Introduction & Activation:

Reference: General Orders No. 163, Section II, Army Service Forces, Headquarters First Service Command, Boston 15, Massachusetts, dated 27 December 1943.

Pursuant to authority contained in Letter, TAGO, File AG 322 (dated 11 Dec 43) OB-I-SPMOU-M, Subject: “Reorganization, Organization and Inactivation of Certain Station and General Hospitals”, dated 15 December 1943, the 177th Station Hospital (150-bed), Fort Devens, Ayer, Massachusetts, is inactivated, effective, 23 December 1943.
Records of the 177th Station Hospital will be retained by the inactivating authorities for preservation and future use. Personnel made available by the inactivation of this unit will be re-assigned to the 112th General Hospital, Fort Devens, Massachusetts.

Pursuant to authority contained in Letter, TAGO, File AG 322 (dated 11 Dec 43) OB-I-SPMOU-M, Subject: “Reorganization, Organization and Inactivation of Certain Station and General Hospitals”, dated 15 December 1943, the 1000-bed 112th General Hospital is hereby activated at Fort Devens, Ayer, Massachusetts (Military Reservation, acreage 11,796, troop capacity 2,066 Officers & 33,232 Enlisted Men –ed), effective, 23 December 1943, in accordance with T/O 8-550 dated 1 April 1942, with Changes 1 and 2, dated 30 July and 5 October 1942 respectively, and War Department Circular No. 306, dated 22 November 1943, with an authorized strength of 56 Officers – 1 Warrant Officer – 100 Nurses – 3 Physical Therapy Aides – 3 Hospital Dietitians, and 500 Enlisted Men. Upon activation, this unit is assigned to the First Service Command, Headquarters, Boston 15, Massachusetts, for extended field service.

By command of Major General Sherman Miles

W. A. Barron, Jr.,
Colonel, General Staff Corps,
Chief of Staff

Organization:

The personnel activating the unit on 23 December 1943, initially consisted of 14 Officers – 15 Nurses – and 103 Enlisted Men (all previously assigned to the now inactivated 177th Sta Hosp) thus forming the nucleus around which the new 112th General Hospital was to be built. Major William W. Johnson, MC, O-290614, former CO of the inactivated 177th Sta Hosp assumed command until such time as the Surgeon General designated the new Commanding Officer.

On 24 December 1943, the first contingent of EM to fill the T/O consisting of 16 men, joined the organization from MRTC Camp Barkeley, Abilene, Texas (Medical Replacement Training Center, acreage 69,879, troop capacity 3,192 Officers & 54,493 Enlisted Men –ed), per Paragraph 5, Special Orders No. 231, Army Service Forces, Eighth Service Command, MRTC, Camp Barkeley, Texas. Colonel Frank D. Edington, MC, O-283464, (Post Surgeon, Lowry Field –ed) was designated as the new CO of the unit, per Paragraph 29, Special Orders No. 352, Headquarters Technical School, AAFWTTC, Lowry Field, Colorado, dated 28 December 1943, and on 4 January 1944, joined the organization at Fort Devens, assuming official command of the 112th General Hospital, per Paragraph 1, General Orders No. 1, Headquarters, 112th General Hospital, dated 4 January 1944, in accordance with authority contained in Army Regulations 600-20.
Later an administrative cadre from Camp Grant, Rockford, Illinois (Medical Replacement Training Center, acreage 3,349, troop capacity 453 Officers & 20,836 Enlisted Men –ed), was sent to the unit in the early stages of its existence, but since these functions had already been established, they were transferred to the Fort Devens Reception Center.

Organizational strength at 31 January 1944 was 24 Officers – 15 Nurses – 388 Enlisted Men. It should be noted that on 18 February 1944, the 15 ANC Officers were transferred to Camp Kilmer, Stelton, New Jersey (Staging Area for New York Port of Embarkation, acreage 1,815, troop capacity 2,074 Officers & 35,386 Enlisted Men –ed), per Paragraph 8, Special Orders No. 46, Army Service Forces, Headquarters First Service Command, Boston, Massachusetts (at that time this was the unit’s total Nurse strength –ed).
The Hospital’s strength at 29 February 1944 increased to 35 Officers – and 480 Enlisted Men. During this period, the organization had moved from a section opposite the Station Hospital, in Fort Devens, Ayer, Massachusetts, to another area in Fort Devens, comprising 18 barracks to house Enlisted Men, 1 barrack to quarter Officers, 4 mess halls, 2 quartermaster buildings, and 4 other buildings, which were used as a day room and store rooms. There was also the service club # 1, and the athletic and drill field. The motor pool was situated in another part of the camp, approximately one-quarter mile away from the headquarters building.

Organizational strength – 112th General Hospital
23 December 1943 > 14 Officers – 15 Nurses – 103 Enlisted Men
24 December 1943 > 14 Officers – 15 Nurses – 119 Enlisted Men
31 January 1944 > 24 Officers – 15 Nurses – 388 Enlisted Men
29 February 1944 > 35 Officers – 480 Enlisted Men
31 March 1944 > 36 Officers – 510 Enlisted Men
30 April 1944 > 58 Officers – 535 Enlisted Men
31 May 1944 > 57 Officers – 1 Warrant Officer – 3 Hospital Dietitians – 5 American Red Cross Workers
– 513 Enlisted Men
10 June 1944 > 56 Officers – 1 Warrant Officer – 3 Hospital Dietitians – 2 Physical Therapy Aides
– 5 American Red Cross Workers – 493 Enlisted Men

Note: by the end of May 1944, the unit had not received any of its Nurses as authorized by the T/O. The WD issued T/O 8-550 Change 3 dated 4 March 1944 reducing the number of Nurses authorized from 100 to 83. The movement orders directed that the 112th Gen Hosp would obtain its ANC strength in the Theater from Nurses rendered surplus under the reductions effected by Change 3.

Training:

Upon arrival, all Enlisted personnel were automatically given a physical examination to determine their fitness for overseas duty. This screening process thus insured that when the unit was ready it would not be hindered by the lack of physically qualified men. This process continued during training.
A scheduled training of all Enlisted personnel was started on 31 January 1944 (it continued through May 1944 –ed) and consisted of two sections as follows:

1. two weeks refresher courses in Basic Training for all personnel who had completed 11 weeks or more of Basic Training at one of the Replacement Training Centers.
2. the Mobilization Training Program MTP 8-101 was started for all personnel who had not completed Basic Training (the latter was inaugurated on 14 February 1944 and continued for 13 weeks).

For those men who had completed Basic Training and MTP 8-10, parallel training took place in the Station Hospital, Fort Devens, Ayer, Massachusetts, with regular refresher courses during the training period. A number of EM, on completion of 4 weeks of basic training, were sent to Medical Department Schools to receive Technical Training (more particularly the Army Medical Center, Billings General Hospital, Army School of Roentgenology, X-Ray Technical School, William Beaumont General Hospital, and Bakers & Cooks School –ed). For completion of the training, the entire organization went on bivouac in an area adjacent to Fort Devens, (some 8 miles from the post –ed) for a period of 10 days, at which time the new Hospital was set up under tentage and functioned in the field. Individual shelter halves were used to house both Officers and Enlisted Men. Movement was effected with the following vehicles: 1 sedan – 2 ¼-ton trucks – 13 2½-ton trucks. The formal training was completed on 13 May 1944.

Preparation for Overseas Movement:

After completing its training program, the 112th received the movement orders to send its Advance Detachment to Fort Hamilton, New York, preparatory to sailing overseas and upon arrival at its overseas destination, to proceed to prepare the way for arrival of the main body of the organization at a later date.

The Advance Detachment received its confirming orders on 17 May 1944 and subsequently left Fort Devens on 24 May 1944, arriving at Fort Hamilton, New York, the same day. The party consisted of 2 Officers  and 3 Enlisted Men, under the command of Major Ferdinand E. Funda, MAC, O-274196. The group was processed and made ready to sail to its overseas destination on 29 May 1944. The voyage took place on board RMS “Queen Elizabeth” (the vessel carried advance detachments of 14 other hospital units with destination the United Kingdom –ed).

The unit’s main body received its movement orders on 7 June 1944, and entrained for Camp Myles Standish, Boston, Massachusetts (Staging Area for Boston Port of Embarkation, acreage 1,485, troop capacity 1,298 Officers & 23,100 Enlisted Men –ed), so as to arrive on or before 12 June 1944. Prior to receipt of such orders, the War Department with Circular No. 201, dated 22 May 1944, and Section V thereof, directed the unit to reduce the number of basic Privates by 5 %. Subject change was implemented on 10 June 1944, reducing the overall unit strength to 493 EM. The only personnel lacking were the 83 ANC Officers authorized, who were to be obtained overseas, and 1 Physical Therapy Aide, not yet assigned to the organization.
The hospital’s main body left by rail at 0745, 12 June 1944, and arrived at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts at 1015 hours the same day. It was processed and made ready to depart for its overseas destination on 21 June 1944. It would leave on board RMS “Aquitania”. During the voyage, some of the 112th’s personnel was detailed to operate the ship’s dispensary and assisted in taking care of emergencies and giving typhus immunizations to the troops on board.

United Kingdom:

The 112th General Hospital Advance Detachment arrived at the Port of Glasgow, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, on 5 June 1944, and on the next day proceeded by rail to Llandudno, North Wales, where upon arrival Major F. E. Funda reported to the Commanding Officer of the Hospital Training Area. It established its temporary headquarters in a building set aside by the Area Commander pending arrival of the main body from the ZI. During this interim period, the small group received Theater directives, procured motor vehicles, and arranged for billets, with assistance from the appointed British Liaison Officer and the CO of the Hospital Training Area, for the organization’s main body.

