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

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

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,[5] Medic, Technician Five
  • Jeanne A. Carter Wells,[6] Nurse, First Lieutenant
  • Cleo A. Dupy,[7] Corporal
  • Dr. Quinby DeHart Gurnee

Operations and Battles

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

See also

References

  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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