Introduction & Activation:

The 188th General Hospital was activated 25 June 1943 at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Little Rock, Arkansas (Infantry Replacement Training Center, acreage 42,124; troop capacity 2,596 Officers & 44,077 Enlisted Men –ed) with Colonel Martin R. Reiber, MC, O-9165, commanding (from Buffalo, New York). Activation was pursuant to authority contained in General Orders # 68, Headquarters, Eighth Service Command, Army Service Forces, Dallas, Texas, dated 8 May 1943. (in 1917, the United States acquired 6,000 acres for use as an encampment known as Camp Pike. In 1937, Camp Pike was later renamed Camp Joseph T. Robinson. During World War Two, Cp. Robinson expanded to 48,188 acres and was used for basic training and later to house German Prisoners of War. In early 1940, the US reclaimed the post and began construction on a temporary cantonment for the 35th Division, a Kansas-Missouri-Nebraska National Guard unit being called into Federal Service in December 1940. Elements of the 35th (Infantry) Division began arriving on 29 December 1940. With the start of WW2, the post took on a new role as an Infantry Replacement Training Center. Initially, there were three Centers, one for basic Branch Immaterial training, later converted to Infantry training and the other added for Medical training. In 1944, the last two were combined into the Infantry Replacement Training Center. In addition to its role in training soldiers, Cp. Robinson also housed a large German PW enclosure with a capacity for 4,000 prisoners. The post was Arkansas’s second largest city, with an average daily population of about 50,000. An estimated 750,000 soldiers had gone through Camp Robinson when training ended in 1946 and control of the camp reverted to the State of Arkansas –ed).

Training:

Personnel build-up and training under MTP 8-10, Modified, were successfully completed in the Zone of Interior prior to the unit’s move overseas.
The Mobilization Training Program issued in 1943 to guide the advanced training of medical units, was the only program of that period to remain in effect under the pre-activation system. The final program was published on 1 July 1944 as a revised version of Mobilization Training Program No. 8-10, the guide originally issued in 1942 to govern the advanced training of numbered Hospitals and non-divisional medical (and other) units of the Army Service Forces. During the first 10 weeks of the program, Specialists and Technicians spent half of each day in on-the-job training at local hospitals and installations; with the remaining time divided between classes in military and technical subjects. After the technical phase was completed, the cycle concluded with 3 weeks of field exercises and problems. Officers and Nurses, including for the first time Dietitians and Physical Therapists, were provided with 4 weeks of classes in military, technical, and administrative subjects.
With the necessary training, supervision, and guidance, the organization grew from a small untrained group to a highly skilled unit comprising the trained personnel necessary for the efficient operation of a General Hospital anywhere and under all conditions. Efficiency and morale of the personnel were kept high by providing for necessary recreation and entertainment activities and by granting leaves, furloughs, and passes whenever feasible.

Preparation for Overseas Movement:

On 16 March 1944, the organization departed Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas, for Camp Kilmer, Stelton, New Jersey (Staging Area for New York Port of Embarkation, acreage 1,815; troop capacity 2,074 Officers & 35,386 EM – ed) where processing for overseas shipment was started and completed, eventually boarding on 30 March, and sailing for foreign service from New York POE on 31 March 1944 aboard RMS “Mauretania” (British ocean liner, launched 28 July 1938, converted to troopship in Australia, served in all major theaters –ed),  arriving at Liverpool, United Kingdom, on 8 April 1944.

United Kingdom:

The troopship arrived at Liverpool, England, on 8 April 1944. After the necessary formalities and preparations, the unit debarked on 9 April 1944, subsequently entraining for Gloucester, England, where all personnel were regrouped and billeted in private homes awaiting completion of the new US Army Hospital Plant No. 4149, at site No. 1, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, the Bolero-type Nissen hut hospital it was to operate while stationed in the British Isles. Headquarters was installed in a four-story building at the northwest corner of Southgate Street and Longsmith Street, Gloucester. Mess halls were established, one for the Officers at Wesley Hall, Sydney Street and Frampton Road, and two for the Enlisted Men; one located on Reservoir Road and the other on Sisson Road. The necessary rations were obtained from the 81st Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile.
A first advance party of 10 Officers and 100 EM had already proceeded to the site, traveling on 20 April 1944 to assist in preparing it for occupancy, followed by another group comprising 6 Officers and 64 Enlisted Men who left on 2 May 1944, and by a last party consisting of 11 Officers and 220 EM departing on 12 May 1944. The remainder of the organization left on 21 May 1944; and by 24-25 May 1944, the complete hospital staff was installed in preparation for the unit’s official opening. Above Movement Orders were contained in Letter, Movement Order 1431, File AG 370.5, dated 21 April 1944, confirming VOCG, Southern Base Section, ETOUSA.

While staging in Gloucester, the unit was frequently called upon to furnish Officers and Enlisted personnel to assist in the operation of the Marshalling Areas prior to and following D-Day as Dispensary Officers, Mess Officers, cooks, litter bearers, ambulance drivers and orderlies. Following the request, 1 Officer and 14 EM were transferred on DS with the 5th Armored Division at Truro, Cornwall, England, per VOCO, Southern Base Section, SOS, ETOUSA, on 21 April 1944. On 28 April 1944, 46 EM were transferred on DS with the 6th Tank Destroyer Group, per VOCO, SOS, SBS, ETOUSA. On 3 May 1944, 5 Medical Officers were transferred on DS with Headquarters XXIII District, per VOCG, SBS, ETOUSA. This was followed by another small group of 3 EM who were transferred on DS with the 133d Quartermaster Truck Company, XIX District, per VOCG, SBS, ETOUSA, on 30 May 1944, and by transfer on 1 June 1944 of 6 more EM on DS, destination secret, per VOCG, SBS, ETOUSA. Transfers continued throughout June 1944, with several groups of Enlisted personnel being sent on DS with various units, on 4 June, 17 June, and 30 June 1944 …

Unit Strength – 188th General Hospital (9 April 1944)
56 Medical Officers
1 Warrant Officer
83 Nurses
3 Hospital Dietitians
2 Physical Therapy Aides
500 Enlisted Men

Major Moses Cohen, O-477735, MC was CO of the Advance Detachment while the unit’s Commanding Officer remained in Gloucester, awaiting completion of the plant, and taking some time to visit higher Headquarters and other medical units nearby. He made frequent trips to the site of the new hospital directing all the activities for final preparation of the organization.
There were no important difficulties during the initial installation phase. The British Billeting Officer, Captain Whitehead, was most helpful in billeting the personnel of the unit and familiarizing the MAC Officers with British Army procedures. The hospitality of the English people, in whose homes the Enlisted personnel were billeted, was truly sincere and deeply appreciated, as it almost felt like home. The most important task accomplished during the period was the orientation of the command to the European Theater of Operations.
When the entire organization was finally transferred to Cirencester, the Enlisted Men moved to Nissen huts at the north end of the site; the Officers also occupied Nissen huts at the south end, and the Nurses were quartered in brick huts on the west side of the Hospital site.

Normal plant capacity was 1082 beds; but there were also 29 tents for potential expansion purposes, with an additional capacity of 435 beds.

