The 93rd Evacuation Hospital was a make-over of the 61st Surgical Hospital and operated through

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, Vietnam, and the Gulf War.

Service in World War II

The 61st Surgical Hospital was a 100-bed

field hospital A field hospital is a temporary hospital or mobile medical unit that takes care of casualties on-site before they can be safely transported to more permanent facilities. This term was initially used in military medicine (such as the Mobile A ...

. 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).

Timeline

*1942–1943 – Training at Fort Meade, Maryland *April 1943 – Embarkation at Camp Shanks, Orangeberg, New York *April 15, 1943 – Depart for North Africa aboard USS '' Mariposa'' *April 23, 1943 – Arrival at

Casablanca, Morocco Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econo ...

*May 1943 – Relocated by train to

Oran, Algeria Oran ( ar, وَهران, Wahrān) is a major coastal city located in the north-west of Algeria. It is considered the second most important city of Algeria after the capital Algiers, due to its population and commercial, industrial, and cultural ...

at Camp Goat Hill *June 1943 – Tizi, Algeria *July 1943 – Palm Beach,

Algiers, Algeria Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques d ...

*July 13, 1943 – Gela, Sicily in

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*July 25, 1943 – Pretralia, Sicily *August 1943 – San Stephano, Sicily *September 15, 1943 – Paestum, Italy *October 2, 1943 – Montella, Italy *October 1943 –

Avellino, Italy Avellino () is a town and ''comune'', capital of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is situated in a plain surrounded by mountains east of Naples and is an important hub on the road from Salerno to Benevento ...

*October 24, 1943 – January 9, 1944 – Piano de Ciazzo, Italy *January 1944 –

Naples, Italy Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

*January 23, 1944 –

Anzio, Italy Anzio (, also , ) is a town and ''comune'' on the coast of the Lazio region of Italy, about south of Rome. Well known for its seaside harbour setting, it is a fishing port and a departure point for ferries and hydroplanes to the Pontine Islands ...

as part of

Operation Shingle The Battle of Anzio was a battle of the Italian Campaign of World War II that took place from January 22, 1944 (beginning with the Allied amphibious landing known as Operation Shingle) to June 5, 1944 (ending with the capture of Rome). The op ...

*January 29, 1944 – Nattuna, Italy with the U.S. 95th Evacuation Hospital *April 17, 1944 – Caserta, Italy *Additional locations in Italy *August 9, 1944 –

and embark *August 15, 1944 – Operation Dragoon D-Day H-6 landing St Maxime, France *Additional locations in France *Ardennes, France -

Battle of the Bulge The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II. The battle lasted from 16 December 1944 to 28 January 1945, towards the end of the war in ...

*December 19, 1944 – Bischwiller, Germany *April, 1945 - Dachau Concentration Camp *May 8 - July 8, 1945 - Germany *December 12, 1945 - Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, Deactivated

Personnel

*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, Medic, Technician Five *Jeanne A. Carter Wells, Nurse, First Lieutenant *Cleo A. Dupy, Corporal *Dr. Quinby DeHart Gurnee

Operations and Battles

Operation Dragoon

Colmar Pocket

References

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