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 to a 400 bed semi-mobile evacuation hospital with a staff of 40 doctors, 43 nurses, and 6 administrative officers.

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 the 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 95th Evac
 * 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
 * December 19, 1944 – Bischwiller, Germany
 * Munich, Germany

Personnel

 * Colonel Currier, Commanding Officer
 * Major Thompson, Executive Officer
 * Major Franklin George Fry, Chief of Medicine and Registrar
 * Chaplain McMillan
 * Lt. D'Imperio
 * Major Etter, Evacuation Officer

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