Effective 13 May 1944 and pursuant to Special Orders # 136, Paragraph 72, dated 15 May 1944, Headquarters, Southern Base Section, Services of Supply, ETOUSA, APO 519, the 188th Gen Hosp was attached to the 15th Hospital Center. On 30 May 1944, written instructions relating to official opening and closing of Hospitals were received with Letter AG 323.3, OpMC, Headquarters ETOUSA, whereby the 188th General Hospital (capacity 1082 beds) was ordered to become operational at 0001 hours on 26 May 1944 at Cirencester No. 1, Gloucester, England, APO 645.     

Operations:
The first patients, all D-Day casualties, were admitted at 0200 hours, on 14 June 1944 and from that date until final disposition of its last patient on 16 July 1945, the 188th General Hospital cared for a total of 11,239 patients. The unit’s FIRST patient was Corporal Havard R. Ward, ASN 34117701, diagnosed with pneumonia, left lower lobe. It should be underlined that numerous difficulties were encountered from the time of activation. Indeed, the absence of some Officers and a large number of Enlisted Men on Detached Service with other units during the period of preparing the hospital for its mission and the subsequent reception of patients was a tremendous handicap. Furthermore, inadequate warehouse space necessitated storing considerable quantities of supplies under tentage. It was quite a surprise when German PWs were received unexpectedly as patients, and problems of guarding, clothing, and evacuating them to proper PW Enclosures upon discharge arose and had to be met.
The patients received were mainly Allied wounded. They however also included 89 German Prisoners of War, captured in Normandy, who were treated the same way as the Allied patients (this was the first Hospital Train dispatched to the 188th –ed). The unit would subsequently treat all German PWs sent to the 15th Hospital Center until specific installations were designated as Prisoner of War Hospitals. A total of 500 German prisoner patients were received and treated between 14 June and 28 August 1944, on which date the last was discharged. Although many problems of security and supply arose they were successfully settled by the organization. Following this first phase, the 188th General was employed as a Holding Hospital for patients at the 15th Hospital Center awaiting evacuation to the Zone of Interior. Three hundred (300) beds were allocated for this specific purpose while the normal flow of cases was handled concurrently. Many personnel changes took place during August, including transfers and replacements of Officers inevitably resulting in gains and losses. Whenever possible, outside and recreational activities were conducted including sightseeing tours, liberty runs, softball games, dances, and lectures.

More assignments on DS followed in the month of August and September of 1944, with Enlisted personnel being sent to assist or supplement units such as the 289th Military Police Company, Depot O-670, 81st Tank Battalion, 455th Motor Ambulance Company, and the 1377th Engineer Regiment.

Official Strength – 188th General Hospital
30 June 1944 – 55 Off, 1 WO, 83 ANC, 3 HD, 2 PT, 493 EM
30 September 1944 – 54 Off, 1 WO, 84 ANC, 3 HD, 2 PT, 503 EM
31 December 1944 – 54 Off, 1 WO, 79 ANC, 3 HD, 2 PT, 483 EM

On 21 September 1944 the town of Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England, adopted the 188th US Army General Hospital at a formal ceremony in the Municipal Chambers. An official Parchment commemorating the occasion was presented to Colonel Ira A. Abrahamson, MC, O-140773 by the Honorable Wilson G. Tovey, Chairman of the Council.

On 19 October, the organization was visited by an Inspection Team from Headquarters, Southern District, United Kingdom Base, ETOUSA, and received a rating of “Excellent”.
Another aspect of operations concerned the care and return to duty (or some type of duty, depending of the circumstances –ed) of the numerous “trenchfoot” cases that developed in the fall and winter campaign in the European Theater, on the continent. Excellent results were obtained through the diligent efforts of Lt. Colonel Samuel Milliman, MC, O-484779, Chief of Medical Service, and Captain Sydney Schiffer, MC, O-500745, Rehabilitation Officer.

Assignments – 188th General Hospital
15th Hospital Center, SBS, SOS, ETOUSA – 13 May 1944
United Kingdom Base, ComZ, ETOUSA – 12 October 1944
IV Hospital Group (Provisional) – 13 October 1944
re-assigned to 15th Hospital Center

During the Christmas period, the organization’s CO invited 300 children from the town’s schools to a Christmas party. Gift packages of various items, donated by members of the command, were distributed and in return the patients and the personnel certainly enjoyed their cheerful presence. This kind of social activity improved morale of the unit as a whole. Between October and December 1944, 30 Enlisted Men were assigned to Infantry Reinforcement Training Centers or to the units with which they were still attached on DS. As compensation, 10 EM of limited service status were assigned to the 188th.

On 15 December 1944, per VOCO, 15th Hospital Center, patient capacity was further expanded by 406 beds, raising the total capacity to 1,923 beds.

Colonel Clough F. Gee, Commandant, Southern District, United Kingdom Base, European Theater of Operations, visited and thoroughly inspected the Hospital on 17 January 1945.
On 3 February 1945, the 188th Gen Hosp was re-organized under Column 4, T/O & E 8-550, dated 3 July 1944 effective 11 February (subject T/O & E for a 1,000-bed hospital, provided for an aggregate strength of 55 Officers – 1 Warrant Officer – 83 Nurses and 450 EM, including 20 vehicles and 8 trailers –ed).
On 8 February 1945, Major Howard Snyder, accompanied by Colonel Crosby, and Lt. Colonel Turner, surveyed the utilization of manpower in the unit and expressed complete satisfaction.
On 12 February 1945, the peak patient census of 1,710 cases was being treated in a plant whose capacity was 1,082 beds, plus 435 beds in a tented expansion. Additional beds (or cots) had been put in all wards thus increasing the capacity to 1,923 or 406 beds more than the normal capacity of 1,517.
Another inspecting tour took place on 20 February 1945, when Major General Paul R. Hawley, Chief Surgeon, ETOUSA, accompanied by Colonel Oramel H. Stanley, CO 15th Hospital Center, visited and inspected the installation.

The final phase of operations occurred on 16 March 1945, when the 188th General Hospital was designated as the “Neurosurgical” Center (comprising special treatment of Neurosurgery and Head injuries –ed) of the 15th Hospital Center, United Kingdom (previously handled by the 160th General Hospital –ed). Neurosurgical cases called for great efforts of all members of the hospital unit, necessitating exchange of specialized Surgeons, Nurses and Enlisted Men between the units, and transfer of patients to the 188th. Although the average patient load dropped to 1,200 the increase in bed-ridden patients caused a tremendous burden to the Nursing Service, Surgical Service, and all ward personnel. As a result of this situation the 1373d Labor Supervision Company consisting of 2 Officers and 6 EM with Captain Robert E. Whiting, FA, commanding, arrived on 16 April 1945 to administer the German Prisoners of War Labor Service Company which was to follow. Following the above, Detachment A, 8303d Labor Service Company (German) comprising 125 PW personnel and Detachment B, 8303d Labor Service Company (German) consisting of another 125 prisoners formerly assigned to the 192d General Hospital, were met and escorted into the enclosure on 7 May 1945. The German PW detachments were attached to the unit and proved of great assistance in the daily operation of the Hospital, remaining with it until relieved on 23 July 1945.

A special Memorial Service was held on 19 April 1945 to honor President F. D. Roosevelt (who died 13 Apr 45 –ed) in the Parish Church of Cirencester which was attended by the town’s Urban Council and the citizens of Cirencester as well as contingents of Officers and EM of the 188th, the 192d General Hospital, the 111th General Hospital, and the 15th Hospital Center. During the same period (Apr 45) the members of the command amassed the sum necessary to sponsor a British War Orphan under the plan conducted by the “Stars and Stripes” and the “American Red Cross” (on 29 April, a reception and party was held for a certain Anne E…., Case No. 1214 – a charming 8-year old brunette, dark-eyed girl, she enjoyed dinner with the Officers, supper with the Enlisted Men, and completely toured the hospital plant visiting patients and staff, bringing cheer to all).

