation & Training: The 50th General Hospital was officially activated on 4 September 1942 under the command of Colonel Rollo P. Bourbon, with Lt. Colonel Hubbard T. Buckner being assigned as Executive Officer. However, discussions had been ongoing about forming a unit under their command since 1940, and recruitment had begun long before this date. […]

Activation & Training: The 50th Field Hospital was officially activated at Camp Atterbury, Columbus, Indiana (Division Training Camp; acreage 40,513; troop capacity 2,243 Officers and 41,916 Enlisted Men –ed) on 10 September 1943, with Lieutenant Colonel Leon D. Blumberg being assigned Commanding Officer. Recruitment was commenced and training programs implemented. After MTP 8-1 (Mobilization Training […]

Activation & Training 1 July 1923 – Surgical Hospital No. 48 is constituted, and allotted to the Organized Reserve. It is assigned to the Sixth Corps Area Command by Table “A”, Tables of Troops pertaining to Appendix G-3, ref. WDGMP, Jul 23. 23 March 1933 – Surgical Hospital No. 48 is re-designated 48th Surgical Hospital, […]

Introduction & Activation: The 45th Evacuation Hospital was activated at Camp Gordon, Augusta, Georgia (Division Camp –ed) in 1942 (precise date unknown –ed). Camp Gordon was officially opened 18 October 1941 and would become a 56,000 acre training site home to several Infantry Divisions during World War 2. They included the 4th Infantry – 26th […]

Activation & Training: On 29 August 1942, a cadre of 37 Enlisted Men, commanded by 2d Lieutenant Martin H. Fisher, QMC, O-1577167, from the 15th Evacuation Hospital, Ft. George G. Meade, Baltimore, Maryland (AGF Replacement Center -ed), reported for duty at Camp Atterbury, Columbus, Indiana (Division Training Camp -ed), and the “Forty-Fourth” became an activated […]

Activation & Training: The 42d Field Hospital was activated on 15 July 1943 at Camp Carson, Colorado Springs, Colorado (Division Camp, acreage 68,355, troop capacity 2,707 Officers & 44,240 EM –ed). The organization was based on T/O 8-510, dated 8 April 1943. Mobilization Training Programs 8-1 and 8-10 were completed in the following five months […]

Introduction & Activation: The 41st Evacuation Hospital, a non-affiliated 750-bed hospital unit, was activated at Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, North Carolina (Field Artillery Replacement Training Center, acreage: 129,422, troop capacity: 4,311 Officers & 76,175 Enlisted Men –ed) on 1 June 1941, as per letter Headquarters, Fourth Corps Area, Atlanta, Georgia (Fourth Corps Area: North Carolina, South […]