93rd Evacuation Hospital (United States)

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

ervice 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.

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 [http://www.rogue-publishing.com/51st/rulison/Oran,_Algeria.htm 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

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

Operations and Battles

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

=External Links=
* [http://members.tripod.com/msg_fisher/93evac.html 93rd Evac History]
* [http://unitpages.military.com/unitpages/unit.do?id=108048&ESRC=unitpages.kw Military.com Unit Pages]
* [http://www.rogue-publishing.com/51st/rulison/Oran,_Algeria.htm 51st Evac in Oran, Algeria]