The article lists major Military Hospitals active during the Asia-Pacific War which were part of the following Theater Commands such as: United States Army Forces China, Burma, India (USAFCBI), United States Army Forces, China Theater (USAFCT), United States Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE), United States Army Forces in Australia (USAFIA), United States Army Forces, India-Burma Theater (USAFIBT), United States Army Forces in the Central Pacific Area (USAFICPA), United States Army Forces in the Philippines (USAFIP), United States Army Forces in the Philippines, Northern Luzon (USAFIP-NL), United States Army Forces in the South Pacific Area (USAFISPA), United States Army Forces, Middle Pacific (USAFMIDPAC), United States Army Forces, Pacific (USAFPAC), United States Army Forces, Pacific Ocean Areas (USAFPOA), and United States Army Forces, Western Pacific (USAFWESPAC). Background Information: Every combat Theater of WW2 had its unique medical history, but nowhere did disease pose a greater threat to the American G.I. and to military operations than in the bitter war against Japan! US Armed Forces faced the dual challenges of fighting and supporting its troops in primitive, largely tropical environments, burdened by severe logistical problems. Previous conflicts, such as the Spanish-American War, and World War 1 had complicated the situation, as it conferred upon the United States many Pacific islands and overseas territories (Philippines, Guam), while the Japanese acquired former German possessions. As War erupted in Europe, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed a state of National Emergency in September 1939, and in August 1940, Congress summoned the National Guard into Federal service and called-up the Reserves! As the United States Army reorganized and professionalized, the Army Medical Department began to plan and then to mobilize for war too, spending many months feverishly making preparations that had been delayed too long… For many years, the principal Army unit had been the Hawaiian Division, and this force then represented the largest contingent stationed outside the continental United States. The first medical build-up was essentially based on expanding medical facilities and depots, constructing new hospitals, and revising medical contingency plans. The next project called for a more elaborate defense of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, under a new command; the United States Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE) under Lt. General Douglas MacArthur. The war against Japan was fought in an immense area that covered roughly 1/3 of the earth’s surface! Although most of the decisive battles took place on the islands in the Pacific, inevitably bringing American Forces closer the Japanese mainland; fighting also occurred on mainland Asia. Distances were enormous, and everything could only be moved by sea or air – climates varied as well as landforms and included cold wind-swept Aleutians, jungle-clad Melanesian islands, palm-fringed Micronesia atolls, damp and tropical heat, volcanic islands, complex landmasses, steep mountain ranges, wooded high plateaus, rain forests, dense jungles – environmental conditions brought its own characteristic medical consequences involving frostbite, trenchfoot, malaria, fever, and jungle rot … All those elements had to be taken into account by the Medical Department, although none of the diseases were normally fatal, they could nevertheless put soldiers out of action as effectively as combat casualties. The Beginning: After