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The 95th Evacuation Hospital was a U.S military hospital originally constituted as the 74th Surgical Hospital 21 December 1928. The 74th was activated at Fort Warren, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1 June 1941. The unit was then reorganized and re-designated as the 95th Evacuation Hospital 14 August 1942. The unit was deactivated 3 December 1954 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. The unit was again activated on 26 March 1963 for duty in the Vietnam war and deactivated 28 March 1973 in Vietnam. On 15 November 1994 the unit was activated in Heidelberg Germany for operation during the Gulf War.[1]


Service in World War II

In the second world war The 95th Evacuation Hospital operated as a 400-bed mobile hospital. The unit was staffed with approximately 40 doctors, 40 nurses, and 220 enlisted men.[2] The unit served in Morocco, Algiers, Italy, France, and Germany, participating in three amphibious operations (Avalanche, Shingle, Dragoon).

The 95th Evacuation Hospital had the distinction of being the first U.S. hospital to be established on the European continent in World War II.[3] The hospital also achieved national recognition when it was bombed on 7 February 1944 at Anzio.[4]

The bombing occurred when a German plane dropped a load of fragmentation bombs on the 95th Evacuation Hospital in an effort to evade two British planes.[5] Twenty-eight people were killed and 60 wounded. Among the dead were two officers, three nurses, 16 enlisted men, a Red Cross worker, and two other personnel.[6] The bombing rendered the hospital nonfunctional with damage so great, the 95th was sent to the then-static Cassino front where it was re-staffed and re-equipped.[7]


Timeline

  • August 14, 1942 – Fort Warren, Wyoming, 74th Surgical Hospital re-designated 95th Evacuation Hospital
  • September 19, 1942 – Camp Breckinridge, Morganfield, Kentucky
  • April 2, 1943 – Camp Shanks, Orangeburg, New York
  • April 15, 1943 – Departed New York Harbor for North Africa aboard the USS Mariposa
  • April 24, 1943 – Casablanca, Morocco
  • May 24, 1943 – Oujda, Morocco
  • July 7, 1943 – Unit commendation
  • July 8, 1943 – Ain el Turck, Algeria in support of Operation Husky (Sicily)
  • September 5, 1943 – Departed Oran, Algeria, aboard the Dutch ship Marnix
  • September 9, 1943 – Landed Paestum, Italy, Operation Avalanche, D-day +H-11
  • October 9, 1943 – Naples, Italy
  • November 28, 1943 – Capua, Italy
  • January 8, 1944 – Departed Capua for Caserta, in preparation for Operation Shingle
  • January 17, 1944 – Unit commendation
  • January 23, 1944 – Boarded LST #163, for Anzio, Italy, Green Beach, D-day +1
  • January 31, 1944 – Nettuno, Italy
  • February 7, 1944 – Bombing killed 26, wounded 60, rendered hospital nonfunctional
  • February 11, 1944 – Riardo (Cassino), Italy
  • March 13, 1944 – Carinola, Italy
  • April 10, 1944 – Unit commendation
  • May 23, 1944 – Itri, Italy
  • June 1, 1944 – Cori (Cisterna), Italy
  • June 13, 1944 – Montalto di Castro, Italy
  • July 16-18, 1944 – Sparanise, Italy, Operation Dragoon
  • August 12, 1944 – Departed Pozzuoli, Italy, aboard 2 LCIs (#188 and an unknown) ,
  • August 14, 1944 –Ajaccio, Corsica
  • August 15, 1944 –Cavalaire, France, D-Day H-8
  • August 17, 1944 – Cogolin, France, not in operation
  • August 18, 1944 – Gonfaron, France
  • August 28 – August 31, 1944 – Closed, awaiting movement orders and transportation
  • September 3, 1944 – Beaumont (Beaumont-de-Aspre)
  • September 5, 1944 – St. Amour, France
  • September 20, 1944 – Saulx, France
  • October 9, 1944 – Epinal (Renauvoid), France
  • November 1944 – Epinal (Golbey), France
  • December 6, 1944 – Mutzig, France
  • January 3, 1945 – Epinal (Golbey), France
  • January 3, 1945 – Mutzig, France
  • January 8, 1945 – Departed for Sarrebourg, France
  • March 29, 1945 – Bensheim, Germany
  • April 8, 1945 – Kist, Germany
  • April 29, 1945 – Ebermergen, Germany
  • Late May-June (possibly after May 21) – Bretton, Germany


