Welcome

Typical view of a Field Hospital, with numerous Hospital Ward Tents, Pyramidal Tents, and Small Wall Tents, the majority of which carry a large circular Geneva Convention or Red Cross marker for identification

Welcome to the WW2 US Medical Research Centre. We hope that your stay here is a long and enjoyable one. The site is a work-in-progress, designed to offer an excellent research utility to anyone interested in WW2 United States Army Medical history.

The site was founded by two World War 2 medical collectors and re-enactors from Europe, frustrated by the lack of comprehensive research tools for this area of WW2 History. The site originally started out as a database of United States Medical Department Item numbers and descriptions.

The founders hope that you find the site useful, and really would welcome any comments that you may have regarding the site. Please feel free to contact us using the "Contact" page found here.

Please use the navigation menu to your left to navigate around the site, and please feel free to leave us your comments and feedback in the Guestbook.

Many thanks for your visit,
Alain S. BATENS and Ben C. MAJOR.

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814th Hospital Center Unit History added. Saturday 12th May, 2012
	With the kind assistance of Lynne Peacock Bell, daughte… With the kind assistance of Lynne Peacock Bell, daughter of M/Sgt Richard F. Peacock (ASN:6856022) and Lois Shiner Montbertrand, daughter of Capt. Robert L. Shiner (ASN:O-369560), we have now been able to complete the editing of the 814th Hospital Center Unit History. The new page can be found in the "Hospital Units" sub-menu of the Unit Histories section in the main website navigation.
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45th Evacuation Hospital Special Anecdote added. Wednesday 9th May, 2012
	We have now been able to complete the editing of a shor… We have now been able to complete the editing of a short anecdote relating to the exchange of German female medical personnel at the 45th Evacuation Hospital. This new piece can be found in the "Testimonies" menu of the main website navigation.
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95th Evacuation Hospital Unit History added. Friday 4th May, 2012
	With the kind assistance of Lynn F. McNulty, we have no… With the kind assistance of Lynn F. McNulty, we have now been able to prepare the Unit History of the 95th Evacuation Hospital during WW2. This addition to our website can be found in the "Unit Histories" menu of the site's main navigation area.
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Pfc. Walter S. Kucharski's Testimony added. Tuesday 17th April, 2012
	With the precious assistance of Jim Kucharski, son of P… With the precious assistance of Jim Kucharski, son of Private First Class Walter S. Kucharski (ASN:32392630), we have now been able to complete a Testimony of his Father's service with the 45th Evacuation Hospital during WW2. This new item can be found under the Testimonies menu of the main website navigation.
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45th Evacuation Hospital and 4th General Hospital Unit Histories updated. Monday 2nd April, 2012
	With the assistance of continued MRC supporter Lynn McN… With the assistance of continued MRC supporter Lynn McNulty, we have now been able to update the Unit History of the 45th Evacuation Hospital. We have also been able to provide some additional data for the 4th General Hospital with the help of the Lesslie Family and Rosemary Annable. This information has been added to the Unit History.
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"Ode to the Medics"

(Poem by Cpl John Readey, Cp. Stoneman, Calif.)
(Cp. Stoneman, Pittsburg, California, was a staging area for the San Francisco P/E during World War II)

"They give me shots for tetanus;
For typhoid, I get three!
The yellow fever is an excuse
For one more hole in me."

"They stick the needle in me dry;
They stick it in me wet.
They punch me full of holes, it seems,
At every chance they get."

"Typhus, measles, housemaid's knee,
There's shots for ev'ry thing;
Fallen arches, leprosy:
Boy, those shots do sting!"

"Sometimes those vampires stick me good
Right in a vein of me,
And then they take a pint of blood
And smile with fiendish glee."

"Oh, I haven't been in battle, yet;
In war I haven't starred.
But if you saw the holes in me,
You'd swear I'm battle scarred!"

(Courtesy "Yank-The Army Weekly" 1942)

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