the attack against Pearl Harbor, and the fall of the Philippines, Australia would emerge as the ‘great’ Allied base in 1942, playing a role in the Pacific War like that of Great Britain in western Europe. Of course, we should not forget, that in December 1941, Britain and America had agreed to concentrate their combined forces against Germany FIRST! In order to simplify wartime operations, the Anglo-American Combined Chiefs of Staff on 24 March 1942, assigned the United States ‘responsibility’ for the conduct of the war in the Pacific! The region was divided into 2 separate Commands – on 18 April 1942, Lt. General Douglas MacArthur became Supreme Commander, Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA) covering the Philippines, Australia, the Netherlands East Indies, and New Guinea – on 8 May 1942, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz was named Commander Pacific Ocean Areas (CINCPAC) including the vast region stretching from the Bering Straits to Antartica, including the Hawaiian Islands and Japan itself. The Command was further subdivided into 3 main sectors; the North Pacific Area (e.g. Aleutians), the Central Pacific Area (e.g. Hawaiian, Mariana, Marshall, Palau, Caroline, and Marshall Islands) and the South Pacific Area (e.g. Solomon and Gilbert Islands). Primary instructions were to contain Japan’s southward advance, to hold Australia, to keep key islands of the South Pacific as bases for future operations, and to protect and defend lines of communications with the United States… World War 2: Until the very last months of the fighting, the US Medical Department faced immense obstacles – supply lines were tenuous and environmental conditions almost intolerable, malaria epidemics broke out, logistical difficulties beset medical planners, diseases took their toll, medical support often broke down, amphibious medical evacuation had to be revised, and yet altogether death rates from disease were only slightly over 1 / 1000 troops / per year! New methods of preventive medicine were created, logistics were improved, and recent discoveries were now provided on a large scale, such as Penicillin – Atabrine – and DDT. The ultimate lesson may however lie in the flexibility of spirit and organization shown by medical personnel, who were able to save lives and improve general health conditions during those years of bitter and unrelenting struggle for peace – in those harsh times the Medical Department successfully maintained the ‘fighting strength of the Army’ Evacuation Hospitals 1st EVAC HOSP – 4 Mar 42 Australia (activated 1 Aug 40) 7th EVAC HOSP – 7 Apr 42 Tongatabu – Fiji - Guadalcanal – 9 Jan 45 Luzon (ex-19th EVAC HOSP, activated 1 Jun 41) 10th EVAC HOSP – 4 Mar 42 Australia - Dec 42 Papua (activated 10 Feb 41) 14th EVAC HOSP – 10 Jul 43 India – 12 Dec 43 Burma (ex-43d EVAC HOSP, activated 1 Jun 41, disbanded 15 Aug 42) 21st EVAC HOSP – 23 Sep 43 New Caledonia – 3 Oct 43 Guadalcanal – 4 Feb 44 Bougainville – 11 Jan 45 Luzon – 7 Feb 45 Manila (ex-53d EVAC HOSP, activated 1 Jun 41, disbanded 17 Aug 42, inactivated 27 Sep 45, personnel transferred to units bound for Japan) 25th EVAC HOSP – 19 Oct 42 New Zealand - Nov 42 Espiritu Santo (activated 18 Aug 42, ex-23d EVAC HOSP, activated 16 May 41) 29th EVAC HOSP – 15 Dec 43 New Britain (bombed on 16 Dec 43) – 15 Aug 44 Noemfoor Is – 13 Jan 45 Luzon – 7 Feb 45 Manila 30th EVAC HOSP – 7 Sep 43 Australia – 11 Dec 43 New Britain – New Guinea (activated 15 Jul 42, ex-30th SURG HOSP, never activated) 48th EVAC HOSP – 18 Jan 43 India - Dec 43 Burma (ex-4th EVAC HOSP, activated 