The organization’s main group reached Glasgow, in Scotland, on 30 June 1944, at 1930 hours, and eventually  proceeded to Llandudno, North Wales, at 0900 hours, on 1 July 1944, where it joined the Advance Detachment, already on site.
The Enlisted Men and Officers were billeted in the pre-arranged addresses along the promenade of Llandudno, which contained the Hospital Training Area in the Western District, divided by the local authorities and the British Royal Army Officers into several billeting areas. Billeting Area No. 4 was assigned to the 112th General Hospital. Immediately upon arrival in Wales, the staff and personnel received an orientation lecture in order to get familiarized with the social and economic problems of Great Britain, and the conduct expected of them as members of the Armed Forces of the United States.
After being briefed at the ARC Headquarters in London, the 5 American Red Cross workers reported back to their assigned unit in Llandudno on 4 July 1944.

On 1 July 1944, the 112th obtained its first quota of authorized Nurses, when 80 ANC Officers reported for duty. These Nurses came from the following hospital units:

7th General Hospital > 1
10th Station Hospital > 5
15th General Hospital > 6
16th General Hospital > 7
49th Station Hospital > 1
53d General Hospital > 1
65th General Hospital > 2
74th General Hospital > 2
76th General Hospital > 4
81st General Hospital > 3
82d General Hospital > 2
83d General Hospital > 4
90th General Hospital > 1
93d General Hospital > 2
100th General Hospital > 7
121st Station Hospital > 4
136th Station Hospital > 3
168th Station Hospital > 5
182d General Hospital > 6
184th General Hospital > 4
232d Station Hospital > 4
279th Station Hospital > 2
280th Station Hospital > 2
303d Station Hospital > 2

The above organizations were all located in the United Kingdom. Three (3) more Nurses were assigned. They came from the:

50th General Hospital > 2
96th General Hospital > 1

Captain Charlotte E. Smith, ANC, N-724002, was appointed Chief Nurse of the 112th Gen Hosp on 8 July 1944, as confirmed per Paragraph 6, Special Orders No. 101, dated 13 July 1944.

First Station
The unit did not remain long in the Llandudno Hospital Training Area, and on 3 July 1944, received orders to leave the area and proceed to US Army Hospital Plant # 4197 operated by the 1120-bed 50th General Hospital (affiliated to Seattle College, Seattle, Washington, and activated 4 September 1942 –ed) in Cowglen, Glasgow, and relieve that unit. The first part of the advance detail left Llandudno, North Wales, on 3 July 1944 by motor convoy, and consisted of only 3 Officers and 13 EM. The next day, 4 July 1944, 60 Medical Officers and Nurses and 240 Enlisted Men entrained for Cowglen, per Movement Order No. 1646, Headquarters, Western Base Section, ComZ, ETOUSA, dated 2 July 1944. They were to prepare the way for the balance of the Hospital which was to arrive on 8 July 1944, and did get there at 1930 hours.
At 0001, 8 July 1944, Colonel Frank D. Edington assumed command of US Army Hospital Plant # 4197 area, Glasgow, 5 ½ miles SW, Pt 0987, Cowglen, Scotland, as per General Orders No. 5, Headquarters, 112th General Hospital, APO 506, US Army, dated 8 July 1944. This would become the organization’s first experience in the operation of a hospital plant completely on its own! The installation was a former EMS facility constructed in Glasgow and taken over by the US Armed Forces.

The number of patients in the Hospital when the 112th began operating was 234. Patients for which treatment had been completed during the operation of the organization in Cowglen numbered 952. The period of operation lasted from 8 July 1944 to 17 August 1944. Total bed capacity was 1100. The establishment was of red brick construction built by the British and had paved roads. Seven (7) wards with a 448-bed capacity were devoted to the Medical Service and one hut was set aside for NP patients. Ten (10) wards with a 652-bed capacity were reserved for the Surgical Service. Central heating was available. Officers’ quarters were set up in one wing of the hospital building, while Nurses and Enlisted Men lived in Nissen huts, also of brick construction and heated by British stoves. Coke was used for fuel. Following takeover barbed wire fences were installed around the boundary of the camp by Italian co-belligerent details, grass cut, a new NP ward built, and an installation improved to contain German PWs, and other minor repairs made to better the general appearance of the plant.
Most patients received were of the non-battle casualty type, and part of the Hospital was set aside for patients to be returned to the ZI, so that mainly this area was a Holding Hospital. The 112th Gen Hosp was situated approximately 32 miles from Prestwick Airport (where an Air Holding facility had been opened –ed), from which patients sent to the Zone of Interior boarded the planes. Patients came in on a regular basis by Hospital Trains. In addition to this, it was not unusual for the organization to receive a call from the Port Commander, XXVI District, to send a detail of men to load patients aboard Hospital Ships in the harbor of Gourock (at times as many as 100 EM were sent on such missions –ed). Inspections by higher headquarters were frequent during the period.

Change of Station
On 10 August 1944 a confidential telegram was received by the CO directing a change of station for the 112th General Hospital. The organization was to move from its station in Cowglen to US Army Hospital Plant # 4103 located at the Stover Golf Course, near Teigngrace, Devon, and take over the plant’s operation from the 1554-bed 316th Station Hospital which in turn was to move to Cowglen, Scotland.
The unit’s first detachment left Cowglen by rail for its new station on 11 August 1944, and arrived there on 12 August 1944. The advance group consisted of 21 Officers – 28 Nurses – 1 Hospital Dietitian – 1 Physical Therapy Aide – 1 American Red Cross Worker – and 165 Enlisted Men.
The next detachment left on 14 August 1944 and arrived at its new station on 15 August 1944. It included 19 Officers – 28 Nurses – 1 American Red Cross Worker – and 154 Enlisted Men.
The final detachment left by rail on 17 August 1944, and reached its destination on 18 August 1944. It consisted of the following personnel: 12 Officers – 25 Nurses – 1 Warrant Officer – 2 Hospital Dietitians, 1 Physical Therapy Aide – 3 American Red Cross Workers – and 168 Enlisted Men.

Total bed capacity of the plant was 1554. The installation was spread over a brick construction comprising 21 different wards supplemented by another 20 ward tents for the Surgical Service, while 6 wards of brick construction and 4 ward tents were devoted to the Medical Service.
The grounds on which the Hospital was built covered a very large area. Officers and Enlisted Men lived in buildings of wood construction, while Nurses, ARC Workers, Dietitians, and Physical Therapy Aides, lived in buildings of red brick construction. Roads were concrete paved. The motor pool was set up in a brick building, as well as the medical supply section; the quartermaster section was established under tentage and in wood buildings; both mess halls were also of brick construction. As there was no central heating all heat came from British coal stoves and coal piles (coke and bituminous coal) were placed at convenient spots for supply of fuel.

For the first time, the patients were largely of the battle casualty type and this was the first large scale experience of this kind that the personnel had had to date. When the 112th took over Hospital Plant # 4103 the number of patients totaled 568. The first Hospital Train arrived on 26 August 1944 with 307 patients. The personnel unloaded the patients from the trains at the railroad siding at Chudleigh and the 124th General Hospital, located approximately six miles from the plant, loaned their drivers and vehicles to help bring the patients to the 112th General. The two Hospitals often pooled their motor vehicle resources in such situations. The highest patient census reached by the 112th General Hospital was 1080 cases on 7 September 1944.

Stations in the United Kingdom – 112th General Hospital
Cowglen, Scotland – 8 July 1944 > 17 August 1944
Teigngrace, Devon, England – 19 August 1944 > 18 May 1945

On 23 October 1944, a Hospital Train with 292 patients arrived for admission. Ambulances were loaned from the nearby 124th General Hospital to supplement the unit’s organic vehicles. After triage it was found that approximately one-third of the patients were diagnosed as psychoneurosis cases. Admission of such a large group of patients increased the census to 1309, slightly under the peak reached in September. October started with 693 patients and ended with a total of 946. It had been reported to the CO by the Replacement Depots (primarily the 10th Replacement Depot –ed) that some patients discharged from the 112th to duty had not been arriving there promptly, nor were the records of the men transferred there being delivered to the Depots. Some had even been reported as AWOL.The Commanding Officer therefore placed some NCOs, selected from the command’s own personnel, in charge of patients to be transferred. This policy successfully insured the prompt delivery of discharged personnel and records to the appropriate Replacement Depots!
During the month of October, the rehabilitation wards of the organization were expanded from 150 beds to 250 beds. They constituted a separate section of the Hospital comprising two brick buildings located in the northwestern corner of the area with ample space around them for athletic and recreational activities. A MAC Officer was appointed to assist the Rehabilitation Officer (MC Officer) in the processing of the patients. Furthermore gymnasium facilities were enlarged, an obstacle course built, the athletic field improved, so that the entire section of the hospital plant could be devoted to the rehabilitation of patients. In order to assist the regular personnel complement with rehabilitation, some of the Non-commissioned Officer patients were placed in charge of a group of patients. Activities were arranged in advance and posted on bulletin boards around the area. Not only was proper attention given to the ‘rehab’ patients, but action was also taken to improve the men’s morale by permitting them to leave the post on pass, to view movies, and to participate in dances and other parties.