Personnel

Commanding Officers: Col. Paul K. Sauer, Lt. Col. Hubert L. Binkley (commander after Sauer was wounded in the 7 February bombing.) Chief of Surgical Service Lt. Col. Grantley W. Taylor, Chief of Medical Service Col. William Comess, Laboratory and Pharamacy Officer Capt. Harry J. Schneider, X-ray Officer Capt. Mario C. Gian, Chief of Dental Services Major Lewis A Imerman, Chief Anesthetist Capt. Marshall A. Bauer, Principal Chief Nurse Capt. Evelyn E. Swanson.[8]


Battles and campaigns

  • Naples-Foggia (Operation Avalanche)
  • Rome-Arno (Operation Shingle)
  • Southern France (Operation Dragoon)
  • Germany (Rhineland)
  • Central Europe


Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Award European Theater
  • Meritorious Unit Award Vietnam 1970-71


References

  1. ^ Army Pharmacy at http://armypharmacy.org/h_burg.htm
  2. ^ pg. 30, Monahan, Evelyn, And If I Perish, Alfred A. Knopf, Random House, New York, 2003
  3. ^ pg. 231, Chapter VI, Wiltse, Charles M., The Medical Department: Medical Services in the Mediterranean and Minor Theaters, Office of Medical History, U.S. Army Medical Department, http://history.amedd.army.mil/index.html
  4. ^ needs citation
  5. ^ pg. 3, 95th Evacuation Hospital 1944 Annual Report, NARA RG407
  6. ^ Bombing raid report, 95th Evacuation Hospital 1944 Annual Report, NARA RG407
  7. ^ pg. 3, 95th Evacuation Hospital 1944 Annual Report, NARA RG407
  8. ^ Names obtained from individual department reports within 95th Evacuation Hospital 1944 Annual report, NARA RG407

