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Activation: The 736th Medical Sanitary Company was officially activated by Headquarters, Ninth Service Command, Army Service Forces, Ft. Douglas, Utah (existing Army Post, with Army Air Field and home of the 7th Bomb Group (B-17), including Headquarters, Ninth Service Command –ed) 15 March 1943 with First Lieutenant Fred H. Meyers, SnC, in command. The unit […]
Introduction & Activation: The 635th Medical Clearing Company (Separate) was officially activated on 15 September 1943 at Fort Leonard Wood, Rolla, Missouri (Engineer Replacement Training Center & Division Camp, total acreage 72,168, troop capacity 2,352 Officers and 43,800 Enlisted Men -ed). Section 4 of General Order No. 6 (Headquarters, 62d Med Bn, dated 15 September 1943 […]
Introduction and Activation: The 618th Medical Clearing Company was originally constituted as the 53d Hospital Company (part of the Regular Army) in March 1929. It was activated as Company H, 18th Medical Regiment, at Camp Forrest, Tullahoma, Tennessee, in June 1941 (Infantry Division Camp; acreage 73,124; troop capacity 1,886 Officers & 32,368 Enlisted Men –ed). […]
Introduction & Activation: General Orders No. 54, Headquarters, Quartermaster Unit Training Center, Fort Francis E. Warren, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Organization of Quartermaster Graves Registration Companies. Activation of Quartermaster Units. 1. Pursuant to telephonic instructions by Brigadier General Whittaker, QMC, Headquarters Seventh Service Command, Army Service Forces, 26 November 1943, the following named Quartermaster Units, having been […]
Introduction & Activation: The 607th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company was officially activated 15 July 1943 at Vancouver Barracks, Vancouver, Washington (Staging Area for Seattle Port of Embarkation; acreage: 3,019; troop capacity: 250 Officers & 7,295 Enlisted Men –ed) , by authority of AG 320.2 (dated 10 May 1943), ref. OB-I SPOMU-M. The main sources from […]
Introduction & Activation: The 603d Medical Clearing Company (Separate) was organized on 1 September 1943 at the Central Oregon Maneuver Area, Bend, Oregon, Zone of Interior. Personnel were drawn almost entirely from D Company, 1st Medical Regiment (Medical Regiment, T/O 8-21, dated 1 April 1942, authorized strength, 78 Officers, 1 Warrant Officer, 1,078 Enlisted Men –ed), […]
Early History & Activation: Like many other Airborne units of the US Army, the 326th Airborne Medical Company can trace its history back to the First World War. The 326th Medical Company was initially constituted on 23 July 1918 as the 326th Sanitary Train. It formed part of the 101st Division. After being deactivated on […]
Activation & Training: The 99th Infantry Division (parent unit) was activated 15 November 1942 at Camp Van Dorn, Centreville, Mississippi. Its first Commander was Brigadier General Thompson Lawrence assisted by Colonel Harry J. Collins (XO). General and special Staff Officer Cadres began arriving for duty as early as 28 September, followed by Regimental and Battalion […]
Introduction: The 307th Sanitary Train was constituted on 5 August 1917 and assigned to the 82d Division. Having been demobilized 9 May 1919 (after WW1), the 307th was reconstituted on 24 November 1936 as part of the Organized Reserves, and reassigned to the 82d (Infantry) Division. It was to be consolidated with the 307th Medical […]
Activation & Introduction: The 261st Medical Battalion was activated 15 June 1942, as per GO #64, Engineer Amphibian Command, at Cp. Edwards, Falmouth, Massachusetts (Antiaircraft Artillery Training Center). First Lieutenant Howard F. Conn, was assigned and joined, as per Paragraph 25, SO #12, Engineer Amphibian Command, taking over as Commanding Officer. On 30 June 1942, […]