93rd Evacuation Hospital (United States)

The 93rd Evacuation Hospital was a make-over of the 61st Surgical Hospital and operated through World War II, Vietnam, and the Gulf War.

Service in World War II
The 61st Surgical Hospital was a 100-bed field hospital. It was converted in 1942 to a 400-bed semi-mobile evacuation hospital with a staff of 40 doctors, 43 nurses, and 6 administrative officers and organized as the 93rd Evacuation Hospital (Motorized).

Timeline

 * 1942–1943 – Training at Fort Meade, Maryland
 * April 1943 – Embarkation at Camp Shanks, Orangeberg, New York
 * April 15, 1943 – Depart for North Africa aboard USS Mariposa
 * April 23, 1943 – Arrival at Casablanca, Morocco
 * May 1943 – Relocated by train to Oran, Algeria at Camp Goat Hill
 * June 1943 – Tizi, Algeria
 * July 1943 – Palm Beach, Algiers, Algeria
 * July 13, 1943 – Gela, Sicily in Operation Husky
 * July 25, 1943 – Pretralia, Sicily
 * August 1943 – San Stephano, Sicily
 * September 15, 1943 – Paestum, Italy
 * October 2, 1943 – Montella, Italy
 * October 1943 – Avellino, Italy
 * October 24, 1943 – January 9, 1944 – Piano de Ciazzo, Italy
 * January 1944 – Naples, Italy
 * January 23, 1944 – Anzio, Italy as part of Operation Shingle
 * January 29, 1944 – Nattuna, Italy with the U.S. 95th Evacuation Hospital
 * April 17, 1944 – Caserta, Italy
 * Additional locations in Italy
 * August 9, 1944 – Naples, Italy and embark
 * August 15, 1944 – Operation Dragoon D-Day H-6 landing St Maxime, France
 * Additional locations in France
 * Ardennes, France - Battle of the Bulge
 * December 19, 1944 – Bischwiller, Germany
 * April, 1945 - Dachau Concentration Camp
 * May 8 - July 8, 1945 - Germany
 * December 12, 1945 - Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, Inactivated

Personnel

 * Colonel Currier, Commanding Officer
 * Major Thompson, Executive Officer
 * Major Franklin Weimar Fry, Chief of Medicine and Registrar
 * Chaplain McMillan
 * Lt. D'Imperio
 * Major Etter, Evacuation Officer
 * Joseph William Genelius, Medic, Technician Five
 * Jeanne A. Carter Wells, Nurse, First Lieutenant
 * Cleo A. Dupy, Corporal
 * Dr. Quinby DeHart Gurnee

Operations and Battles
Operation Husky Operation Shingle Operation Dragoon Battle of the Bulge Colmar Pocket