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

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

Vietnam War The 93rd Evacuation Hospital was established at Long Binh Post in December 1965.

In mid-April 1971 the facility was closed and the unit returned to the U.S. at the end of April. During its time in South Vietnam, the hospital treated 73,023 patients, including 9,353 battle casualties.

See also List of former United States Army medical units

References

External links

93rd Evac History Military.com Unit Pages 93rd Evacuation Hospital: Histories SURGERY IN THE FIELD, 93RD EVACUATION HOSPITAL, ITALY