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With the precious assistance of Jana J. Steed, daughter of First Lieutenant Frances C. Jones (ASN:R-676), we have now been able to complete the editing of her Mother's Testimony. First Lieutenant Frances C. Jones served as a Hospital Dietitian with the 50th General Hospital during WW2. The new texts can be found in the "Testimonies" menu of the main website navigation.
With the precious assistance of Isobel Carroll, widow of Private First Class Robert J. Carroll, we are pleased to announce the addition of a new Unit History to our website. This one looks at the service of the 60th Field Hospital in the European Theater of Operations during WW2. The new texts can be found in the "Unit Histories" menu of the main website navigation.
We are pleased to announce the addition of the 313th Station Hospital Unit History to our website. The new texts can be found in the "Unit Histories" menu of the main website navigation. The MRC Staff are still looking for additional material related to the unit's final operations in the European Theater of Operations, and would welcome any inputs from our readers.
We are pleased to announce that we have now been able to upload a new Document for our readers to access. This one is entitled "Victory Order of the Day"; a small booklet printed in 1945. It contains a number of messages related to the Allied Victory (V-E Day) and signed by some very important Allied Officials. The Document can be found in the Downloads menu of the main website navigation.
We are pleased to announce the addition of a new Unit History to our website. This one looks at the service of the 200th Medical Hospital Ship Complement (and its operation of US Army Hospital Ship Louis A. Milne) during World War 2. The new texts can be found in the "Unit Histories" menu of the main website navigation.
With the precious assistance of the late Lynn F. McNulty, and Barbara Knipe Janssen, daughter of Lt. Colonel Herman G. Janssen, Jr. who served with the 189th General Hospital in the European Theater, we are pleased to announce the addition of our new Unit History. This one focuses on the WW2 service of the 189th General Hospital. The new texts can be found in the "Unit Histories" menu of the main website navigation.
"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)