Other sources

*Army Pharmacy at http://armypharmacy.org/h_burg.htm

  • pg. 30, Monahan, Evelyn, And If I Perish, Alfred A. Knopf, Random House, New York, 2003
  • pg. 231, Chapter VI, Wiltse, Charles M., The Medical Department: Medical Services in the Mediterranean and Minor Theaters, Office of Medical History, U.S. Army Medical Department, http://history.amedd.army.mil/index.html
  • pg. 3, 95th Evacuation Hospital 1944 Annual Report, NARA RG407
  • Bombing raid report, 95th Evacuation Hospital 1944 Annual Report, NARA RG407
  • pg. 3, 95th Evacuation Hospital 1944 Annual Report, NARA RG407
  • The National Archives (NARA) could not provide annual or monthly reports for the 95th for the years 1942 and 1943. Consequently, secondary sources were used for those years.
  • http://armypharmacy.org/h_burg.htm
  • 19 September 1942 personal letter of PVT Fred Tesar of the 95th
  • pg. 133, Monahan, Evelyn, And If I Perish, Alfred A. Knopf, Random House, New York, 2003
  • pg. 10, Friedenberg, Zachary, Hospital At War. Texas A&M Univ. Press, 2004
  • pg. 12, Friedenberg, Zachary, Hospital At War. Texas A&M Univ. Press, 2004
  • pg. 18, Friedenberg, Zachary, Hospital At War. Texas A&M Univ. Press, 2004
  • pg. 143, Friedenberg, Zachary, Hospital At War. Texas A&M Univ. Press, 2004
  • pg. 30, Friedenberg, Zachary, Hospital At War. Texas A&M Univ. Press, 2004
  • pg. 34, Friedenberg, Zachary, Hospital At War. Texas A&M Univ. Press, 2004
  • pg. 37-38, Friedenberg, Zachary, Hospital At War. Texas A&M Univ. Press, 2004
  • pg. 206, Monahan, Evelyn, And If I Perish, Alfred A. Knopf, Random House, New York, 2003
  • pg. 241, Wiltse, Charles M., The Medical Department: Medical Services in the Mediterranean and Minor Theaters, Office of Medical History, U.S. Army Medical Department, http://history.amedd.army.mil/index.html
  • pg. 76, Friedenberg, Zachary, Hospital At War. Texas A&M Univ. Press, 2004
  • pg. 145, Friedenberg, Zachary, Hospital At War. Texas A&M Univ. Press, 2004
  • pg. 78, Friedenberg, Zachary, Hospital At War. Texas A&M Univ. Press, 2004
  • pg. 3, 95th Evacuation Hospital 1944 Annual Report, NARA RG407
  • pg. 3, 95th Evacuation Hospital 1944 Annual Report, NARA RG407
  • pg. 3, 95th Evacuation Hospital 1944 Annual Report, NARA RG407
  • pg. 4, 95th Evacuation Hospital 1944 Annual Report, NARA RG407
  • pg. 146, Friedenberg, Zachary, Hospital At War. Texas A&M Univ. Press, 2004
  • pg. 5, 95th Evacuation Hospital 1944 Annual Report, NARA RG407
  • pg. 303, Wiltse, Charles M., The Medical Department: Medical Services in the Mediterranean and Minor Theaters, Office of Medical History, U.S. Army Medical Department, http://history.amedd.army.mil/index.html
  • pg. 8, 95th Evacuation Hospital 1944 Annual Report, NARA RG407
  • pg. 8, 95th Evacuation Hospital 1944 Annual Report, NARA RG407
  • pg. 9, 95th Evacuation Hospital 1944 Annual Report, NARA RG407
  • pg. 104, Friedenberg, Zachary, Hospital At War. Texas A&M Univ. Press, 2004
  • pg. 104-5, Friedenberg, Zachary, Hospital At War. Texas A&M Univ. Press, 2004
  • pg. 9, 95th Evacuation Hospital 1944 Annual Report, NARA RG407
  • pg. 378-9, Wiltse, Charles M., The Medical Department: Medical Services in the Mediterranean and Minor Theaters, Office of Medical History, U.S. Army Medical Department, http://history.amedd.army.mil/index.html
  • pg. 9, 95th Evacuation Hospital 1944 Annual Report, NARA RG407
  • 95th Evacuation Hospital 1944 August Monthly Report, NARA RG407
  • pg. 10, 95th Evacuation Hospital 1944 Annual Report, NARA RG407
  • pg. 10, 95th Evacuation Hospital 1944 Annual Report, NARA RG407
  • 95th Evacuation Hospital 1944 September Monthly report, NARA RG407
  • 95th Evacuation Hospital 1944 October Monthly report, NARA RG407
  • 95th Evacuation Hospital 1944 November Monthly report, NARA RG407
  • 95th Evacuation Hospital 1944 December Monthly Report, NARA RG407
  • 95th Evacuation Hospital 1944 January Monthly report, NARA RG407
  • 95th Evacuation Hospital 1945 January Monthly report, NARA RG407
  • 95th Evacuation Hospital 1945 January Monthly report, NARA RG407
  • 95th Evacuation Hospital 1945 March Monthly report, NARA RG407
  • 95th Evacuation Hospital 1945 April Monthly report, NARA RG407
  • 95th Evacuation Hospital 1945 April Monthly report, NARA RG407
  • May 2004 email from Dr. John Greenwood, Office of Medical History
  • Individual department reports within 95th Evacuation Hospital 1944 Annual report, NARA RG407
  • pg. 148, Appendix B, Friedenberg, Zachary, Hospital At War. Texas A&M Univ. Press, 2004
  • http://armypharmacy.org/h_burg.htm
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