Official Strength – 188th General Hospital
8 May 1945 – 54 Off, 1 WO, 79 ANC, 3 HD, 2 PT, 453 EM

During the first five months of 1945, there was a gain of 35 Enlisted Men and a loss of 63. The turnover and the decrease in Enlisted strength was caused both by additional assignment to Infantry Reinforcement Training Centers (there was a general requirement for more combat men –ed) and reorganization. Between 9 April and 8 May 1945, a total of 94 EM were thus transferred for reconversion Infantry Training. At the same time, the very first Officer promotions (since the date of the unit’s activation) were given to 44 members of the organization.

Modifications to the existing post infrastructure were started involving the erection of prefab hutments for use as a patients’ recreation hall, a central vegetable preparation room, a utilities storehouse, and conversion of the original recreation hall to a post theater.
During the period of D-Day (6 Jun 44) to V-E Day (8 May 45) the Hospital admitted 10,859 patients and discharged 9,971, with patients either going back to duty, transferred to other hospitals, evacuated to the ZI, or dying during or after surgery. There were 888 patients remaining on Victory-in-Europe Day.

The 188th General Hospital was officially closed for the reception of patients as of 2400 hours on 9 July 1945, per Letter, File AG 323.3, OpMC, Subject: Opening and Closing of Hospitals, Headquarters, United States Forces, European Theater, USFET (Rear), dated 17 July 1945. The last patient left on 17 July 1945 while the last German PW patient was discharged on 28 August 194.
Closing-out of the medical installations was carried out without difficulty. Assistance rendered by The Surgeon, United Kingdom Base, the Southern Engineer District, the British Barracks & Accommodation Stores Officer and the British DCRE (Deputy Commander, Royal Engineers –ed), facilitated the closing and disposition of records, the return of the equipment to Depot stocks, and the return of Site No. 1, Cirencester, to British control.

Following the introduction of the RR-1 program, the Hospital was alerted for Redeployment to the Pacific Theater through the Zone of Interior with a readiness date of 2 August 1945, per Letter, File AG 370.5, OpGC, Subject: Redeployment Alert Order No. 213, Headquarters, United Kingdom Base, dated 3 July 1945.
Personnel Readjustment and updating of individual ASR scores were accomplished and the unit staffed with ‘high-point’ Officers. Although entirely processed, packed and ready for port call, the unconditional surrender of Japan (announced 15 August 1945, formally signed aboard USS Missouri, Bay of Tokyo, Japan, 2 September 1945 –ed) caused a complete reversal in priority for returning to the United States with the unit being removed from its alert status!
High-point personnel were then transferred to newly alerted units and the unit restaffed. In the meantime, the 15th Hospital Center was closed and the 188th General assigned to the 12th Hospital Center for administration.

12th Hospital Center – Great Malvern , Western Base Section (Col. Asa M. Lehman)
15th Hospital Center – Cirencester, Western Base Section (Lt. Col. John A. Grove)

The United Kingdom Base was set up 10 September 1945 as a single ComZ Headquarters covering operations in all the British Isles. Consequently, the Western, Eastern, Central, and Southern Base Sections in Britain became subordinate districts of the new organization. Colonel Charles B. Spruit, MC, became the United Kingdom Base Commanding Officer as soon as it went into operation.

France:

The 188th General Hospital was subsequently alerted for shipment to Garches, France, per Letter, Subject: Movement order No. 3044, Headquarters, United Kingdom Base, dated 17 September 1945, as amended by Letter, Subject: Movement Order No. 3079, Headquarters, United Kingdom Base, dated 27 September 1945.
The Hospital departed from Cirencester, England, at 0250 hours, 29 September 1945, entraining for Southampton, England, where it arrived and boarded the USS “Marine Wolf” with destination Le Havre, France. The personnel debarked at Le Havre harbor at 2000 hours, 29 September 1945.

The unit now consisting of a reduced outfit numbering 42 Officers, 86 Nurses, 2 Physical Therapists, 2 ARC workers, and 655 Enlisted Men were moved to Camp Phillip Morris (one of the many Cigarette camps –ed) for temporary quarters. The group entrained at Le Havre on 3 October 1945 traveling to Garches, France, arriving at the 240th General Hospital, Garches, on the outskirts of Paris, at 0700 hours the next day. Upon arrival on 4 October 1945, the personnel were immediately reassigned to various medical units of the Seine Section in the Paris area, restaffed with high-point personnel and alerted for return to the continental United States.

A new CO, in the person of Lt. Colonel James T. Hall, MC, O-357057, assumed command of the 188th General Hospital on 8 October 1945. On 15 October the organization was moved from the 240th Gen Hosp to Camp Charlotte (one of the City camps –ed), where the personnel Readjustment build-up for the move to the Zone of Interior was accomplished. All personnel returning to the United States with the outfit were assigned for the sole purpose of being returned to the ZI for separation and demobilization. The number of points for the Enlisted Men originally ranged from 67 and above, but was later amended to 70 points and above! All original members of the 188th General Hospital were transferred and subsequently replaced by people from all branches of service.
After having been reassembled and duly processed at Camp Charlotte, France, the organization finally moved back to Camp Phillip Morris, in order to be staged for Redeployment to the United States. This last movement was completed on 22 November 1945.
On Tuesday, 27 November 1945, the unit boarded the USS “Lejeune” AP-74 (ex-German cargo SS Windhuk, interned in Brazil 12 August 1942, purchased by the United States Government, converted and commissioned 12 May 1944, troop capacity 4,666, complement 626, skipper Captain F. W. McDonald –ed) at Le Havre, France, bound for the Zone of Interior, arriving on 6 December 1945 at New York Port of Embarkation. After debarkation, the personnel received their orders for transfer to the different Separation Centers for proper discharge.

Personnel Roster:

