Im searching for information on both of these companies, mainly the 624th Medical Clearing Company, (what army they were in, what corp, and who they were attached to at different times) but any info about these companies would help tremendously since my grandfather has now past away and i would like to find out as much information as possible. I know these two companies were in the Battles of Ardennes, Rhineland, and the Central European Campaign. My grandfather at the time of his discharge in 1946 was part of the 624th Medical Clearing Company. If anybody has any information about these two it would be greatly appreciated. And also i would like to know what "Clearing Companies" and "Medical Clearing Companies" done (what there roles were etc..)

Thank You in advance for any information you can provide.

Haven't found anything about this unit in particular but maybe these links might give some background information about the units:

http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/medtrain/

http://home.att.net/~steinert/

There were Collecting Comapnies and Clearing Companies. I have this from one of my unit histories:

"The second echelon of support, division-level health-services support, was provided in the infantry and armored division by the divisions organic medical battalion. The battalion had two types of companies--collecting companies and clearing companies. Organic to the battalion were three collecting companies and a clearing company. The collecting companies had ambulance and litter-bearer sections and were responsible for evacuating casualties from the regiments to the division clearing station.25 Normally, patients were evacuated by ambulance from the battalion aid stations, but if the terrain or the tactical situation would not permit this, they would be transported by the litter-bearer section from the battalion aid station to a collecting station established by the collecting company. There, they would be inspected by a Medical Corps officer, given emergency treatment if required, and then placed on ambulances for transport to the division clearing station.26 At the clearing station established by the clearing company, patients were triaged (or sorted), and those who required care beyond the capabilities of the clearing station were prepared for transport to third-echelon"

Hope this helps,

Stevin

PS; let me know your e-mail address and I mail you the unit history (in Word format). It will give you a lot of background info on these units in ETO.

[ 24. August 2004, 02:23 AM: Message edited by: Stevin ]

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