The Commanding Officer was authorized to issue “Purple Heart” medals to those patients entitled to wear them. It was therefore the policy of the Hospital to issue these as soon as practicable when it was determined that the patient should be awarded the medal. One day each week was reserved for this ceremony and the CO would visit each ward where the patients were housed to personally present the “Purple Heart” to the recipient at an appropriate ceremony. In addition to operating of the hospital plant, the unit had to furnish Military Police for patrolling the streets of nearby towns and cities. This required the establishment from among the personnel of a MP unit. Accompanied by a single Officer, such details actively patrolled the streets on a daily basis.
As the location of the plant was in open country, nearby facilities for passes and recreation were practically nil. To this end one building was set aside as a theater (seating capacity 250 –ed), with almost daily film presentation for staff and personnel, including patients, at 1830 and 2030 hours. The motor pool provided free transportation to some of the nearby cities, such as Newton Abbot and Torquay. In order to improve morale, the Special Service Officer organized a baseball league. A party was given every fortnight for the EM and the unit therefore invited British military female personnel; music was played by the Enlisted Men’s band. Officers and Nurses established their own service club (where beer and spirits were on sale) and ran weekly dances. The Commanding Officer also permitted the NCOs to set up their club too, where beer was on sale. Trips to places of interest were arranged for all with a lot of attendance.

Organizational strength – 112th General Hospital
30 September 1944 > 57 Officers – 82 Nurses – 1 Warrant Officer – 3 Hospital Dietitians
– 2 Physical Therapy Aides – 5 American Red Cross Workers  – 494 Enlisted Men
31 October 1944 > 55 Officers – 81 Nurses – 1 Warrant Officer – 3 Hospital Dietitians
– 2 Physical Therapy Aides – 5 American Red Cross Workers – 497 Enlisted Men
30 November 1944 > 56 Officers – 81 Nurses – 1 Warrant Officer – 3 Hospital Dietitians
– 2 Physical Therapy Aides – 5 American Red Cross Workers – 496 Enlisted Men
31 December 1944 > 50 Officers – 78 Nurses – 1 Warrant Officer – 3 Hospital Dietitians
– 2 Physical Therapy Aides – 5 American Red Cross Workers – 498 Enlisted Men

It must not be forgotten that in parallel with daily operation the training program of the unit was continued. Officers, Nurses and Enlisted personnel had to participate in these activities. A number of Medical and Army Nurse Corps Officers attended various US Army Schools in the United Kingdom. Among them were: Bomb Reconnaissance School (Overcourt Manor, Bristol), Medical Field Service School (Treatment of Gas Casualties, American School Center, APO 645), Bakers & Cooks School (American School Center, APO 645), Military Neuro-Psychiatry School (312th Sta Hosp, APO 152), Medical Depot M-400 (Maintenance of Hospital Equipment & Supplies, APO 638), Central Dental Laboratory No. 2 (Manufacturing Technique of Artificial Eyes, APO 871), Orientation School for Unit Correspondents, PR Section (APO 871), as well as Inter-Allied Medical Conference (London), Section on Anesthetics (Royal Society of Medicine, London), War Savings Promotion Conference (Southern District, APO 519), Conference on Convalescent Training Program (160th Sta Hosp, Somerset).

Inspections of Hospital Plant # 4103 continued with frequent visits from Headquarters, Southern District, resulting in correction of some administrative deficiencies. It must be said that the 112th Gen Hosp Commander himself subjected the unit to weekly inspections for a check on hospital maintenance and efficiency. The CO, accompanied by three members of his staff made a weekly tour of the entire installation (four more general inspections were conducted in  October of 1944 –ed). The Commanding General, Headquarters, United Kingdom Base, ComZ, ETOUSA, APO 871, US Army, invoked the provisions of a directive dated 17 October 1944, imposing a restriction on all passes and leaves for the period from 0600, 24 October 1944 until 2400, 25 October 1944, the purpose of which was to conduct a survey to check on all unauthorized absentees. The Hospital’s MP detachment assisted and patrolled the streets effectively and apprehended several absentees.

For recreation, a daily ‘Liberty’ bus furnished by the organization was ready to bring the personnel to nearby cities, and patients on an authorized pass were equally permitted to use this facility. Movies were shown daily in the post theater, and a traveling USO group visited the post on 31 October 1944. On 15 October, a ‘special’ birthday party was organized for all those personnel whose birthday took place in October. Music was supplied by the Hospital Band and a large gathering of Officers were honor guests. The men were given a surprise desert – ice cream – the first since the organization’s arrival in the United Kingdom. On 25 October 1944 another party was arranged for the Enlisted Men with invitations forwarded to RAF female personnel. The NCOs continued to operate their club and held a Halloween party on 31 October.
The Chaplains provided religious services for everyone and visited the patients on the wards. The post chapel was used for the services. As a special favor, Captain Samson A. Shain, ChC , O-478112, visited the 112th early November and performed a special Jewish service for all units in the Southern District. The British Legion set aside 11 November 1944 (WWI Armistice Day –ed) as the day to sell the red poppies in order to collect funds to aid War Veterans and were authorized to solicit funds on the post, while visiting the hospital plant.

On election day, 7 November 1944, everyone stationed on the post was given the opportunity to vote in the Presidential Election, including many of the patients who exercised their right to vote on that day. Booths were set up in a special room for the convenience of the voters who could cast their ballots in a private manner, and a Voting Officer was appointed to give whatever assistance required.

In November 1944, the 112th General Hospital was assigned to the I Hospital Group (Provisional), of which Colonel Adrian G. Gould, MC, was Commanding Officer. Following new procedures and administration and submission of reports, the I Hospital Group announced the names of regional consultants in several professional branches of the medical service available for consultation or advice. In addition to the new procedures, the established policy of transferring patients to be sent to the ZI to the 1058-bed 67th General Hospital, APO 511, (affiliated to Maine General Hospital, Portland, Maine, and activated 1 September 1942 –ed) was to be discontinued. Instead, each unit itself would retain such patients until notice of evacuation was received by it from the I Hospital Group (Provisional), at which time the patients would be sent to a pre-designated railhead for movement to the means used for transporting them to the Zone of Interior. The Group only acted in the capacity of a coordinating agency for the hospital(s) under its supervision for all such transfers of patients to the ZI. The first patients to leave from the 112th General, departed on 21 November 1944, and totaled 30.

The 112th General Hospital together with the 1084-bed 185th General Hospital were designated by the I Hospital Group (Provisional), as the two Hospitals in the Group to make the diagnosis of pregnancy upon military female personnel and were also directed to complete evacuation board processing and to return the pregnancy cases directly to the Zone of Interior without passing through other General Hospitals.

More Hospital Trains were received during November increasing overall census, which reached 963 (1 November), 1163 (6 November), 1265 (21 November), and 1315 (30 November). The patients admitted for treatment were largely battle casualties who were in need of basic comfort articles, which were furnished from the PX  free of charge, until such time as the patient was put in funds. A medical conference of the I Hospital Group (Provisional) took place on Wednesday 29 November 1944 at the 112th General Hospital. The staff of the 124th General Hospital and the 834-bed 115th Station Hospital, were present as well as the CO of the Group. Guests totaled 45, and several Medical Officers of the 112th addressed the conference.
During the last two months of the year, a number of improvements to the grounds and buildings took place. The work was done entirely by British civilian labor.

An important change in the Table of Organization & Equipment was put into effect during the month of December 1944. T/O & E 8-550, dated 1 April 1942, amended by Changes 1 through 4, was once more modified 3 July 1944. With regard to the latter, Reorganization Order No. 68, Headquarters, ETOUSA, APO 997, dated 30 November 1944, was received which listed the personnel to comprise the unit as per the latest T/O 8-550 Change of 3 July 1944. This signified a reduction of 45 personnel which now being rendered surplus, was to be reported to the CG, Ground Forces Replacement System, through Base Section Headquarters, for subsequent transfer to an appropriate Replacement Depot in the United Kingdom. Any surplus material was to be turned in to the nearest Supply Depot. This was a very important and significant event for the 112th as it forecast a complete re-arrangement in its operating functions since there was now less personnel available. With Administrative Memorandum No. 4 dated 2 December 1944, the I Hospital Group (Provisional) instructed its component units to be prepared for a reduction from 10% to 15% in the number of ANC personnel assigned to the organization. On 22 December 1944, the 112th Gen Hosp was relieved from its assignment to the I Hospital Group (Provisional) and now came under control of the 801st Medical Service Detachment (designated 801st Hospital Center).

Hospital Trains continued to come in during December 1944 increasing the census, which reached 1467 (9 December), 1503 (14 December), and 1447 (21 December), and mainly consisted of battle casualties not only suffering from wounds, but also included quite a number of trench foot cases. Because of this situation, the bed capacity had to be increased and with the addition of 96 beds the hospital plant could now accommodate 1650 patients!
The 1153d Engineer Combat Group (arrived in England 12 November 1944 –ed) was called in for winterization of the hospital ward tents, which included construction of 4-foot high side walls of celotex for the entire length of the tent, and installation of wooden doors at each entrance, covered with tar paper. A PA system was installed throughout the wards with loudspeakers, allowing for daily broadcasts by the Special Service Officer so that during day the patients could receive musical and other entertainment.

The year closed with more inspections by Rehabilitation Officers, PX Officers, Dental Inspectors, and Special Service Officers. Some deficiencies and operational methods were corrected, and following a last inspection by Major Clifford Halvorsen, MC, Neurology & Psychiatry Consultant, the Hospital received a rating of “excellent”.
With Christmas on its way, the ARC attached to the 112th General furnished the items necessary for the decoration and assisted the patients in this. After decorating the post chapel, the Chaplains provided Christmas Eve services for all faiths, and used a choir which they had helped organize. On Christmas Day, the Special Service Officer gave a party for the Enlisted Men at which many WAAFs stationed in Torquay were invited. A wedding took place on 9 December 1944 when 2d Lieutenant Theresa Pajank, ANC, N-757361 (General Duty Nurse –ed) married 2d Lieutenant Richard N. Bukalew (patient). The CO gave the bride away.