Officers’ Staff – 188th General Hospital (8 May 1945)
Abrahamson, Ira A., MC, O-140773	Colonel (Commanding Officer)
Acton, George B, CE, O-533960	First Lieutenant
Adler, Justin H., MC, O-493505	Captain
Barcham, Julius, MC, O-505980	Captain
Bartlett, Robert W., MC, O-337495	Lieutenant Colonel
Belopolsky, Herman B, QMC, O-1586430	First Lieutenant
Boissevain, Charles H., MC, O-530847	Major
Brotman, Jacob, MC, O-322219	Major
Brown, Carroll A, MC, O-356208	Major
Brown, Cecil D., MC, O-503592	Major
Brown, George D., MC, O-500140	Major
Brucker, John C., ChC, O-313887	Captain
Davenport, Merrill C., MC, O-21479	Lieutenant Colonel
Dein, Harry L., MC, O-477015	Captain
Dziubak, Julius J., DC, O-1755755	Captain
Eagon, Robert H., MAC, O-2046956	First Lieutenant
Eschelbacher, Leo J., MC, O-436478	Captain
Ficke, Lloyd W., MAC, O-1542524	First Lieutenant
Fischer, William C., MC, O-1689340	Captain
Gaier, Ralph W., SnC, O-533821	First Lieutenant
Gery, Richard E.,MC, O-488351	Captain
Hall, Fayette G., DC, O-270317	Lieutenant Colonel
Harris, Marvin S., MC, O-500711	Captain
Jones, William A., MC, O-299584	Captain
Juchem, Joseph A., Sr., MAC, O-2047018	First Lieutenant
Kinnamon, Howard F., Jr., MC, O-506957	Captain
Klein, Julius B., MC, O-528286	Captain
Kraemer, Manfred, MC, O-324650	Major
Larson, Donald F., MAC, O-2047037	First Lieutenant
Larson, Willard E., MAC, O-2047039	First Lieutenant
McAllister, Kenneth L., MAC, O-2047056	First Lieutenant
McNeely, Eugene M., USA, W-2129728	Warrant Officer Junior Grade
Millman, Samuel, MC, O-484779	Lieutenant Colonel
Minkin, Leopold, MAC, O-1546500	First  Lieutenant
Mira, Joseph J., MC, O-387157	Captain
Montalvo, Lauro, MC, O-495943	Captain
Moress, Edward J., MC, O-497220	Major
Mosley, Ronald A., ChC, O-535280	Captain
Perrone, Edmond R., DC, O-490104	Captain
Rinzler, Seymour H., MC, O-1690669	Captain
Ritter, Israel I., MC, O-480316	Major
Rounds, Roy C., MC, O-445028	Major
Rowe, Stuart N., MC, O-409894	Lieutenant Colonel
Shafer, Keith O., MAC, O-2047141	First Lieutenant
Shannon, Thomas R. Jr., MC, O-362376	Captain
Stebbins, Theodore L., MC, O-494947	Major
Strickler, William O., DC, O-470753	Captain
Stull, Joseph B., MC, O-439294	First Lieutenant
Svoboda, Reynold B., QMC, O-1579192	First Lieutenant
Templeton, Joseph E., DC, O-464566	Captain
Thompson, Roy H., MC, O-297221	Lieutenant Colonel
Vogel, William C., SnC, O-531708	First Lieutenant
Youngerman, William M., MC, O-489871	Major
Zingale, Joseph C., MAC, O-2049942	Second Lieutenant

Nurses & other Staff – 188th General Hospital (8 May 1945)
Adams, Dorothy A. C., HD, R-737	First Lieutenant
Allen, Dorothy R., ANC, N-776375	Second Lieutenant
Anselmi, Emma J., ANC, N-776376	Second Lieutenant
Auer, Helen, ANC, N-768053	Second Lieutenant
Bailey, Ruth D., ANC, N-756385	Second Lieutenant
Beltz, Golda A., ANC, N-776044	Second Lieutenant
Benoit, Audrey M., ANC, N-776452	Second Lieutenant
Benoit, Donna M., ANC, N-776453	Second Lieutenant (sister)
Benson, Justine L., ANC, N-776556	Second Lieutenant
Beyer, Louise A., ANC, N-776353	Second Lieutenant
Blechert, Lillian K., ANC, N-776377	Second Lieutenant
Bosse, Norma M., ANC, N-776461	Second Lieutenant
Burnison, Bernita P., ANC, N-776506	Second Lieutenant
Butler, Ruth E., ANC, N-725145	First Lieutenant
Caplinger, Dorothy E., ANC, N-776025	First Lieutenant
Cornett, Dollie M., ANC, N-775761	First Lieutenant
Davey, Emily M., ANC, N-776525	Second Lieutenant
Dear, Norma, PTA, M-952	Second Lieutenant
Dodge, Betty J., ANC, N-776367	Second Lieutenant
Donalds, Margaret M., ANC, N-776442	Second Lieutenant
Doolan, Elthea L., ANC, N-732975	First Lieutenant
Dwyer, Mildred A., ANC, N-776478	Second Lieutenant
Faust, Mae D., ANC, N-775438	First Lieutenant
Fleming, Mary M., ANC, N-751049	First Lieutenant
Foran, Mary G., ANC, N-752173	Second Lieutenant
Freeland, Ailsie J., ANC, N-776051	First Lieutenant
Garman, Betty N., ANC, N-776298	Second Lieutenant
Gersema, Vivian M., ANC, N-776370	Second Lieutenant
Gillis, Agnes C., ANC, N-776234	Second Lieutenant
Greiner, Marjorie I., ANC, N-776387	Second Lieutenant
Guthrie, Mona A., ANC, N-776402	Second Lieutenant
Hamalainen, Marietta, ANC, N-776316	Second Lieutenant
Harris, Vernealle, ANC, N-776236	Second Lieutenant
Haugum, Ella A., ANC, N-732394	Captain (Principal Chief Nurse)
Heezen, Hazel J., ANC, N-776372	Second Lieutenant
Heglund, Clarice J., ANC, N-776462	Second Lieutenant
Hill, Margaret L., ANC, N-776285	Second Lieutenant
Hohnecker, Jean C., ANC, N-776237	Second Lieutenant
Hosey, Geneva A., ANC, N-733696	First Lieutenant
Houghom, Janis R., ANC, N-732859	First Lieutenant
Hughes, Edna M., ANC, N-776510	Second Lieutenant
Jensen, Frances, ANC, N-775844	First Lieutenant
Johnson, Irene F., ANC, N-776226	Second Lieutenant
Juhl, Leila P., ANC, N-776449	Second Lieutenant
Kearney, Mary P., ANC, N-776065	Second Lieutenant
Kellett, Lillian M., ANC, N-776066	First Lieutenant
King, Helen, M., ANC, N-776389	Second Lieutenant
King, Leona I., ANC, N-776342	First Lieutenant
Kirkpatrick, Elizabeth, PTA, M-1002	First Lieutenant
Koch, Dorothy F., ANC, N-776286	Second Lieutenant
Kraenzel, Erna A., ANC, N-776139	First Lieutenant
Lett, Eleanor, ANC, N-775991	First Lieutenant
Lett, Eloise, ANC, N-776492	First Lieutenant
Marintzer, Aurelia M., ANC, N-776486	Second Lieutenant
Maynard, Phoebe S., ANC, N-776155	First Lieutenant
McAllister, Eleanor, ANC, N-761055	Second Lieutenant
McIntyre, Elizabeth J., HD, R-759	Second Lieutenant
Michael, Shirley J., ANC, N-776499	Second Lieutenant
Miller, Ruth C., ANC, N-776450	Second Lieutenant
Paris, Ava E., ANC, N-736832	Second Lieutenant
Pederson, Amy B., ANC, N-776295	Second Lieutenant
Peterson, Edna E., ANC, N-776109	Second Lieutenant
Powell, Dorothy, ANC, N-736487	Second Lieutenant
Radtka, Elizabeth E., ANC, N-733421	Second Lieutenant
Rodriguez, Eufemia, ANC, N-776413	Second Lieutenant
Rogel, Rosalie I., ANC, N-776311	Second Lieutenant
Sandberg, Elvy V., ANC, N-776388	Second Lieutenant
Shields, Dolores C., ANC, N-776494	Second Lieutenant
Siegel, Lois M., PTA, M-745	Second Lieutenant
Stanford, Shirley A., ANC, N-776371	Second Lieutenant
Steidel, Dorothy C. P., ANC, N-758456	Second Lieutenant
Stobaugh, G. Maxine, ANC, N-745071	Second Lieutenant
Suyama, Yaeko, ANC, N-775784	First Lieutenant
Swenson, Mildred E., ANC, N-776080	Second Lieutenant
Teaney, Kathryn M., ANC, N-733102	Second Lieutenant
Terry, Phyllis M., ANC, N-773294	First Lieutenant
Tomoor, Helen M., ANC, N-742869	First Lieutenant
Treadway, Hilda A., A NC, N-776057	First Lieutenant
Verbeke, Madeline L., ANC, N-776319	Second Lieutenant
Wagner, Hazel M., ANC, N-776217	Second Lieutenant
Wakefield, Elinor A., HD, R-845	Second Lieutenant
Watts, Gladys L., ANC, N-776099	Second Lieutenant
Wehde, Fern M., ANC, N-776306	Second Lieutenant
Willis, K. Mayo, ANC, N-776219	Second Lieutenant
Wolange, Nellie M., ANC, N-721273	Second Lieutenant

