
Top left: Some of the original Officers of the 21st General Hospital, while in training at Fort Benning, Georgia, January 1942. Front row, from L to R: 1st Lieutenant Andrew M. Zane, 1st Lieutenant Herbert H. Slatery, Jr., 1st Lieutenant Francis R. Crouch, unidentified Officer. Back row, from L to R: 1st Lieutenant Russell J. Crider, 1st Lieutenant Theodore E. Kircher, Jr., 1st Lieutenant David N. Kerr, 1st Lieutenant Glen P. Kallenbach.
Top right: Some Officers of the 21st General Hospital while serving in Algeria, North Africa, March 1943. From L to R: Captain Louis D. Bishop, Major Benjamin H. Charles, Captain Wilson G. Brown.
Bottom left: Orthopedic surgical operation by a Surgical Officer of the 21st General Hospital, while serving in Naples, Italy, March 1944. From L to R: Captain Russel J. Crider is performing a closure of a gunshot wound over a fracture, 1st Lieutenant Eleanor Brinkmeyer is assisting the Surgeon, other Nurse unidentified.
Bottom right: Group photograph of combined staff of the 21st and 238th General Hospitals, serving at Mirecourt, France, March 1945. The 238th General Hospital received parallel training before running its own unit. Some Officers are identified. First row, from L to R: Major Ernest P. Buxton, Jr., Lt. Colonel Sim F. Beam (4th), Major Benjamin H. Charles (5th), Major John H. Wedig (6th). Second row: from L to R: Captain Morris Zimmerman (3d), Major William H. Chapman, Jr. (4th), Major Robert W. Kelley.