On 28 December 1944, five (5) Nurses from the 226th General Hospital reported to the unit for the purpose of receiving training in ETOUSA hospital procedures, remaining for a period of seven days. There would be others in the weeks to come.

Final Stage in the United Kingdom
Patient census at the 112th General Hospital reached an all-time high when on 1 January 1945 a total of 1575 patients were being treated. From then on a gradual but steady decline took place and by 31 March 1945, there were only 593 patients in the Hospital requiring treatment or awaiting transfer to the ZI.
Reflecting the enlarged activities of the US Army’s Medical Department on the continent, the Theater policy for sending casualties for treatment in the United Kingdom changed drastically, and the units located in the UK received only those patients who required more than 60 days of hospitalization or those requiring evacuation from the United Kingdom to the United States. This also applied to wounded PWs. This decline appeared to forecast the end of the usefulness of the hospitals stationed there. The daily averages decreased in numbers, with the organization only servicing 1428 patients in January; 1316 in February; 816 in March; and 593 in April 1945.
Another reason affecting the numbers of patients received was caused by the large number of static troops currently stationed in the United Kingdom which were now transferred to the continent. At the end of March 1945, outpatient service was maintained principally for those few US Army units and US Navy personnel, located in the general area of the 112th (as a result several wards were simply closed –ed).

A large number of German PWs were being sent to the UK from the continent. The unit, as well as other hospitals, received notification that German Labor Companies were to be assigned to them, and were therefore directed to send EM of limited assignment, to Camp Mere Station to receive training for 2 weeks in the art of handling Prisoners of War and also to receive instruction in the use of firearms, to be used when guarding such prisoners. Twenty-seven (27) men were sent out in two groups; the first leaving on 2 March, and the second group leaving on 8 March 1945. After training, 17 men which had left on 2 March were instructed to proceed to Southampton and to construct a PW stockade and erect tents. This port was to become the receiving station for the PWs transferred from the continent. Two (2) of the German-speaking NCOs who had already received the above-mentioned training were subsequently sent to Prisoner of War Detachment # 2016, at Burton-on-Hill, for further training. Only 10 men were returned on 26 March 1945. Meanwhile it had been decided that none of the German PWs assigned to the 112th would be housed on the post; instead the prisoners would go to the 124th General Hospital which had constructed a PW enclosure. The prisoners necessary for labor detail would be drawn from there every morning at 0745 hours, and carry their lunch with them, and after the day’s work would be returned to the 124th General.

Reorganization of the 112th General Hospital, in accordance with the amended T/O & E 8-550, dated 3 July 1944, was finally only put into effect on 3 February 1945. This implied that reports of excess personnel had to be sent to the Commanding General, Ground Forces Reinforcement Command (Rear), APO 413. It resulted from a shortage in the number of general assignment men at the Reinforcement Depots. Consequently, the Theater Commander organized a manpower survey, and requested that bi-monthly reports be submitted of the number of general assignment and limited assignment men in these positions. This would allow US Army authorities to select personnel from these groups for conversion training as riflemen. Further clarification of the personnel eligible for re-training was described in Letter, Headquarters, ETOUSA, dated 14 February 1945, Subject: “Manpower” and Letter, Headquarters, ETOUSA, dated 9 March 1944, Subject: “Key Specialists”. Meanwhile, Headquarters, United Kingdom Base, ComZ, ETOUSA, APO 413, US Army, had sent forward its Letter, dated 12 March 1945, Subject: “Retraining as Infantry Riflemen”, which directed that 214 general assignment physically qualified EM would be selected from the Hospital Center and would be transferred to the 12th Reinforcement Depot (27 EM from the 112th were eventually transferred on 26 March 1945 –ed).

Periodic inspections continued in 1945, including the CG of the 801st Hospital Center, assisted and/or accompanied by the necessary Medical Consultants, Head Nurse, and various Chiefs of Service, pertaining to the Center. On 8 January 1945, the 77th Field Hospital sent a group of 3 Medical Officers and 30 Enlisted Men to the 112th for quarters and rations, and for training in the treatment of battle casualties.They remained with the unit until 20 March 1945. The first quarter of 1945 was one of unusual cold weather and as the reserve of solid fuel built up in 1944 dwindled rapidly, it was necessary to conserve fuel and restrictions were therefore implemented. No heaters were permitted to be fired during sleeping hours or during periods when quarters were unoccupied, with the exception of the wards. Lumber was supplemented as a means for heating, but in general, there was no shortage of solid fuel for the stoves.
A large steel hut was constructed with help from a US Navy Construction Battalion located at Heathfield Camp, near the post. It was used for storing all QMC supplies, utilities, and the commissary administration so that the vacated buildings could be re-arranged for use as a day room. Early spring landscaping was vigorously undertaken, grass seed was sown, and flowers and trees obtained and planted. New directional signs were put up, a general renovation of the wards was introduced, and the plant received a general overhaul.

Because of lesser workload, more recreation was possible, and liberty runs continued, these were as reported supplemented by the procurement of a bus operated by a British civilian (offering more comfort than the 2½-ton trucks –ed). Free travel privileges were obtained from the British Railways. A Coca-Cola bar was built and became very popular. A post paper was published for the first time once a week. It was named “112th GH Pulse” and contained general items of interest, a sports column, reports on activities, and gossip. Editors consisted of 1 Officer and 5 Enlisted Men. Daily programs of training continued during the period of lessened patients in the Hospital, and several schools and conferences were attended by Officers and Enlisted Men.

Another wedding took place in this command on 25 February 1945, with 2d Lieutenant Margaret R. Mull, ANC, N-760649 (General Duty Nurse) and Warrant Officer, Junior Grade Albert J. Korzie, W-2127488 (Personnel Officer), who were married in the city of Newton Abbott.

After V-E Day 1945, the 112th General Hospital was still operating US Army Hospital Plant # 4103 in the United Kingdom. There were very few admissions of patients and those received were rapidly disposed of.
On 16 May 1945 the unit was relieved from its attachment to the 801st Hospital Center and transferred to jurisdiction of the 802d Hospital Center, APO 519-A located in Blandford, England (approximately 92 miles distant –ed). On 18 May 1945, the CO received verbal instructions that Hospital Plant # 4103 was to be closed, as of 2400 hours, effective that same date, for the admission of patients and that those cases remaining were to be transferred to other  medical units. This was to take place not later than 2400 hours, 22 May 1945 (only 706 patients were in the hospital –ed). There were 56 patients in traction and those were placed in casts and evacuated to Heathfield, Devon, by motor vehicle, 3 miles distant, for transfer to US Army Hospital Plant # 4124 at Odstock, in Wiltshire. All American and British stores were returned to the respective depots, followed by the unit’s organic vehicles. The German PWs attached to the organization as labor details were assigned elsewhere with their last day of duty being Saturday, 26 May 1945.

