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Introduction & Activation: The 21st General Hospital was the successor to the World War I Base Hospital No. 21 which served in France during the Great War. When the British Government requested medical assistance, the United States promised to help. Base Hospital No. 21, staffed by medical personnel drawn from Barnes Hospital and the Washington […]

Introduction & Activation: Under the “Affiliated Hospital Program” begun in World War I, the Army Surgeon General, Major General James C. Magee, worked with civilian Hospitals (many connected to Universities –ed) to recruit Doctors and Nurses in groups, thus providing key staff for new military hospitals at once. However, this program (along with other medical […]

Introduction & Activation: The 24th Field Hospital was officially activated at Camp White, Medford, Oregon, on August 19, 1942 (Division Camp; acreage 49,638; troop capacity 1,884 Officers and 35,557 Enlisted Men –ed). The organization was constituted by General Order # 62, Headquarters Ninth Service Command, Fort Douglas, Salt Lake City, Utah, dated July 27, 1942. […]

Introduction & Activation: The 595th Ambulance Company, Motor (Separate), was originally Company C, 430th Medical Battalion, stationed at Fort Ord, Monterey, California, ZI (Landing Vehicle Board and Army Ground Forces Training Area; acreage 28,690; troop capacity 1,852 Officers and 51,253 Enlisted Men –ed) activated on 20 May 1943 (as Company C), and eventually reactivated and […]

Introduction & Activation: The 2644th Graves Registration (QM) Detachment was organized in Oran, Algeria (North Africa), 23 March 1943, per Special Order No. 31, Section 11, Mediterranean Base Section, dated 22 March 1943. On 23 March 1943, the following named Enlisted Men were assigned to the Detachment: Master Sergeant Harold Jones Technician 4th Grade James […]

Introduction: My name is John D. LITTLE. I was born 9 February, 1924 in Kingston, Arkansas. Kingston is in Madison County which is part of the Ozark Mountain Region of Arkansas, U.S.A. My Parents were John Clyde Little and Wilma Parker. I had five siblings; 3 sisters, Dorothy Mae, Sarah Alice, Wilma Marie and 2 […]

Introduction & Activation: When the Board of Trustees of the Baylor University College of Medicine, Dallas, Texas, received a telegram from the Surgeon General James C. Magee, that an Executive Committee be appointed to organize an Army medical unit to be designated the 56th Evacuation Hospital, it was time to act. In August of 1940, […]

Introduction: My name is Quentin C. Unruh. I was born on 2 July 1920 in Gossel, Kansas, and later moved to Fresno County, in California. My Parents were Henry D. Unruh and Anna S. Unruh. My education consisted of Primary School, followed by three years of High School. I had 4 siblings; Chester (who served […]

Introduction & Activation: Sunday, January 24, 1943, Camp Lee, Petersburg, Virginia (Army Service Forces Replacement Training Center; total acreage 7,534; troop capacity 2,143 Officers and 38,427 Enlisted Men –ed). The cadre (from the 6th Quartermaster Training Regiment, Camp Lee –ed) which was to assist with constituting the 603d Quartermaster Graves Registration Company was taking form. […]

Introduction & Activation: The 34th Evacuation Hospital was activated at Camp Barkeley, Abilene, Texas, 15 July 1942 (Armored Division Camp & Medical Replacement Training Center; acreage 69,879; troop capacity 3,192 Officers and 54,493 Enlisted Men –ed) under the command of Colonel Brooks C. Grant, MC. The cadre for the new unit was furnished by the […]