10 Feb 41, disbanded 24 Aug 42, ex-2d EVAC HOSP, redesignated 24 Aug 42, embarked for Northern Ireland, 4 Sep 42) 52d EVAC HOSP – 23 Jan 42 New Caledonia (activated 12 Jan 42, ex-23d EVAC HOSP, activated 16 May 41) 54th EVAC HOSP – mid 43 New Guinea – 13 Jan 45 Luzon – 9 Feb 45 Manila (activated 2 Jun 41, converted from 750 to 400-bed Hosp before being sent overseas) 56th EVAC HOSP – 19 Feb 44 New Guinea – 26 Oct 44 Leyte (ex-36th EVAC HOSP, activated 1 Jun 41, converted from 750 to 400-bed Hosp before being sent overseas) 58th EVAC HOSP – Jun 43 Admiralty Is – 26 Oct 44 Leyte 71st EVAC HOSP – 7 Feb 45 Manila 73d EVAC HOSP – 20 Jan 43 India - Dec 43 Burma (activated 2 Jan 42, ex-53d EVAC HOSP, activated 1 Jun 41) 92d EVAC HOSP – 28 Jun 43 Australia - 43 New Guinea – Biak Is - 9 Jan 45 Luzon (activated 25 Aug 42, ex-7th SURG HOSP, activated 1 Aug 40) 361st EVAC HOSP – 28 Oct 43 Australia (activated 28 Oct 43, ex-33d SURG HOSP) Field Hospitals 1st FLD HOSP – Oct 44 Leyte 2d FLD HOSP – 24 Nov 42 Papua – Oct 44 Leyte 3d FLD HOSP – end 42 Guadalcanal – Oct 44 Leyte 4th Provisional FLD HOSP – Dec 43 China 5th FLD HOSP – 9 Jan 45 Luzon – 15 Feb 45 Manila 6th FLD HOSP – 15 Aug 43 Aleutians 14th FLD HOSP – 11 May 43 Aleutians 17th FLD HOSP – Jun 43 Russell Is – 28 Jul 43 New Georgia 20th FLD HOSP – 11 May 43 Aleutians 22d FLD HOSP - 45 China 23d FLD HOSP – Jun 43 New Guinea - 13 Jan 45 Luzon 24th FLD HOSP – 13 Jan 45 Luzon 25th FLD HOSP – late 43 Burma – May 45 Burma 27th FLD HOSP – 27 Oct 44 China 29th FLD HOSP – 43 Aleutians 30th FLD HOSP – 42 Aleutians 31st FLD HOSP – 20 Jun 44 Saipan Is – Apr 45 Okinawa 34th FLD HOSP – Philippines (transferred from ABC, 22 Jul 45) 36th FLD HOSP – 25 Jul 44 Guam 37th FLD HOSP – 43 New Guinea – 9 Jan 45 Luzon 38th FLD HOSP – 20 Jun 44 Saipan Is – 26 Feb 45 Okinawa 41st FLD HOSP – 9 Jan 45 Luzon - 15 Feb 45 Manila 43d FLD HOSP – 9 Jan 45 Luzon 44th FLD HOSP – 3 May 45 Burma 52d FLD HOSP – Guadalcanal - Jun 43 Bougainville 69th FLD HOSP – 26 Oct 44 Leyte – Dec 44 Leyte – 7 Apr 45 Okinawa 70th FLD HOSP – 44 Burma 71st FLD HOSP – 44 India 72d FLD HOSP – 44 India - China 74th FLD HOSP – Apr 45 Okinawa 76th FLD HOSP – Apr 45 Okinawa 82d FLD HOSP – Apr 45 Okinawa 88th FLD HOSP – Sep 45 Okinawa (dedicated to treatment of Japanese PWs) 91st FLD HOSP – 15 Jun 45 Philippines 455th FLD HOSP General Hospitals 1st GEN HOSP – 23 Dec 41 Philippines (also designated General Hospital No. 1) 2d GEN HOSP – 5 Jan 42 Philippines (also designated General Hospital No. 2) 4th GEN HOSP – 23 Jan 42 Australia (ex-56th GEN HOSP, activated 1 Feb 41, supplied cadres for other units, 12 Oct 43) 8th GEN HOSP – 27 Nov 42 New Caledonia 9th GEN HOSP – 31 Jul 43 Guadalcanal 13th GEN HOSP – 5 Jan 44 New Guinea 18th GEN HOSP – 26 May 42 New Zealand - 45 Burma (ex-222d GEN HOSP, activated 16 Jun 41, supplied cadres for other units, 1 Apr 44, redesignated 134th GEN HOSP) 20th GEN HOSP – 19 Jan 43 India - Dec 43 Burma 27th GEN HOSP – 5 Jan 44 Australia 29th GEN HOSP – 3 Nov 44 New Caledonia 31st GEN HOSP - 18 Oct 43 Espiritu Santo 39th GEN HOSP – 3 Nov 42 New Zealand 42d GEN HOSP – 19 May 42 Australia (ex-215th GEN HOSP, activated 16 May 41, supplied cadres for other units, 15 Apr 43, disbanded 11 Nov 44) 44th GEN HOSP – 25 Sep 43 Australia 47th GEN HOSP – 11 Jan 44 New Guinea - Burma 49th GEN HOSP – 1 Mar 45 Philippines 53d GEN HOSP – 29 Dec 43 embarked for the Far East (activated 10 Feb 41, supplied cadres for other units) 54th GEN HOSP – 30 Jun 44 New Guinea 63d GEN HOSP – (activated 10 Feb 41, supplied cadres for other units, 15 Jan 43) 69th