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Early History & Activation: As with many of the Hospitals of the WW2 Medical Department, the 23d General Hospital can trace its routes to the World War 1 Base Hospital. Base Hospital No. 23 functioned at Vittel, France taking care of 11,625 patients. The unit was sponsored by the Buffalo General Hospital, which provided the […]

Activation & Training: The 12th Field Hospital was officially activated on 25 July 1942 at Camp Bowie, Brownwood, Texas, (Armored Division Camp; total acreage 116,264; troop capacity 2,237 Officers and 43,247 Enlisted Men –ed) and initially consisted of a cadre of 1 Officer and 24 Enlisted Men, all of whom came from Mitchel Field, Long […]

Introduction & Activation: The 8th Field Hospital was activated on 25 January 1943 at Camp Butner, near Raleigh, North Carolina (Division Camp with an acreage of 40,344 and a troop capacity of 2,403 Officers & 41,700 EM –ed) from a cadre of the 25th Field Hospital which moved from Tilton General Hospital, Fort Dix, Wrightstown, […]

Early History & Activation The 8th Evacuation Hospital can trace its roots back to Base Hospital No. 41, activated on the eve of World War 1. Both units had been sponsored by the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, and the respective commands drawn from the local population. Dr. Staige D. Blackford, of the University’s Medical School […]

Activation & Early History: The 7th Convalescent Hospital was officially activated on 15 July 1943. The cadre for the unit was drawn from Fort McPherson, Georgia, Camp Barkeley, Texas, Camp McCoy, Wisconsin all converging at the location that would eventually be known as Camp Ellis, Illinois. Upon the unit’s arrival at the location, very few […]

Introduction: On 7 December 1941, the United States was attacked by Japan. With the planned reorganization of the United States Armed Forces, ways and means of returning some old units to active duty (which served in World War One) were set in motion, and on 15 May 1942, the official activation of the 6th General […]

Introduction & Activation: The 5th General Hospital was officially activated on 3 January 1942 at Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, North Carolina (Field Artillery Replacement Training Center –ed) by Letter Order (file 320.2) Headquarters, Fort Bragg, N.C., dated 3 January 1942, and pursuant to telephone instructions from the Office of the Surgeon General, Washington D.C., Lt. Colonel […]

Introduction & Activation: The 5th Surgical Hospital was re-constituted 9 November 1936 in the Regular Army and concurrently consolidated with the 5th Evacuation Hospital (already constituted in the Organized Reserves as Evacuation Hospital No. 5, and re-designated 5th Evacuation Hospital 23 March 1925 –ed). The 5th Evacuation Hospital was withdrawn from the Reserves 1 October […]

Introduction and Activation: In accordance with Military Orders, the 4th Convalescent Hospital was activated at Cp. McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia (Reception & Classification Center –ed), on 25 January 1943, with Lt. Colonel Edward S. Murphy, MC, in command. The necessary cadre was furnished by the 3d Convalescent Hospital, and filter replacements and personnel came from Cp. […]

Introduction: In March of 1940, Major General James C. Magee, Surgeon General, foreseeing America’s entry into the Second World War, had already plans ready to invite current hospitals operating in the Zone of Interior to develop and set up hospital units that could be used in the war to come. He also had invited Dr. […]