Enlisted Men Staff – 188th General Hospital (8 May 1945)
Addicott, Donald K., 35309267	Sergeant
Allen, Walter D., 20419999	Private First Class
Amend, Frederick A., 31159133	Technician Fourth Grade
Antis, Harold, 32857351.	Technician Fourth Grade
Arch, John Jr., 39406143	Private First Class
Armstrong, John J., 32790288	Technician Third Grade
Aroian, Zaven A., 31264219	Technician Fifth Grade
Avery, John H., 31339410	Private First Class
Ayres, John C., 32916892	Private First Class
Babco, Micael J., 33759195	Technician Third Grade
Badun, William T., 36610361	Technician Fifth Grade
Bagnetto, James C., 38493970	Private
Bagozzi, Benjamin J., 36571027	Corporal
Barber, Silas, 39847843	Technician Fifth Grade
Barkley, William E., 37479879	Corporal
Barnes, George W., 37496646	Technician Fourth Grade
Barr, Robert R., 17019820	Technician Fourth Grade
Barthlome, Richard C., 38458664	Private
Barulich, Peter M., 32709135.	Private
Basilio, Michael C.,  33778709	Technician Fifth Grade
Beck, Harvey D., 37618091	Technician Fifth Grade
Beckman, Walter F., 31269306	Private First Class
Behling, Donald D., 36802376	Technician Fourth Grade
Bell, Robert E., 36444613	Sergeant
Belletto, Vincent J., 39572010	Private First Class
Benko, Carl Jr., 35554696.	Private First Class
Benner, Russell C., 42007011	Private First Class
Bensinger, Fred, 1035841	Private First Class
Benson, Allan O., 39911086	Technician Fourth Grade
Best, Jesse M., 18009716	Technician Fourth Grade
Bilyeu, William R., 36482627	Private First Class
Borleis, Melvin F., 33733708	Private First Class
Bowles, Thomas A., 34774115	Technician Third Grade
Bramer, William S., 15019466	Staff Sergeant
Brinegar, George K., 36073782	Master Sergeant
Broeckling, Walter A., 36426435	Technician Fourth Grade
Brooks, Sol, 32690064	Private First Class
Brown, Charles R., 16072551	Private
Buchanan, William A., 34820760	Technician Fifth Grade
Bucklew, Dallas L., 35177830	Private First Class
Bue, Norval K.,  39453972	Technician Fifth Grade
Burford, William M., 34093601	Technical Sergeant
Burkhart, Raymond M., 39698747	Private First Class
Burns, George M., 33428588	Sergeant