Officers Roster – 112th General Hospital (dtd 30 September 1944)
Name	ASN	Rank	Orgn	Duty
Administration
Edington, Frank D.	O-283464	Colonel	MC	Commanding Officer
Funda, Ferdinand E.	O-274196	Major	MAC	Executive Officer
Rosenbluth, Sidney B.	O-436405	Major	MC	Medical Inspector
Anderson, Robert M.	O-452158	Captain	MAC	Mess Officer
Braunhardt, James W.	O-1542918	Captain	MAC	CO, Detachment of Patients
Dworkin, William D.	O-1534957	Captain	MAC	Registrar
Hesse, Gerard H.	O-527513	Captain	ChC	Catholic Chaplain
Hoffmeyer, William T.	O-361369	Captain	ChC	Protestant Chaplain
Lassin, Solomon	O-1533614	Captain	MAC	Adjutant
Gousse, William L., Jr.	O-1534741	1st Lt	MAC	Detachment Commander
Merwin, Wiliam S.	O-539409	1st Lt	ChC	Chaplain
Gaynor, Gerald M.	O-1534492	2d Lt	MAC	Medical Supply Officer
Pfau, Frederick A.	O-2049915	2d Lt	MAC	Asst Detachment Commander
Uffelman, Henry W.	O-1547833	2d Lt	MAC	Unassigned Officer
Korzie, Albert J.	W-2127488	WO JG	AUS	Personnel Officer
Surgical Service
Johnson, William W.	O-290614	Major	MC	Chief Surgical Service (first)
Davis, John W.	O-244044	Major	MC	Urologist
Koufman, William B.	O-333877	Major	MC	Chief Surgical Service (second)
McBean, James B.	O-374110	Major	MC	Othorhinolaryngologist
McKinstry, George C.	O-129283	Major	MC	Chief General Surgery Section
Williams, Walter F.	O-333880	Major	MC	Ophthalmologist
Aronoff, Bernard C.	O-465038	Captain	MC	General Surgery
Bengloff, Harold	O-369744	Captain	MC	General Surgery
Goodman, Julius H.	O-499945	Captain	MC	General Surgery
Sweet, Ralph L.	O-522254	Captain	MC	General Surgery
Waldron, Robert E.	O-474248	Captain	MC	General Surgery
Young, Henry M.	O-233403	Captain	MC	Officer Septic Surgery
Clark, Robert A.	O-542357	1st Lt	MC	Anesthetist
Hunter, John A., Jr.	O-517100	1st Lt	MC	General Surgery
Koefoot, Theodore H.	O-1764825	1st Lt	MC	General Surgery
Norton, Edward A.	O-511149	1st Lt	MC	General Surgery
Stahl, Nicholas M.	O-541966	1st Lt	MC	General Surgery
Medical Service
Sobel, Irwin P.	O-490009	Major	MC	Chief Medical Service
Fox, William	O-471059	Major	MC	Chief Communicable Disease Section
Carty, William W.	O-519517	Captain	MC	Receiving & Evacuation Officer
Crain, Irving J.	O-535199	Captain	MC	Chief Gastroenterology Section
Falk, Alfred B.	O-472210	Captain	MC	Dermatologist
Keefe, John A.	O-542470	Captain	MC	Officer General Duty
Litwins, Joseph	O-317619	Captain	MC	Officer General Duty
Pollack, Louis	O-487725	Captain	MC	Officer General Duty
Solomon, Frank A., Jr.	O-461456	Captain	MC	Chief Cardio-Vascular Section
Taylor, Bernard	O-497064	Captain	MC	Officer Internal Medicine
Campbell, Howard R.	O-542100	1st Lt	MC	Officer Neuro-Psychiatric Section
Cutler, Isadore L.	O-352078	1st Lt	MC	Officer General Medicine
Daley, John M.	O-363961	1st Lt	MC	Officer General Medicine
Dorton, David H., Jr.	O-445295	1st Lt	MC	Officer General Medicine
McCarthy, Joseph J.	O-438355	1st Lt	MC	Officer General Medicine
Whipple, Richard K.	O-470412	1st Lt	MC	Officer General Medicine
Dental Service
Frost, Robinson C.	O-201968	Major	DC	Chief Dental Service
LoCastro, Anthony T.	O-1691441	Captain	DC	Dental Surgeon
Mason, Rodney J.	O-521314	Captain	DC	Dental Surgeon
McVey, George W.	O-498181	Captain	DC	Dental Surgeon
Mesigh, Lee R.	O-329185	Captain	DC	Dental Surgeon
Steponsitis, John A.	O-501709	Captain	DC	Dental Surgeon
Laboratory Service
Turner, Fennell P.	O-367382	Captain	MC	Chief Laboratory Service
Silverman, Sidney J.	O-444263	Captain	SnC	Bacteriologist
Sandroff, David	O-5187891	2d Lt	SnC	Biochemist
X-Ray Service
Dillon, Raymond A.	O-438410	Captain	MC	Chief X-Ray Service
Lomhoff, Irving I.	O-467135	Captain	MC	Radiologist
Quartermaster Corps
Hyde, Raymond W.	O-482189	Major	QMC	Unit Supply Officer
Cole, John C.	O-5187910	2d Lt	QMC	Asst Unit Supply Officer
Hospital Dietitians
Corbett, Nina L.	R-1090	2d Lt	MDD	Head Hospital Dietitian
Boyett, Erma L.	R-1169	2d Lt	MDD	Hospital Dietitian
McKinnin, Margaret J.	R-1154	2d Lt	MDD	Hospital Dietitian
Physio-Therapy Aides
Akers, Anne M.	M-935	2d Lt	PTA	Head Physio-Therapist
Redwine, Bette	M-976	2d Lt	PTA	Physio-Therapist
Nursing Service
Smith, Charlotte E.	N-724002	Captain	ANC	Principal Chief Nurse
Lerty, Madeline V.	N-737091	1st Lt	ANC	Asst Chief Nurse
Brown, Dorothy J.	N-734347	1st Lt	ANC	Nurse Administrative
Burchfield, Evelyn G.	N-722259	1st Lt	ANC	Nurse Administrative
Harris, Catherine	N-735196	1st Lt	ANC	Nurse Administrative
Monczynska, Marie A.	N-722309	1st Lt	ANC	Nurse Administrative
Moser, Louise G.	N-744232	1st Lt	ANC	Nurse Administrative
Mullen, Theresa C.	N-756335	1st Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Ashbaugh, Glenna E.	N-734807	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Bullard, Vera D.	N-737278	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Carter, Bertha S.	N-760453	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Chaney, Blanche E.	N-783661	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Christie, Evelyn M.	N-721964	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Cohen, Jean	N-757171	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Copeland, Betty L.	N-729657	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Cummins, Annabelle E.	N-757592	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
DeFrane, Georgia	N-761337	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
DeTrano, Anne P.	N-723210	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Dicendia, Mary	N-756581	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Dickson, Maureen E.	N-771333	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Donovan, Anne E.	N-756087	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Durand, Loretta C.	N-721672	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Duval, Bertha E.	N-751977	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse Administrative
Egan, Elizabeth K.	N-771177	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Ettelt, Geneviève C.	N-771178	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Flynn, Helen M.	N-751568	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Gibbs, Junitta	N-761620	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Gioielli, Dorothy M.	N-757287	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Gonzalez, Louise G.	N-763715	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse Operating Room
Grueter, Teresa	N-745342	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Harrigan, Beryl J.	N-783131	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Harris, Helen A.	N-760737	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Hone, Julliette S.	N-773693	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Horoschak, Helen	N-757426	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Irons, Maxine E.	N-783175	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Johnson, Carolyn L.	N-760891	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse Neuro-Psychiatric Section
Johnston, Charlotte J.	N-751815	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Kilson, Leone M.	N-730389	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Kinsman, Annie E.	N-783563	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse Communicable Disease
Koch, Dorothy H.	N-730870	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Kotomski, Julia A.	N-751096	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Kristensen, Else M.	N-784424	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse Neuro-Psychiatric Section

Kusmierz, Josephine	N-752346	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
LeBlanc, Elmira R.	N-752251	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Little, Rhoda M.	N-731441	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Livingstone, Ruth S.	N-751865	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Lonstein, Gladys	N-756085	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse Operating Room
Luhde, Gerda D.	N-743945	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse Administrative
Matthews, Constance E.	N-752014	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Mazzacco, Florence M.	N-756387	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
McCallum, Lily C.	N-752049	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Menold, Mary V.	N-771066	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Miller, Marilyn J.	N-725081	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Mitchell, Dorothy	N-751899	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse Anesthetist
Mull, Margaret R.	N-760649	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Murphy, Louise M.	N-757302	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Murray, Lorena J.	N-735825	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Norby, Barbara M.	N-784304	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Norman, Ruth V.	N-723308	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
O’Brien, Rosemary C.	N-771188	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse Operating Room
Pajank, Theresa	N-757361	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Pearson, Ruth K.	N-736983	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Perich, Helen M.	N-756443	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Pocsi, Stella C.	N-757650	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Raditz, Flora	N-722831	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Renner, Pearl M.	N-767203	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Riley, Mary L.	N-757296	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse Operating Room
Roettger, Anne S.	N-760996	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Scheiber, Dorothy S.	N-757227	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Schmidt, Lorraine P.	N-775089	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Seidel, Isabelle D.	N-729143	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Shannon, Gertrude E.	N-761118	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Shifflett, Evelyn M.	N-725088	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse Operating Room
Steigerwalt, Reba L.	N-752074	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Stevens, Edna H.	N-752076	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Toreson, Ethel A. H.	N-775586	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Vance, Edith H.	N-783787	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Vergeer, Shirley	N-789739	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Walker, Muriel F.	N-721746	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse Operating Room
Watts, Alice J.	N-757438	2d L	ANC	Nurse Communicable Disease Section
Wilfong, Hazel C.	N-727283	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse Communicable Disease Section
Wilson, Carrie E.	N-744086	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Wise, Susan K.	N-761138	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty
Wojciekowski, Helen	N-731757	2d Lt	ANC	Nurse General Duty

