93rd Evacuation Hospital (United States)

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The 93rd Evacuation Hospital was a make-over of the 61st Surgical Hospital and operated through World War II, Vietnam, and the Gulf War.

Service in World War II

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The 61st Surgical Hospital was a 100-bed field hospital. It was converted in 1942 to a 400-bed semi-mobile evacuation hospital with a staff of 40 doctors, 43 nurses, and 6 administrative officers and organized as the 93rd Evacuation Hospital (Motorized).[1]

Timeline

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Personnel

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  • Colonel Currier, Commanding Officer
  • Major Thompson, Executive Officer
  • Major Franklin Weimar Fry, Chief of Medicine and Registrar
  • Chaplain McMillan
  • Lt. D'Imperio
  • Major Etter, Evacuation Officer
  • Joseph William Genelius,[5] Medic, Technician Five
  • Jeanne A. Carter Wells,[6] Nurse, First Lieutenant
  • Cleo A. Dupy,[7] Corporal
  • Dr. Quinby DeHart Gurnee

Operations and Battles

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Operation Husky
Operation Shingle
Operation Dragoon
Battle of the Bulge
Colmar Pocket

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "93rd Evacuation Hospital (Motorized)". Archived from the original on 2019-10-22.
  2. ^ "Oran, Algeria". 2014-05-15. Archived from the original on 2014-05-15. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
  3. ^ "[93rd Evacuation Hospital]". stimson.contentdm.oclc.org. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
  4. ^ "[93rd Evacuation Hospital]". stimson.contentdm.oclc.org. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
  5. ^ Genelius, Joseph William; Swope, Thomas, Joseph William Genelius Collection, Thomas Swope, Legacies: Stories from the Second World War, retrieved 2021-09-05
  6. ^ Wells, Jeanne A. Carter; Seter-Berman, Julie, Jeanne A. Wells Collection, Annette Gray, Douglas County History Research Center, Douglas County Libraries, retrieved 2021-09-05
  7. ^ Dupy, Cleo A.; Stout, William, Cleo A. Dupy Collection, Owen Reynolds, AARP, Oklahoma, retrieved 2021-09-05
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