Burnett, George H., 34728552	Private First Class
Bush, Joe Jr., 38418247	Private First Class
Byrd, Loren E., 36380541	Technician Fifth Grade
Cameron, Don R., 34283903	Sergeant
Caporale, Jack F., 31339408	Corporal
Cappiello, Joseph J., 42065234	Private First Class
Carnes, Paul J., 33428847	Private First Class
Carstens, Charles C., 32467592	Technician Fifth Grade
Caruso, Louis J., 32916430	Private
Casci, Amerigo G., 39572464	Technician Fourth Grade
Castro, Frank O., 39294268	Technician Fifth Grade
Cericola, Nicholas R., 13099311	Technician Fourth Grade
Chapman, Roy, 35657728	Technician Fifth Grade
Chesser, Guy R., 32488481	Technician Fourth Grade
Clark, William F., 33777526	Private First Class
Clarke, Paul C., 36464980	Technician Fourth Grade
Coffey, Glenn I., 36064187	Staff Sergeant
Cole, James A., 34652679	Private First Class
Collins, Charles L., 32748715	Technician Fourth Grade
Collins, Lester. C., 34166262	Private First Class
Colquitt, Joseph K., 34820569	Technician Fourth Grade
Conley, Joseph H., 32916500	Technician Fifth Grade
Cook, Nathan, Jr., 34653531	Technician Fifth Grade
Cook, Wilson J., 32625673	Technician Fourth Grade
Coolidge, Daniel L., 19098438	Sergeant
Corbo, James L., 33572209	Private First Class
Cordock, Donald J., 32862789	Private
Costello, Daniel W., 39698487	Technician Fifth Grade
Cowan, Robert D. Jr., 20400121	Technical Sergeant
Crawford, Crosby O., 36307236	Technician Third Grade
Cromer, Bruce R., 38440112	Technician Fourth Grade
Crowder, Francis L., 34650494	Technician Fifth Grade
Dailey, Willie H., 34767410	Private First Class
Daitchman, Benny A., 36831750	Private
Dale, William Jr., 33437155	Private First Class
Dalton, Henry L., 35712181	Technician Third Grade
Daniel, Lewis R., 3997304	Technician Fifth Grade
Davidson, Willard N., 39854532	Private
Davis, Faris, 39295057	Technician Fifth Grade
Davis, James E., 14117345	Technician Fifth Grade
Davis, John R., 32857450	Private
Davis, Louie C., 34773081	Technician Fourth Grade
Dawley, William H., 35801978	Private First Class
Decker, Alex, 36817511	Private First Class
DeCosta, Norman L., 39295393	Private
DeDominico, Leo, 32699959	Technician Fourth Grade
Dees, Ottis R., 37611357	Private First Class
Deesing, Peter P., 33624154	Private
Delbridge, Vivian D., 36461339	Technician Fifth Grade
Delfin, Juan N., 39572281	Private First Class
DelleDonne, Peter P., 32752266	Private First Class
Dempsey, David D., 36104560	Master Sergeant
Denny, George C., 32642882	Private First Class
DePerna, Frank A., 32721389	Corporal
Dequine Delbert E., 39125262	Technician Fourth Grade
DeRoche, Joseph C., 31353704	Technician Fifth Grade
DiSabatino, Louis, 32757751	Private
Ditzler, William L., 39004915	Staff Sergeant
Dixon, Robert R., 33040401	Technical Sergeant
Domenico, Anthony, 31293347	Private
Doyle, Eward F., 33624213	Private First Class
Duffey, Edward F., 32301081	Private
Dugan, Edward J., 33777418	Technician Fifth Grade
Dwyer, Frank J., 19086208	Sergeant
Dykes, John H., 38127442	Technician Fourth Grade
Edson, Arnott J., 391180927	Technician Fifth Grade
Elam, Charles H., 35866703	Corporal
Elliott, Thomas J., 31353593	Corporal
Elmendorf, William M. Jr., 39295090	Technician Third Grade
Emmett, Joseph C., 31070318	Sergeant
Engel, Henry E., 35305297	Sergeant
England, Printess W., 15303329	Technician Fourth Grade
Epps, William O., 34653320	Technician Fifth Grade
Espelage, Raymond H., 35790964	Staff Sergeant
Esquivias, Ben, 38402637	Private
Evans, James C., 14046462	Private First Class
Evans, John C., 34805799	Corporal
Fairhurst, Albert E., 31353668	Private First Class
Farmer, Robert, 36852112	Technician Fourth Grade
Farr, Guy L., 33121865	Staff Sergeant
Ferry, Leo J., 33625849	Private
Finch, Gregory B. Jr., 34805855	Private First Class
Fitzgibbon, Robert T., 36802235	Technician Fifth Grade
Fivash, Lawrence W., 36485195	Technician Fifth Grade
Flint, Harold E., 37579093	Private First Class
Floistad, Vernon E., 36664133	Technician Fourth Grade
Fong, Back J., 32726013	Technician Fifth Grade
Foreman, Irving D., 36430980	Technician Fourth Grade
Fowler, George H., 34671858	Private First Class
Fox, Edward J., 39131990	Private
Frank, William A., 13129405	Technician Fifth Grade
Franklin, Robert E., 33725976	Technician Fifth Grade
Freemon, Ralph, 36697217	Private
Freidhof, John J., 32530183	Technician Fifth Grade
Frey, Anthony A., 32895478	Private First Class
Friestad, Robert J., 36663970	Technician Fifth Grade
Fugate, Verl E., 37405581	Sergeant
Gaebel, Charles A., 36727400	Private First Class
Gammell, Charles F., 35173844	Technician Fourth Grade
Gault, Homer F., 35154431	Private
Glenn, Francis M., 34653628	Technician Fifth Grade
Golden, James M., 31333330	Technician Third Grade
Golz, Arthur, 36025188	Private First Class
Gomez, Pete, 38459494	Private First Class
Gomillion, Joseph C., 34625315	Private First Class
Goodwin, Nathan E., 32363344	Private
Goren, Jack E., 35010497	Private First Class
Gorman, Dona E., 37346403	Technician Fourth Grade
Goss, Francis A., 33570027	Sergeant
Gray, Sterling G., 34925062	Private First Class
Green, Karlton P., 34820688	Private First Class
Gresso, Richard, 20540324	Technician Fifth Grade
Grieco, Daniel, 35309435	Technician Fifth Grade
Griffin, Edwin C., 33634927	Technician Fourth Grade
Griffin, John T., 38436524	Private First Class
Guidroz, Jean P., 18170770	Technician Third Grade
Hall, Ernest H., 34653810	Private
Hall, James A., 37523643	Technician Fifth Grade
Halsey, William D., 32706247	Staff Sergeant
Halvorson, James S., 17157561.	Technician Fifth Grade
Hammond, Charles G., 36358757	Sergeant
Hammond, Samuel H., 34731825	Private
Hanson, Hans S., 36819654	Technician Fourth Grade
Hargett, James C., 34772367	Private First Class
Harrington, Dennis J., 39616710	Technician Fifth Grade
Harris, Billie B., 17106003	Staff Sergeant
Hayes, Harry, 36482707	Private
Hays, William J. Jr., 32106583	Sergeant
Heller, David J., 36701564	Technician Fourth Grade
Hernandez, Seferino N., 39132154	Private First Class
Herrera, Manuel A., 39572347	Private
Herrick, Cecil R., 39571971	Private First Class
Hertel, Charles W., 36659452	Technician Fourth Grade
Higgins, Willard D., 34714002	Technician Fifth Grade
Hinson, James M., 14148199	Technician Fifth Grade
Hogan, Eugene W., 32858727	Private First Class
Holland, Steve J., 38404024	Technician Fifth Grade
Holland, Woodrow W., 34026379.	Private First Class
Holly, Floyd C. Jr., 38054969	Technical Sergeant
Holmstrom, Norman L., 32893778	Private First Class
Hooks, Edward T., 34773967	Technician Fifth Grade
Horn, Samuel S., 32876021	Private First Class
Hornby, William R., 33201556	Private
Houghtaling, Howard G., 31300633	Technician Fifth Grade
Hoyt,  Allen J., 37524526	Private
Hughes, John P., 13116557	Technician Fourth Grade
Humig, Michael A., 35133687	Corporal
Hunt, Vernon V., 38377714	Private
Hurd, Fletcher C., 32758262	Private First Class
Husted, Leslie W., 37512296	Technician Fifth Grade
Hymes, Marcus Z., 39097851	Private
Israel, Edwin, 12007243	Private First Class
Iverson, John L., 37561869	Private First Class
Iverson, William E., 37561867	Private First Class
Jackson, Andrew H., 31355713	Technician Fifth Grade
Jenkins, Thomas L., 33539268	Technician Third Grade
Johnson, Edwin F., 34630110	Private First Class
Johnson, Harvey G., 37316059	Technician Fourth Grade
Johnson, John W. Jr, 34785115	Private First Class
Jordan, Albert L., 37523533	Private
Jorgensen, Simon, 39378998	Staff Sergeant
Kalinski, Eugene M., 36670538	Private
Kalb, Kenneth E., 37516846	Technician Fourth Grade
Keeth, John D., 38469071	Private First Class
Kelley, Dennis H. Jr., 38474835	Technician Fifth Grade