Enlisted Men Roster – 112th General Hospital (dtd 20 October 1944)
Name	ASN	Rank
Abram, Thomas	31144938	Private
Adams, Oak	35664893	Private
Aliperti, Louis F.	32728691	Private
Allen, Bryce E.	31224660	Private
Allen, Edward E.	36852388	Technician 5th Grade
Aloe, Frank R.	33309900	Private First Class
Anania, Francesco S.	31060980	Technician 5th Grade
Anderson, Carl J.	16120160	Technician 4th Grade
Anderson, Paul L.	33113108	Private First Class
Andrews, Soto J.	36744042	Technician 4th Grade
Apostolides, James J.	31310722	Technician 5th Grade
Arena, Enrico	32618689	Technician 4th Grade
Aron, Abraham I.	31245897	Technician 5th Grade
Aronson, Lester H.	31229948	Private
Arzoomanian, Sarkis A.	31132932	Private
Aubrey, Frank Y.	31248812	Technician 5th Grade
Aumueller, Alfred E.	36812982	Private
Avallone, Joseph A.	32611343	Technician 5th Grade
Ayoub, George A.	31060916	Technician 5th Grade
Bachant, Elmer F.	42006809	Private
Bachtel, Howard E.	35112237	Technical Sergeant
Bailey, John H.	35137651	Private First Class
Balash, Nicholas C.	32579721	Private First Class
Baldarelli, Wllace E.	31187728	Private First Class
Baritz, George	31365311	Private
Baross, Joseph J.	32352705	Private
Barrett, Vern R.	36168758	Technician 4th Grade
Bartolomei, Francisco	32618290	Private First Class
Bates, Henry A.	32293630	Corporal
Bates, Irving F.	31160927	Technician 5th Grade
Bauman, John W.	37419735	Technician 4th Grade
Beard, Carnell G.	31269721	Technician 5th Grade
Beattie, Robert D.	31052885	Corporal
Beauregard, Alphonse J.	31061260	Technician 5th Grade
Beauvais, Paul ,A.	6145583	Private First Class
Beckett, James F.	31203307	Private
Beninati, Angelo	32529924	Technician 5th Grade
Bercovitz, Albert A.	31164789	Technician 4th Grade
Bergen, Isaac K.	37251654	Private
Bergeron, Rosario A., Jr.	31346412	Private First Class
Bergstrom, Wendell L.	36428632	Technician 5th Grade
Bettner, William C.	36685324	Private
Bialo, Steve J.	36852201	Technician 5th Grade
Bishop, Stanley E.	31421611	Sergeant
Black, Dale I.	39574284	Technician 4th Grade
Black, James P.	31304075	Private
Plotzer, George E.	33669983	Technician 4th Grade
Blumenthal, Erwin	31219156	Private First Class
Blundell, Frederick J., Jr.	31335512	Sergeant
Boadway, Harold E.	31290158	Technician 5th Grade
Bodor, George	32617456	Technical Sergeant
Boissonneau, George E.	31381745	Private
Boisvert, Laurie A.	31153264	Technician 5th Grade
Bonnello, Ralph H.	31347322	Technician 4th Grade
Bores, William B.	31273209	Private First Class
Bourgault, Leonel	31187299	Private First Class
Bousquet, Joseph C.	31186862	Technician 5th Grade
Boyd, Berman R.	13156201	Technician 4th Grade
Boyer, David J., Jr.	13185436	Technician 5th Grade
Brennan, John J.	32543425	Technician 4th Grade
Breton, Armand O.	31152086	Private First Class
Briccola, Raymond C.	32575440	Technical Sergeant
Bridges, James G.	35149180	Technician 5th Grade
Brown, George	32635628	Private First Class
Brucato, George A.	31301874	Private
Brucato, John F.	31379457	Private
Buckley, Robert J.	51372377	Private
Buff, Bernard	12099297	Technician 5th Grade
Bumiller, Theodore, Jr.	32928025	Technician 5th Grade
Bumpus, Hershel	35105503	Private First Class
Burchell, William J., Jr.	32646434	Private
Burke, John T., Jr.	31221317	Technician 5th Grade
Burton, Merritt W.	16011916	Staff Sergeant
Butterfield, Galen W.	31221159	Technician 5th Grade
Buxton, Almon W.	31222177	Technician 5th Grade
Callahan, Arthur C.	31357044	Private
Callahan, Paul F.	31206282	Technician 4th Grade
Callanan, Joseph A.	31393255	Private
Calma, Calogero	32617814	Technician 4th Grade
Cappa, Joseph	32918043	Private
Caputo, Joseph J.	32907818	Private First Class
Carmichael, Robert R., Jr.	31347895	Private
Caron, Henry	31177379	Private
Carroll, George E.	31379432	Private
Casaceli, Philip J.	31160758	Technician 5th Grade
Cassullo, Peter J.	32557336	Technician 5th Grade
Celestino, Alfred L.	32635419	Private First Class
Chandler, RussellH., Jr.	31098277	Staff Sergeant

Chevrette, Armand M.	31159654	Technician 5th Grade
Cibotti, Edward A.	31250277	Private First Class
Ciufo, Pio A.	32519702	Private
Clark, James A., Jr.	6144447	Private
Clark, Winthrop B.	31362828	Private First Class
Clawson, Howard C.	34360161	Private
Cleveland, Donald M.	33064681	Sergeant
Cole, Bill L.	17013561	Technician 5th Grade
Colafrancesco, Thomas	13049062	Private
Colicchio, Neil	31307990	Private
Collani, Arthur	32996934	Private
Collorafi, Peter R.	32315216	Private First Class
Cone, John L.	31197396	Technician 5th Grade
Conger, Sidney L.	38392641	Technician 5th Grade
Conti, Joseph A.	31025408	Private First Class
Cooley, Chester R.	31199658	Technician 4th Grade
Cooper, Carlton R.	31154795	Technician 5th Grade
Costagliola, Francis P.	31197011	Technician 5th Grade
Cox, Frank L.	37519765	Technician 5th Grade
Crocker, Donald G.	31546987	Private First Class
Croston, William W.	31420072	Private
Cubell, Robert	31091591	Corporal
Cummings, Merrill O.	31106788	Private First Class
Curran, James J.	31133251	Private First Class
Curtis, Gordon N.	31197160	Technician 4th Grade
D’Agostino, Alfred A.	32247820	Private
D’Antonio, Frank	32618861	Technician 5th Grade
Darland, Marshall D.	35709777	Private
DeAmelio, Anthony J.	31228008	Technician 4th Grade
Dean, Daniel A.	32935515	Technician 5th Grade
DeBord, Lonnie	35450514	Private
DeFelice, Dominick	31272243	Technician 5th Grade
DeGregorio, Ralph	31113209	Corporal
Delmonico, Ralph S.	31263314	Private
Demanovich, Joseph	33150326	Private First Class
D’Entremont, Roland A.	31080878	Private
DeVall, Fred E.	31128135	Private First Class
Devlin, Thomas F., Jr.	33783692	Technician 5th Grade
Diggins, John F.	31080496	Corporal
DiGregorio, Rocco L.	31389036	Private
Dillon, Barney E.	31146547	Private First Class
DiNatale, Joseph N.	31205141	Technician 4th Grade
Dion, Robert E.	31263132	Private First Class
DiSalvo, Henry	31290434	Private
DiSanto, Angelo	33074273	Private
Doherty, Bernard I.	31166570	Technician 4th Grade
Doherty, Francis D.	31204273	Technician 4th Grade
Dooley, Ernest H.	31081640	Technician 5th Grade
Dornan, Charles F.	11034224	Corporal
Dornan, Leo S.	11034223	Private First Class
Drake, William F.	11106536	Technician 5th Grade
Drown, Donald N.	17021283	Corporal
Duda, Henry C.	20612769	Corporal
Duda, Stanley S.	36678728	Private
Dunham, Merrill W.	31155713	Private
Duprey, Alvin D.	31440210	Corporal
Dwyer, James W.	12190915	Technician 5th Grade
Ebey, Norman W.	33014722	Private
Edwards, James J.	32611653	Technician 4th Grade
Eichorn, Royal E.	36818879	Private First Class
Elton, Frank W., Jr.	32755999	Private First Class
Erdeski, Carl J., Jr.	31286016	Private First Class
Evans, James E.	14010073	Private First Class
Favreau, Raymond T.	31081602	Private
Fay, Walter R.	31050933	Technician 4th Grade
Ferguson, Alexander W.	31197572	Private
Fish, Kenneth E.	31154766	Technician 5th Grade
Fogg, Henry G.	31160961	Private First Class
Folger, George W.	32200110	Technician 4th Grade
Francis, Cecil V.	31081764	Staff Sergeant
Fredette, Osias L.	31297659	Sergeant
Freidell, Harry M.	32548727	Private
French, Walter F.	31111242	Private
Friedli, Ernest	32648393	Sergeant
Frink, Calvin L.	31177553	Technician 5th Grade
Fudem, Martin	36761343	Technician 5th Grade
Furlong, James J.	12192716	Private First Class
Gagne, Alfred	31111183	Private
Gallimore, Fuston	33215801	Private First Class
Gambini, Joseph	31342069	Technician 5th Grade
Gamer, Charles	31354004	Technician 5th Grade
Ganter, Donald J.	33168939	Private First Class
Garbacauskas, Carl F.	31169050	Technician 5th Grade
Garner, Roger T.	31212132	Technician 5th Grade
Gary, George	35500929	Technician 5th Grade
Gaslorek, Henry A.	31047723	Technician 4th Grade
Gaspar, Charles A.	31224972	Private First Class
Gendreau, Roland P.	31346782	Private First Class
Gerace, August J.	42020833	Technician 5th Grade
Chiz, Ralph J.	31075680	Corporal
Giardelli, Roe	32110092	Technician 4th Grade
Gibbs, Roland S.	31221033	Private
Giddinge, Eron W.	11013210	Private First Class
Giordano, Joseph D.	32234784	Technician 5th Grade
Giguere, Joseph R.	36107224	Technician 4th Grade
Gladstone, Henry	31422646	Corporal
Gloden, Felix A.	31101461	Private
Glowke, Henry M.	32932173	Private First Class
Gnazzo, Robert	31379206	Private
Gober, Kenneth J.	36760024	Private First Class
Goldenbaum, Harold C.	32396653	Corporal
Goldstein, Charles F.	32107025	Technician 5th Grade
Gray, Warren C.	35368906	Private
Green, Richard W.	33732320	Private
Greenleaf, Richard J., Jr.	31268921	Private
Griffith, Ralph L., Jr.	31050706	Technician 5th Grade
Grischuk, Walter	31336980	Private
Grout, William E., Jr.	31390173	Technician 5th Grade
Guyette, Edmund D.	31252911	Technician 5th Grade
Hackett, Dexter C.	31004546	Sergeant
Hahn, Arthur G.	31366282	Private
Hamel, Roland R.	31320281	Private First Class
Halmilton, Francis P.	36862355	Corporal
Hammarsten, Arthur R.	31082405	Corporal
Hampshire, Richard O.	35091513	Private
Hamrick, Hosmer D.	34587683	Private First Class
Harrington, John M.	31228780	Private
Harucki, Stanley J.	32019575	Master Sergeant
Hastry, Henry J.	31002270	Private
Hausmann, Frederick W.	31342600	Technician 4th Grade

