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Activation & Training: Camp Ellis, Illinois, activated February 1, 1943 was to become an active Army Service Forces Training Center for Engineers, Quartermaster, Signal Corps and Medical personnel in World War 2. Although May 6 marked the arrival of the first Officers and Enlisted Men for the new Medical Unit Training Center, official records indicate […]

Introduction & Activation: The 39th Evacuation Hospital was activated by Special Order No. 85, dated 16 July 1942 (War Department Letter 320.2, dated 14 July 1942, ref MRM-M-GM), as part of the Second United States Army with Headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee, on 19 July 1942. It was placed under the administration of Colonel Richard Stickney […]

Activation & Training: The 750-bed 38th Evacuation Hospital was officially activated on 15 April 1942 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Personnel had already begun to form before the unit was formally activated; they were largely drawn from the Mecklenburg County Medical Society and Charlotte Memorial Hospital. Among them was a veteran, Dr. T. Preston White, […]

Activation & Training: The 35th Evacuation Hospital was activated at Camp Atterbury, Columbus, Indiana (Division Training Camp –ed) on 30 August 1942 as a 750-bed Evacuation Hospital. At the time of activation, a cadre of 47 Enlisted Men and 1 Officer from the parent unit, the 6th Evacuation Hospital (Fort Benning, Columbus, Georgia, Army Ground […]

Early History & Activation: Pursuant to War Department Letter, dated 1 March 1942, 1 Officer and 25 EM stationed at Fort Ord, Monterey, California (Landing Vehicle Board and Army Ground Forces Training Area; acreage 28,690; troop capacity 51,253 Men –ed), formed a cadre which was earmarked for the 34th General Hospital. All Enlisted personnel had […]

Introduction & Activation: World War 1 As Base Hospital No. 33, a group of Doctors and Nurses was organized in June 1917, at the Albany Hospital, Albany, New York, being mobilized 19 November 1917, at Troop B, National Guard Armory, Albany, N. Y., where it remained in training for five months. On 26 April 1918, […]

Introduction & Activation: The 29th Field Hospital was activated on 18 September 1942 at Camp Campbell, Hopkinsville, Kentucky (Armored Division camp: acreage 102,414; troop capacity; 2,422 Officers & 45,198 EM –ed). The unit was officially established by Fifth Service Command General Orders No. 73, pursuant to the authority contained in Restricted War Department Letter, Adjutant […]

Introduction & Activation: The 28th General Hospital was officially activated at Camp Rucker, Ozark, Alabama, Zone of Interior (Division Camp; total acreage 58,999; troop capacity 3,280 Officers and 39,461 Enlisted Men –ed) 15 June 1942. Camp Rucker was also home to Headquarters, 10th Hospital Center. The Commanding Officer, Colonel Jaime J. Figueras, MC, O-10864, was […]

Introduction & Activation: The 28th Field Hospital was activated 16 September 1942. Unit training was completed at Camp Campbell, Hopkinsville, Kentucky (Armored Division camp; acreage 102,414; troop capacity: 2,422 Officers & 45,198 EM –ed). In May of 1943 the Hospital moved to Fort Ord, Monterey, California (Landing Vehicle Board & Army Ground Forces Training Area; […]

Introduction & Activation: The 24th Evacuation Hospital was activated June 15, 1942 at Fort Custer, Battle Creek, Michigan. The initial complement was 1 Officer and 23 Enlisted Men transferred from the 23d Evacuation Hospital at Fort Custer (Military Police Replacement Training Center –ed). Colonel Rex Bolend, MC, was assigned as the first Commanding Officer. After […]