Kelly, Raymond D., 36476911	Technician Third Grade
Kelso, Robert C., 35063395	Corporal
Kempf, Henry, 36339133	Private First Class
Kennedy, Joseph C., 36676077	Technician Fifth Grade
Kevelighan, Thomas E., 36570396	Technician Fifth Grade
Kingdon, John E., 39245460	Technician Fifth Grade
Kipp, Royal L., 36421518	Private First Class
Klaus, Frederick P., 32702602	Technician Third Grade
Kluska, Louis J., 32916642 Knoche, George R., 39123474	Technician Fifth Grade Private First Class
Koch, Norman M. F., 35336450	Staff Sergeant
Kopach, Joseph D., 39572659	Technician Fifth Grade
Koukoulis, Athansios E., 32886117	Private
Krysiak, Roman F., 36664178	Private
Krull, Joseph H., 37377100	Sergeant
Kumlien, Gene, 36828282	Private First Class
Lafleur, Arthur R., 31264541	Private First Class
Land, Theodore D., 34266073	Sergeant
Laramie, James A., 36580914	Technician Third Grade
Larimer, Harry M. Jr., 17082859	Sergeant
Lawhon, Arlus B., 37066617	Private First Class
Lawson, Paul J., 32758150	Technician Fifth Grade
Layer, Robert W., 35652083	Private
Leahy, Thomas P., 39573410	Technician Fourth Grade
Lehman, William, 36759976	Private
Leppin, Arthur N., 36229904	Technician Third Grade
Levin, Marvin, 32163993	Technician Fourth Grade
Lewis, Myron K., 35113189	Private First Class
Lindley, Delbert E., 37523122	Private First Class
Lipisko, Stanley C., 32912238	Private
Littell, Richard V., 39281487	Private First Class
Loney, Winton J., 13099998	Private
Longo, Michael A., 37612988	Technician Fifth Grade
Lopez, Joe P., 39295221	Technician Fifth Grade
Lord, William, 33777462	Private
Lorefice, Gaetano T., 32980286	Private First Class
Lorence, Ray A., 37511608	Private First Class
Lott, Thomas J., 38465225	Technician Fourth Grade
Lowe, Donald K., 36580691	Technician Fifth Grade
Lucas, Edwin E., 141238864	Private First Class
Luedke, Frank J. Jr., 32722461	Technician Fourth Grade
Madziarczyk, John C., 36745453	Private First Class
Malloy, William T., 32914927	Technician Fifth Grade
Mann, Christian J., 13153214	Sergeant
Manuszak, Michael A., 36379185	Technician Fourth Grade
March, Bertram B. Jr., 33797479	Technician Fourth Grade
Markiewicz, John R., 36662139	Private First Class
Marrs, Stanley A., 34783466	Technician Fifth Grade
Marsolek, Jerome R., 37288769	Staff Sergeant
Martich, Peter A., 35154352	Technician Fifth Grade
Martin, Nelson J., 13015815	Technician Fifth Grade
Masokas, Clarence M., 36664296	Private First Class
Mauricio, Joe, 34783901	Private First Class
May, Julius A., 34630399	Sergeant
Mazel, Milton H., 38155288	Sergeant
McArthur, George D. Sr., 37480082	Sergeant
McCalip, John  E., 34778238	Technician Fifth Grade
McCarroll, Samuel A., 34102195	Staff Sergeant
McCleery, Howard N., 37251268	Technician Fifth Grade
McCluskey, Ray C., 36819886	Technician Fourth Grade
McCollester, Ernest W., 31178888	Private
McCoy, Riley Q., 34820757	Private First Class
McGlynn, Joseph D., 36548109	Private First Class
McGuire, George T., 36647163	Technician Fifth Grade
McHugh, George J. Jr., 33337062	Corporal
McLeod, George R., 36562839	Technician Fifth Grade
Meany, John  J., 36696480	Private
Mentgen, Donald S., 37524410	Private First Class
Merce, Jack J., 35059037	Technician Fifth Grade
Metzger, David Jr., 36580655.	Private First Class
Metzinger, Joseph, 39288831	Staff Sergeant
Meyer, Lloyd E., 18149359	Private First Class
Meyer, Louis E., 39202494	Technician Fourth Grade
Meyer, Norbert F., 39295132	Private
Mikkelsen, William C., 36665742	Technician Fifth Grade
Milewski, Raymond G., 36646761	Private First Class
Mitchell, Leon, 37395817	Private
Mitrione, Vito W., 32916558	Technician Fifth Grade
Monroe, Robert  E., 35555709	Technician Fifth Grade
Moore, Bryan H., 38022130	Technical Sergeant
Moore, Hilary D., 34463025	Private
Moore, Joseph H., 35646172	Private First Class
Moore, Leo H., 38077400	Corporal
Morabito, Leo O., 32918443	Private
Morey, Tom C., 37476910	Private First Class
Morgan, James E., 34804197	Technician Fifth Grade
Morrisett, Edward F., 42101978	Private First Class
Mortvedt, Donald G., 37669497	Private
Moskovitz, Israel, 308172	Technician Fifth Grade
Motsinger, Robert R., 34773878	Private First Class
Muir, Joseph, 32689446	Technician Fourth Grade
Mullenthaler, Robert W., 32791018	Technician Fifth Grade
Muntz, Norman J., 36484256	Technician Fifth Grade
Muro, Cleofas J., 39572190	Technician Fifth Grade
Myers, Lloyd J., 38418040	Technician Fourth Grade
Nagel, Fred A., 36771510	Private
Nash, Richard L., 15332292	Private
Naylor, Carl T., 35230108	Technician Fourth Grade
Nelson, Carl P., 35895679	Private First Class
Nevius, William F., 32758818	Private First Class
Noe, Eugene E., 34732409	Technician Fifth Grade
Noel, Arthur W., 35712294	Private
Noell, William C., 34822291	Private First Class
Novak, Frank S., 36664396	Private First Class
Nowack, Hermann R., 37702784	Private First Class
Nucara, Demetrio J., 33155521	Private First Class
O’Brian, John B., 12081689	Sergeant
Oliver, Curtiss L., 32736698	Private First Class
Oliver, James T., 34353805	Private First Class
O’Neill, Francis T., 36809142	Technician Fifth Grade
Onoffrey, Andy, 33690136	Private
Orzel, Harold, 37523119	Corporal
Page, Albert L., 35681900	Private First Class
Palomo, Domingo M., 38458346	Private First Class
Parker, William H., 34820726	Private
Parks, James W., 34820764	Private First Class
Pastewski, Louis, 36664322	Private First Class
Patnode, Charles J., 31346102	Private First Class
Patterson, Kenneth, R., 32029026	Technician Fifth Grade
Perez, Martin, 39692875	Private First Class
Perlin, Simon, 34773797	Corporal
Perron, Laurence J., 36110574.	Technician Fourth Grade
Phillips, Harold, 34400688	Private First Class
Phillips, James C., 376611219	Private First Class
Phillips, William E., 35492552	Private
Philson, James H., 37035976	Staff Sergeant
Pierce, Walter A., 34589199	Private
Portugal, Vincent L., 39266249	Technician Fourth Grade
Pryor, Robert R., 34773826	Technician Fifth Grade
Rabineau, Henry B., 16025766	Private
Ramirez, Mike, 38372960	Technician Fifth Grade
Raynor, Willie V., 34253298	Private
Reid, Hugh M., 36032549	Private
Reiss, Sidney L., 34795343	Private
Renck, Basil A., 18001902	Sergeant
Revell, Johnny E., 34820945	Private First Class
Rice, Don, 38404155	Corporal
Rich, Louis A., 33031072	Staff Sergeant
Rieder, George M. Jr., 33462635	Technician Third Grade
Rifici, Carl, 35281213	Technician Fifth Grade
Riley, Russell E., 31322626	Corporal
Ritter, Joseph, 32727231	Technician Fifth Grade
Rivera, Carlos M., 32894936	Technician Fourth Grade
Rizzo, Salvatore A., 32362676	Technician Fifth Grade
Robbins, James, 32315123	Corporal
Robbins, Kermit B., 34773650	Private First Class
Roberts, Doris P., 38118415	Private First Class
Rogers, Charles M. Jr., 34783852	Technician Fourth Grade
Rogers, Ernest C., 34731123	Technician Fifth Grade
Rogovin, Milton, 32583314	Technical Sergeant
Ruddy, Rudolph J., 33084797	Technical Sergeant
Russell, Harold W., 39572342	Private First Class
Russell, Stanley I., 35146263	Technician Fifth Grade
Sailor, Kenneth C., 37140859	Technician Fourth Grade
Sample, Aubrey F., 34663312	Technician Fifth Grade
Sanders, Thomas A., 37402660	Technician Fifth Grade
Schmidt, Anthony F., 37176578	Corporal
Schnaars, Albert E., 32004193	Technician Third Grade
Schoenborn, Edward D., 37447592	Technician Fifth Grade
Schuetz, Curt B., 36729455	Private
Schwarz, Walter H., 32925335	Technician Fourth Grade
Seay, Oliver V., 18062388	Master Sergeant
Sebastian, William J., 36755707	Private First Class
Sedlacek, Emanuel J., 33555646	Technician Fourth Grade
Serrano, Edward G., 39295448	Private
Shaw, James L., 37475103	Technician Fourth Grade
Shawnee, William L., 18085821	Private First Class
Shearouse, Elwood G., 34820954	Private
Shellenberger, Edmond F., 33757914	Technician Fifth Grade
Shenk, Harlen J., 39327047	Private First Class
Shepherd, Homer M., 34714019	Private First Class
Shields, Ralph A., 35141125	Corporal
Siebke, Henry F., 36374134	Private First Class