Hawkins, Warren E.	39706088	Private
Hayes, Robert J.	36711314	Private
Heil, Arthur G.	32962905	Technician 5th Grade
Heller, Selwyn J.	32983782	Private First Class
Henning, Robert C.	36756093	Private First Class
Heppelle, George E.	31006057	Private
Hindle, James B.	31366621	Private
Hodge, Alfred H.	31266820	Corporal
Holland, James F.	31081227	Private First Class
Holland, Walter H.	31164535	Private First Class
Holzschuh, Francis P.	32465511	Technician 5th Grade
Howayeck, Frederick A.	20156220	Private
Howe, James H.	31357568	Private First Class
Hoyer, Warren C.	32554535	Technician 4th Grade
Hoyt, Neal P.	31374025	Private
Hronis, Alexander	31007534	Private
Hurley, Ivan A.	20706395	Private First Class
Iannella, Felix	31382976	Private
Iavecchia, Joseph L.	33072753	Technician 4th Grade
Impagliazzo, Aniello A.	32156789	Technician 3d Grade
Irish, Alton, J., Jr.	31116088	Technician 4th Grade
Jacksevich, Francis J.	32255182	Private
Jacobs, William L.	16013396	First Sergeant
Jacoby, Paul L.	32546884	Technician 5th Grade
Jacques, Edward J.	32182671	Technician 3d Grade
Jarecke, Wesley R.	37505164	Technician 4th Grade
Johnson, Gerald G.	32139596	Technician 4th Grade
Johnson, Otto W.	31009322	Master Sergeant
Johnson, Paul F.	31359689	Private
Joseph, Alfred A.	42023602	Private
Jounakos, Harry	32723838	Private
Juster, Joseph H.	31367190	Private First Class
Kansbrocki, Eugene L.	16080769	Technician 5th Grade
Karp, Arnold	31388941	Private First Class
Kavall, Bernard J.	31168080	Technician 4th Grade
Kawecki, Leonard T.	31051798	Private First Class
Keefe, John J.	31200198	Corporal
Kelley, Leroy J., Jr.	31308238	Private First Class
Kelly, John D.	32908242	Private First Class
Kessler, Donald S.	31236550	Private First Class
Kevalis, Anthony J.	31144618	Technician 5th Grade
King, Eugene D.	37206970	Private
King, John M.	31199666	Private First Class
Kirshner, Philip	31159911	Private First Class
Knack, Bernard A.	32658055	Private First Class
Knapp, Wayne M.	36199564	Private
Kneller, Walter	32470265	Private First Class
Knickrehm, Charles W. E.	31220113	Technician 5th Grade
Knoof, Elmer R.	32831131	Private
Krell, Elroy O.	36825696	Private First Class
Kreuzer, Morris W.	31312622	Sergeant
LaBombard, Donald J.	31200104	Private
LaMarianna, Vincent	32110171	Private First Class
Landa, Albert R.	31263891	Private First Class
Lanham, Frank E.	33716944	Private
Lanseigne, Armand L.	31158247	Technician 5th Grade
Larosa, Angelo	31184109	Private First Class
Lebel, Lucien J.	31002214	Technician 5th Grade
LeBlanc, George W.	31363163	Technician 5th Grade
Lee, Henry F.	31384535	Private First Class
Lee, Herbert R.	37272972	Private First Class
Lepping, Bernard G.	35451494	Private
Lerner, Harry W.	37059557	Technician 4th Grade
LeSarge, William J.	37560362	Private
Levine, Samuel	32618200	Technician 4th Grade
Levine, Samuel	31163360	Private First Class
Lewis, Ralph G., Jr.	31216321	Private
Lind, Carl J.	32423608	Private First Class
Linn, Edward F.	31106789	Sergeant
Liss, Max	39132883	Private
Long, Harold J.	31099327	Private First Class
Long, Joseph P.	31160105	Technician 5th Grade
Longe, Frederick R.	31254879	Private
LoPresti, Thomas C.	12130935	Private First Class
Lovorn, Amos H.	34163411	Private
Lukashok, Herbert M.	12128715	Private First Class
Lynch, Spencer F.	31372552	Private
Madden, Francis M.	31359683	Private
MacMahon, Harold B.	31298724	Technician 5th Grade
Magnani, Gino	31230971	Technician 5th Grade
Mahoney, Thomas F.	31337050	Private
Maiers, William C., III	31369172	Private
Maiocchi, George L.	32218943	Technician 4th Grade
Maley, Joseph J.	31398495	Private
Malone, Paul F.	31163879	Private First Class
Mandeville, Robert S.	32628894	Corporal
Manzello, Frank J.	31036253	Corporal
Martin, Charles W.	33066745	Staff Sergeant
Mason, Donald C.	11014621	Technician 4th Grade
Mastropalol, Michael A.	32266382	Private
Matteson, Justus S.	32292238	Private
Mazzei, Louis C.	32056183	Technician 3d Grade
McCall, James T.	34789638	Private First Class
McCarron, James J.	31173249	Private First Class
McDonald, Charles J.	36433370	Technician 4th Grade
McDougal, James J.	32610148	Private
McFarland, Clarence	35450610	Technician 5th Grade
McGowan, Milton	20807641	Technician 5th Grade
McHugh, John, Jr.	11034292	Private First Class
McIlvain, Eugene H.	39019522	Technician 4th Grade
McLeod, James F., Jr.	6134682	Technician 5th Grade
Meece, Nawel E.	6937892	Corporal
Meeker, Reginald B.	36821266	Private First Class
Mele, Joseph A.	31214347	Corporal
Meyer, John W.	32367321	Technician 3d Grade
Michalicka, Samuel, Jr.	31142509	Technician 5th Grade
Miller, Karl E.	31096473	Technician 4th Grade
Miller, Robert M.	31288555	Private
Miller, William A.	33364692	Technician 5th Grade
Minnix, Joseph C.	31407105	Private
Minor, Edward L.	32276790	Technical Sergeant
Mis, Henry W.	31355927	Corporal
Mitchell, Thomas J.	31158362	Technician 5th Grade
Moen, Reuben B.	37305391	Private
Mojzis, Edward J.	36749531	Private
Moore, Paul P.	36431396	Private First Class
Moore, William A.	36626354	Technician 4th Grade
Moran, John J.	31262612	Private
Moreau, Raymond J.	31165456	Private First Class
Morey, Theodore J.	31171782	Corporal
Morgan, Ralph	32910059	Private
Morvay, Paul F.	31272258	Technician 4th Grade
Moser, Bernard W.	20409662	Private First Class
Moyer, Elwood M.	33365990	Private First Class
Mudie, Robert	32768450	Sergeant
Munck, Melvin	32610399	Technician 3d Grade
Murray, Edward A.	31092158	Technician 3d Grade
Murray, Thomas J.	31003815	Technician 4th Grade
Najarian, James S.	31364971	Private
Nalbone, Anthony	32877709	Technician 5th Grade
Nemick, Michael	35023698	Private
Newcombe, Maurice I.	31101451	Private First Class
Newell, Herbert A.	31173253	Staff Sergeant
Newell, Omer A.	37146839	Private
Newell, Walter R.	31238900	Private First Class
Niles, Charles A.	31254156	Private
Noiseux, Emile R.	31446481	Private First Class
Noone, Raymond C.	31160275	Staff Sergeant
Nork, Thomas P.	33110374	Sergeant
Novak, Frank M.	31425254	Private
Nownes, Francis A.	31176984	Sergeant
O’Connell, Peter P.	33198704	Technician 4th Grade
Olson, Walter E.	32173418	Private First Class
Oropello, John P.	31106248	Private
Orvis, Morton K.	31155095	Private
Papa, Rocco	31051253	Technician 4th Grade
Parentini, Harold C.	32159336	Technician 3d Grade
Pariseau, Victor L.	11007676	Staff Sergeant
Parker, George A.	31289602	Private First Class
Passimenti, Anthony J.	20248411	Private
Patavino, Patsy P.	31248288	Private
Pavlosky, Andrew	31168117	Private First Class
Payne, Norman L.	34116815	Private First Class
Pelkey, Camille P.	20145383	Private
Pelletier, Joseph G.	31146139	Private
Pennie, William E.	31420695	Technician 5th Grade
Perry, Donald R.	20133953	Technician 4th Grade
Petropoulakos,Peter N.	31389943	Private First Class
Pettee, Frederick C.	36852406	Corporal
Pickorowski, Daniel L.	31349147	Private
Pollard, Joseph P.	31259711	Private
Polozola, Philip L.	34153417	Sergeant
Polston, Roy W.	37413402	Private
Porter, Arthur R., Jr.	31101483	Private First Class
Powers, Kenneth R.	17124881	Private First Class
Purdy, Donald E.	31139600	Technician 5th Grade
Quintero, Salvador V.	38457345	Private First Class
Rabe, Herbert W. J.	32895715	Private First Class
Ramirez, Eluterio	39404955	Private First Class
Ramos, Manuel I.	39402264	Technician 4th Grade
Rea, George E.	32115696	Private First Class
Remington, Jack	6690810	Technician 4th Grade
Rhodes, George S.	35627513	Sergeant
Richardson, Frank E.	31420469	Private
Robb, Emmett W.	11052972	Technician 5th Grade
Roberts, Walter F.	31334104	Corporal
Roccio, Arthur J.	31360021	Technician 5th Grade
Rodgers, John W.	32919936	Private
Rosa, Philip A.	31420465	Private
Rosenthal, Robert W.	31364193	Technician 4th Grade
Ross, Alfred E.	31298688	Private
Rousseau, Norman	31310127	Private
Roy, Leo	32045544	Private First Class
Rushford, Clarence R.	31155451	Private
Ryan, George F.	31195722	Private
Ryan, Paul S.	31254984	Private
Sandler, Herman G.	31036534	Technician 4th Grade
Sajdak, Anthony J.	32209315	Technician 5th Grade
Saltzberg, David	31232109	Private First Class
Sandburg, Richard V.	36043896	Technician 5th Grade
Sawtelle, Bradlee R.	31105915	Technician 5th Grade
Sayles, Robert C.	31293173	Technician 4th Grade
Schaefer, Howard C.	31047843	Private First Class
Schuman, Charles G.	36219592	Private First Class
Schmidt, Henry J.	33619140	Technician 5th Grade
Schuknecht, James A.	39695511	Sergeant
Schultz, Frank H.	36429002	Private First Class
Schultz, William E.	7004634	Technician 4th Grade
Scott, Harvey A.	39466314	Private First Class
Sears, Melbourne H.	31381622	Private First Class
Serio, Roger	324089751	Technician 4th Grade
Senkpiel, Royal M.	36852380	Technician 5th Grade
Shapiro, Maurice A.	31017078	Sergeant
Shaughnessy, Richard J.	31253861	Private First Class
Shay, Arthur A.	32161995	Technician 5th Grade
Sheehan, William J.	31300711	Technician 5th Grade
Sheiner, Barnet	12007528	Private
Sherwood, Walter J.	31101498	Private First Class
Shillue, Brian P.	31366811	Private
Shores, George J.	36438149	Technician 5th Grade
Shuler, Claude E.	34683778	Private
Singleton, Albert W.	31354850	Private
Skaletsky, Walter E.	31422581	Private
Skernick, Bernard S.	39122157	Private
Smilkstein, Gabriel	12156021	Technician 3d Grade
Smith, Cadd, B., Jr.	34773399	Technician 5th Grade
Snipes, Theodore H.	34114889	Technician 3d Grade
Soboleski, Edwin J.	31336789	Private
Solomon, Alfred B.	36041023	Staff Sergeant
Spata, James R.	31337168	Private
Spink, Douglas F.	32580290	Technician 4th Grade
Spooner, Lyman W.	31155401	Private First Class
Stahnke, Carl B.	31249306	Private
Starks, Melvin L.	37224772	Technician 4th Grade
Stasiak, Theodore J.	33364460	Private First Class
Stewart, William J.	31697160	Staff Sergeant
Stokes, Milford R.	31114507	Private First Class
Stringham, Stanley W.	12004130	Private
Studley, Kenneth S.	31366339	Private
Surr, Thomas H.	31349320	Private First Class
Swan, John J.	31356947	Technician 5th Grade
Sylvester, Nell D.	32774336	Staff Sergeant
Szopa, Stanley J.	31108758	Sergeant
Taglione, Joseph M.	31366558	Private
Takesian, Harry	31256433	Private
Taylor, Edward F.	31355541	Technician 5th Grade
Taylor, Howard B., Jr.	31369717	Private
Tenry, Harold W.	34379204	Private First Class
Terragna, Frank P.	31197658	Technician 3d Grade
Theisen, Sylvester E.	37528580	Private
Thomas, Lawrence V.	31358877	Technician 5th Grade
Thompson, Hiram O.	31044137	Technician 4th Grade
Tibbals, Allen H.	31343216	Sergeant
Tierney, Thomas H.	31367262	Private
Tobin, Arnold E.	31321497	Technician 5th Grade
Tomboro, James F.	31005787	Private First Class
Tottle, Peter J., Jr.	31166060	Private
Trant, Charles V.	31310059	Technician 3d Grade
Trudeau, Oscar J.	31044208	Technician 4th Grade
Truncale, Pellegrino A.	32238056	Private
Tumey, Roger J.	35280164	Sergeant
Tupman, Robert W.	35254111	Technician 5th Grade
Tuzzolino, Joseph I.	35172015	Technician 5th Grade
Tyler, Robert I.	16100961	Private First Class
Ulrichsen, William	32078940	Technician 4th Grade
Urmano, Joseph	32617785	Private First Class
Ursone, Louis D.	31329250	Technician 5th Grade
VanWinkle, William G.	31169085	Technician 5th Grade
Vegliante, Ralph S.	31379478	Private
VanPatten, Wendell D.	36462839	Private First Class
Veves, Theodore A.	32083568	Technician 4th Grade
Viles, Joseph C.	31044145	Technician 5th Grade
Vosburgh, John M.	35089400	Private First Class
Wailonis, Charles	31042524	Technician 4th Grade
Wailus, Joseph I.	31150811	Private First Class
Waterhouse, Leland L.	31268980	Technician 4th Grade
Weiler, Frank D.	32265255	Private First Class
Weinberg, Irving	31168166	Technician 5th Grade
Welch, Harvie L.	38489178	Private
Weshonko, Peter	11038051	Technician 5th Grade
Wheeler, Donald W.	31350483	Private
Wheeling, William E.	33215845	Private First Class
Wiley, Robert W.	37058139	Sergeant
Wilhite, Fred L.	37519786	Private First Class
Wilhite, Walter W.	38212994	Private First Class
Williams, Charles D.	36852255	Technician 5th Grade
Wilson, George W.	37006383	Sergeant
Winerski, Robert A.	16144999	Staff Sergeant
Witt, Charles L.	33107672	Technician 4th Grade
Wondolowski, Joseph P.	31264035	Private First Class
Woods, Harry F.	37531310	Private First Class
Wright, Charles C.	31204974	Technical Sergeant
Yaroszewski, Matthew	33696521	Private First Class
Yannace, Anthony J.	31262525	Private
Young, Thomas G.	33360582	Private
Zysk, John	31372865	Private

