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Introduction & Activation: The 48th Field Hospital was officially activated on 10 September 1943 at Camp Ellis, Table Grove, Illinois (Army Service Forces Training Center; total acreage 17,503; troop capacity 1,795 Officers and 24,654 Enlisted Men –ed), per Letter, War Department, AGO, File AG 322, dated 31 August 1943, OB-I-SPMOU-M, dated 3 September 1943, and […]

Introduction & Activation: Zone of Interior Back in March 1943, a mere handful of men came to Fort Dix, Wrightstown, New Jersey, to start training which would eventually blossom forth into a well rounded, compact unit designated the 15th General Hospital (activation must have taken place sometime in 1943, and most probably at Fort Dix, […]

Activation & Training: The 114th Evacuation Hospital was officially activated on 17 February 1944 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi under T/O & E 8-581 (dated July 1943), with Lt. Col. Ray E. Currie assuming command upon activation. For administration and training purposes, the new unit was attached to the 24th Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Special Troops, […]

Friday, 1 December 1944: Pacific Ocean. We passed a large convoy last evening and the swells are making a few of the new Nurses sick. The rest of the day was uneventful. Saturday, 2 December 1944: Pacific Ocean. A great many cargo planes passed overhead all day on our route to Leyte, but no convoys […]

Questions: What is the value of my Medical Department item? Can you appraise my Medical Department item? Do you hold service records or documents relating to my relative’s service with the Medical Department? Can you provide information about my relative’s unit? Can I use the images in your Photo Gallery / the text in this […]

So far this project has been a major part of the authors’ lives. It has taken a great deal of time to both research and compile. Personal contacts with other collectors, authors, and individual Veterans, have helped us gain a broader view and more insight about the organization of the Medical Department during World War […]

Introduction: My name is HICKS, Everard, Raymond. I was born on 24 Feb 1919 in Hazel, Calloway County, Commonwealth of Kentucky, U.S.A. While living in Hazel, I attended Primary, Middle, and High School, and graduated in 1938. I was the President of my High School graduating class. During the summers of 1936 and 1937, I […]

Introduction: My name is Pasquale “Patsy” Passero. I hailed from Niagara Falls County, New York where I was born 15 March 1924. My parents were Armando and Antonetta Passero, Italian immigrants. The Passeros were a real Military Family; they even have a crest bestowed by the Vatican for their support during the Crusades. Being real […]

Introduction: My name is Duaine J. Pinkston. I was born 30 May 1924 in Shaftsburg, Shiawassee County, Michigan (not far from Bath, Clinton County). By the time I was about to start school the family had moved to Ionia County on a farm. I hailed from a family of 5 children, and was the only […]

Introduction: The following story was received from T/5 Floyd Calvin Freeman (ASN: 37906470), who served with the 370th Medical Battalion as the Chaplain’s Assistant. He kindly forwarded details about his service following an Article in the 70th Infantry Division Association’s newsletter “Trailblazer” about the WW2 US Medical Research Centre. It is reproduced here with the […]