Simon, Abraham, 32962820	Technician Fifth Grade
Skaggs, James E., 38451122	Private
Slawski, John R., 37612607	Private
Smith, James T. Jr., 38484613	Private
Smith, Morris R., 38094252	Private First Class
Smith, Robert M. Sr., 34713916	Private
Smith, Robert W., 34772166	Private First Class
Smith, Tom O., 34806175	Private First Class
Smith, William A., 32828308	Technician Fourth Grade
Smith, Willie D., 38404199	Private
Smith, William H., 36374692	Corporal
Smith, William H., 34806230	Private
Smith, William P., 34783909	Private
Snekszer, William S., 36654265	Private First Class
Snyder, Donald W., 35609864	Technician Fifth Grade
Sopher, Max G., 39605709	Technician Fifth Grade
Sorensen, Christian J., 39131572	Technician Fifth Grade
Southworth, Herbert H., 37548120	Technician Fourth Grade
Spainhower, Ralph T., 39912527	Private First Class
Sparks, Dan, 38513340	Private
Sparks, Kenneth B., 35773114	Private
Stanford, Loyd, 38432382	Private
Stein, Alvin A., 36239627	Technician Third Grade
Stewart, John L., 34671852	Private First Class
Stiger, Frederick J., 32925237	Private First Class
Strachan, Clyde R., 37669509	Private
Strunk, Clarence R., 33618463	Technician Fourth Grade
Sullivan, Frank L., 36064907	Corporal
Sundy, Clark F., 18214545	Technician Fifth Grade
Supak, Anton, 38461129	Technician Fifth Grade
Swan, James F., 36322998	Private First Class
Sweet, Neil, 31268063	Private
Swinford, Granvil, 35771039	Private
Tants, Henry, 32907487	Technician Fourth Grade
Teague, Floyd R., 34774106	Private First Class
Thompson, Hugh J., 35764993	Private First Class
Thornton, Thomas J., 31297779	Technician Fifth Grade
Throngard, Lyman E., 37551518	Private First Class
Tibbetts, Raymond G., 35701633	Technician Fourth Grade
Tielke, George H., 35304398	Sergeant
Tilley, William H., 34822322	Private First Class
Tolle, Thomas D., 35799199	Private First Class
Trumper, Earnest O., 37669545	Technician Fourth Grade
Ulery, Owen K., 39572836	Technician Third Grade
Valentine, Raymond L. Jr., 35748498	Sergeant
Varalla, Paul F., 15063826	Private First Class
Vargas, Hector, 38363991	Private
Viviano, Orris J., 38498150	Private
Walkowicz, Stanley H., 36663955	Private
Wall, Rex L., 20831115	First Sergeant
Waltman, Lloyd F., 34630551	Technician Fifth Grade
Ward, James A., 35867905	Private
Watson, William S., 35678297	Private
Wear, Sloan E. Jr., 34806185	Technician Fourth Grade
Webster, Albert A., 32200618	Private First Class
Wernick, Max, 31353766	Technical Sergeant
Whatley, George H., 38513434	Private First Class
White, Kenneth J., 12220095	Technician Fifth Grade
Williams, Elmer W., 39132111	Private
Williams, Kenneth A., 39572421	Private
Williams, William B., 38342516	Private First Class
Wilson, Charles T., 37523493	Private First Class
Witt, Paul E., 38478839	Private First Class
Wood, Elmer, 38477014	Private First Class
Wohl, Oscar, 32894510	Private
Wynkoop, William M., 32266497	Technician Third Grade
Young, James O., 32857368	Private
Zuniga, José, 32425618	Private First Class

Review of Final Operations:

• Throughout its history training of the personnel of the 188th General Hospital was continuous and adequate for the successful accomplishment of its mission. In compliance with directives of the European Theater of Operations, US Army (ETOUSA) an excellent Information & Education program was in effect from December 1944 and a Unit School was started on 14 May 1945 which continued operating until 22 September 1945. Equipment training aids and special literature were easily obtained and the results of the program were highly satisfactory having been rated “superior” by the I & E Officer, United Kingdom Base.
• Equipment, supplies, and transportation were always available in sufficient quantities to enable the unit to perform its mission. A continuous conservation and salvage program and strict compliance with Theater directives enabled the organization to effect many economies and return all surpluses to Depots stocks.
• Housing, water supply, bathing facilities, and laundry were all adequate.
• Food and messing was adequate, sometimes bordering to insufficiency due to strict Theater policy and directives related to conservation and percentage reductions required in the requisitioning of rations. The patients’ menus were always adequate and received the necessary priority.
• Venereal Disease was kept at a minimum, almost reaching zero. This result was accomplished by monthly talks on morality, regular physical inspections, instruction and examination in prophylactic measures, and the operation of a Prophylactic Station in the unit’s Dispensary.
• Recreation for the Enlisted Men was always a problem due to the small size of nearby Cirencester. Liberty runs, excellently organized Day Rooms, frequent parties and dances, and beer sale were all utilized as means for providing comfort and welfare of both patients and personnel. A serious problem was encountered when the Hospital closed for operations. Further expenditures were not permissible from the Hospital Fund for the welfare of the EM and applications for funds from the Central Welfare Fund, ETOUSA, were not favorably considered because the unit was in Category II and alerted for shipment. This precluded the furthering of recreation for the men on the post and they consequently visited the nearby towns and villages much more than previously. Fortunately, they behaved well and no serious incidents occurred in the vicinity, although the unit remained in England from 16 July to 29 September 1945 without the necessary funds required for the comfort and welfare of its Enlisted personnel.

Commanding Staff – 188th General Hospital
Colonel Martin R. Reiber, MC, O-9165 – 25 June 1943 > 8 August 1944
Lt. Colonel Robert W. Bartlett, MC, O-337495 – 9 August 1944 > 31 August 1944
Colonel Ira A. Abrahamson, MC, O-140773 – 1 September 1944 > 27 June 1945
Colonel Charles L. Kirkpatrick, MC, O-18642 – 28 June 1945 > 4 August 1945
Colonel Laurie P. Lind, MC, O-215789 – 5 August 1945 >1 September 1945
Lt. Colonel Roy H. Thompson, MC, O-297221 – 2 September 1945 > 7 October 1945
Lt. Colonel James T. Hall, MC, O-357057 – 8 October 1945 > inactivation

Personal Awards – 188th General Hospital
Lt. Colonel Merrill C. Davenport, MC, O-21479 – Purple Heart (WIA 6 Aug 44)
Major Charles S. Urso, MC, O-1579246 – Bronze Star Medal
Captain James B. Baker, MAC, O-1543204 – Bronze Star Medal
(awarded between 8 October and 27 November 1945)

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The MRC Administrators are truly indebted to our regular contributor F. Lynn McNulty, who generously provided them with copies of the official Historical Reports of the 188th General  Hospital which operated in the European Theater during World War 2. Without his kind help, it would not have been possible to write and edit a concise History of this medical unit. The majority of the pictures are courtesy of Veteran Leo O. Morabito (ASN:32918443) and Julian & Carol Copeland whose Father Carl T. Naylor (ASN:35230108) also served with the 188th General Hospital.