U.S. 93rd Evacuation Hospital
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The 93rd Evacuation Hospital was a make-over of the 61st Surgical Hospital and operated through WWII, Vietnam, and the Gulf War.
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[edit] Service in World War II
The 61st Surgical Hospital was a 100 bed field hospital. It was converted to a 400 bed semi-mobile evacuation hospital with a staff of 40 doctors, 43 nurses, and 6 administrative officers.
[edit] 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 the USS Mariposa
- April 23, 1943 - Arrival at Casablanca, Morocco
- May, 1943 - Relocated by train to Oran, Algeria at camp Goat Hill
- June, 1943 - Tizi, Algeria
- July, 1943 - Palm Beach, Algiers, Algeria
- July 13, 1943 - Gela, Sicily in Operation Husky
- July 25, 1943 - Pretralia, Sicily
- August, 1943 - San Stephano, Sicily
- September 15, 1943 - Paestum, Italy
- October 2, 1943 - Montella, Italy
- October, 1943 - Avellino, Italy
- October 24 1943 - January 9, 1944 - Piano de Ciazzo, Italy
- January 1944 - Naples, Italy
- January 23, 1944 - Anzio, Italy as part of Operation Shingle
- January 29, 1944 - Nattuna, Italy with the 95th Evac
- April 17, 1944 - Caserta, Italy
- Additional locations in Italy
- August 9, 1944 - Naples, Italy and embark
- August 15, 1944 - Operation Dragoon D-Day H-6 landing St Maxime, France
- Additional locations in France
- December 19, 1944 - Bischwiller, Germany
- Munich, Germany
[edit] Personnel
Colonel Currier, Commanding Officer
Major Thompson, Executive Officer
Major Franklin George Fry, Chief of Medicine and Registrar
Chaplain McMillan
Lt. D'Imperio
Major Etter, Evacuation Officer
[edit] Operations and Battles
Operation Husky
Operation Shingle
Operation Dragoon
Battle of the Bulge
Colmar Pocket