Finale:

On 28 May 1945, the Commanding Officer, Colonel Frank D. Edington, reported to the CO, 802d Hospital Center and henceforth proceeded to the Surgeon’s Office, United Kingdom Base in London and by way of “Redeployment Alert Order No. 18”, Headquarters, United Kingdom Base, APO 413, US Army, dated 22 May 1945, was notified that his organization had been designated for redeployment from the ETO and that preparations for such movement were to be made in accordance with Parts V and I contained in ETO-POM-RED, dated 19 May 1945. This applied to water transportation of units to the United States, for redeployment, for reversion of strategic reserve, or for demobilization. The 112th General Hospital was placed under the designation “Redeployment, after Rehabilitation, for further service”.

Administrative and paperwork followed in different stages; Adjusted Service Rating scores were calculated; fitness standards set up to determine qualification or elimination for further overseas service; issuance of clothing and individual equipment within official allowances was implemented; packing and tagging of organizational equipment and marking of individual equipment was carried out; immunization of personnel organized; embarkation rosters prepared; records completed; conversion of personnel’s funds from British to American currency initiated; and finally inspection of baggage and inventories made. All personnel on TD assignments were returned to the parent unit.
While all the necessary preparations were being undertaken, the unit received on 31 May 1945, the Movement Orders, identifying the shipment as “10346-DDD” and that of its Advance Detachment as “10346-DDDX”. Those orders were issued by Headquarters, ETOUSA, APO 887, and were dated 28 May 1945. They further directed the composition of the 112th Advance Detachment as follows:

1 Officer representing the unit’s Commanding Officer
1 Officer representing the Professional Services
1 Officer of the Medical Administrative Corps for administration of men and supply
1 Acting First Sergeant
1 Acting Mess Sergeant
1 Acting Supply Sergeant
4 Cooks

The readiness date was set for 1 June 1945, and that of the main body 4 June 1945. Following some last minute changes among Officer personnel, neither the Advance Detachment nor the organization’s main body, were able to comply with the readiness dates. Changes took place as late as 7 June.
The unit was finally directed to their Port of Embarkation during the week of 10 June 1945initially entraining for New Abbott and starting its final departure from the European Theater of Operations. It reached Gourock, near Glasgow, by 14 June 1945 where it immediately boarded RMS “Queen Mary” which sailed late on 15 June 1945 for the United States. The ship reached New York on 20 June 1945 and following debarkation the personnel were taken to Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, which functioned as a Reception Station for troops returning from overseas. After a brief stay at the station, the unit was segregated and distributed to the various Reception Centers throughout the country. At these stations, the personnel were briefly processed and sent on to their 30-day furloughs. Upon completion of this period all personnel reported back to the same stations from where they were transferred to Fort Lewis, Tacoma, Washington (Army Ground Forces Training Center, acreage 90,870, troop capacity 3,542 Officers & 63,727 Enlisted Men –ed), which was to be their training preparatory to leaving for the Pacific Area… the assembly date was 1 August 1945.

A full training program was set up which was to be followed for a period of 8 weeks, including a 12-day bivouac  to be held until 12 September at an area about 10 miles away from the permanent location. During this bivouac, the 112th established and operated a 1000-bed hospital under tentage. The members of the Army Nurse Corps who came back to the States with the command were transferred out shortly after the assembly date and full replacements were received for them. With the surrender of Japan  it became apparent that the 112th General would NOT be sent overseas again. With the announcement of the critical points scores it practically became clear that all personnel were no longer eligible for overseas duty.
Preliminary inactivation orders were received on 21 September 1945 and the personnel started the process of closing the unit.

On 4 October 1945 the 112th General Hospital which had been operating since 24 December 1943 was officially inactivated per Section I, General Orders No. 110, Army Service Forces, Headquarters, Ninth Service Command, US Army, Fort Douglas, Utah (US Army Base and Airfield –ed), dated 21 September 1945.

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We are very much indebted to the late Lynn F. McNulty our greatest and most faithful contributor for having provided us with copies of vintage reports describing the operation of the 112th General Hospital in the ETO during World War Two. Without his precious assistance, this unit history would never have been written.