GEN HOSP – 45 Burma 105th GEN HOSP – 19 May 42 Australia (ex-203d GEN HOSP, activated 10 Feb 41, supplied cadres for other units, 29 Dec 43) 118th GEN HOSP – 19 May 42 Australia - India 133d GEN HOSP – 25 Nov 44 Leyte 142d GEN HOSP – 26 May 42 New Zealand - 43 Fiji – India (ex-217th GEN HOSP, activated 1 Jun 41, supplied cadres for other units, 28 Feb 44) 147th GEN HOSP – 16 Jun 42 Hawaii – 19 Nov 43 Gilberts – 1 Aug 44 Hawaii 148th GEN HOSP – 21 Mar 42 Hawaii – 31 May 44 Saipan Is 172d GEN HOSP – 45 China 181st GEN HOSP – 43 India 204th GEN HOSP – 8 Apr 42 Hawaii 218th GEN HOSP – 1 Aug 44 Hawaii 234th GEN HOSP 247th GEN HOSP – (activated 15 Oct 44, ex-233d STA HOSP) 263d GEN HOSP – 43 India 307th GEN HOSP Sternberg GEN HOSP - Philippines Tripler GEN HOSP - Hawaii GEN HOSP No. 1 – Limay, Philippines GEN HOSP No. 2 – Cabcaben, Philippines Malinta Tunnel GEN HOSP – Corregidor, Philippines Station Hospitals 1st STA HOSP – 10 Feb 42 Christmas Is (activated 10 Feb 41) 2d STA HOSP – 18 May 42 Australia (activated 16 Mar 42) 5th STA HOSP – 17 Feb 42 Australia (activated 7 Jan 41) 8th STA HOSP – 17 Jan 42 Bora Bora (activated 10 Feb 41) 9th STA HOSP – 23 Jan 42 Australia – 27 Nov 42 New Caledonia (activated 11Feb 41) 12th STA HOSP – 18 Feb 42 Australia (activated 10 Feb 41, functioned as an Evac Hosp) 13th STA HOSP – 18 May 42 Australia (activated 16 Mar 42) 17th STA HOSP – 18 May 42 Australia (activated 16 Mar 42) 18th STA HOSP – 18 May 42 Australia (activated 16 Mar 42) 20th STA HOSP – 16 Jan 43 Guadalcanal 22d STA HOSP – 27 Feb 42 Hawaii 26th STA HOSP – 31 Jan 42 Canton Is (activated 10 Feb 41) 27th STA HOSP – 27 Nov 42 New Caledonia 30th STA HOSP – 43 India 31st STA HOSP – New Caledonia 47th STA HOSP – 18 Feb 42 Australia (activated 18 Jun 41) 48th STA HOSP – Dec 43 India 71st STA HOSP – 9 May 42 Fiji (activated 14 Apr 42) 76th STA HOSP – 26 Oct 44 Leyte 94th STA HOSP 95th STA HOSP – 27 May 42 India - Oct 43 China (activated 30 Apr 42) 97th STA HOSP – 27 May 42 India (activated 28 Apr 42) 98th STA HOSP – 27 May 42 India – Burma (activated 28 Apr 42) 99th STA HOSP – 27 May 42 India (activated 28 Apr 42) 100th STA HOSP – 27 May 42 India (activated 1 May 42) 109th STA HOSP – 23 Jan 42 New Caledonia (activated 1 Jun 41) 111th STA HOSP – Dec 43 India 112th STA HOSP – Dec 43 India 128th STA HOSP – 14 Feb 44 New Guinea – 23 Nov 44 Biak Is – Jan 45 Philippines – 2 Sep 45 Japan (activated 20 Dec 42, FIRST Army Hospital established in Japan) 153d STA HOSP – 18 Feb 42 Australia - Oct 42 Papua – 9 Mar 43 Australia (activated 1 Jun 41) 155th STA HOSP – 18 May 42 Australia (activated 1 Jun 41) 156th STA HOSP – 11 Mar 42 Hawaii 159th STA HOSP – 19 Mar 42 India (activated 1 Jun 41) 165th STA HOSP – 27 Feb 42 Hawaii - 26 Oct 44 Leyte 166th STA HOSP – 19 May 42 Australia (activated 1 Jun 41) 171st STA HOSP – 18 May 42 Australia - Dec 42 Papua (activated 3 Apr 42) 172d STA HOSP - 19 May 42 Australia (activated 20 Mar 42) 174th STA HOSP – 18 May 42 Australia (activated 29 Mar 42) 176th STA HOSP – 31 May 44 Saipan Is 178th STA HOSP 179th STA HOSP – May 42 Aleutians 198th STA HOSP 227th STA HOSP – 26 Feb 45 Philippines 233d ST AHOSP – 5 Jan 44 Australia (ex-71st GEN HOSP, used to staff 233d + 237th STA HOSP) 237th STA HOSP – 5 Jan 44 Australia (ex-71st GEN HOSP) 268th STA HOSP – 5 Oct 43 (all-Negro Hosp, activated 1 Mar 43) 289th STA HOSP – 25 Jul 44 Guam 328th STA HOSP – 11 May 43 Aleutians 331st STA HOSP – 28 Nov 42 New Caledonia 332d STA HOSP – 27 Nov 42 New Caledonia 335th STA HOSP – (all-Negro Hosp, activated 1 Aug 43) 336th STA HOSP – 27 Nov 42 New Caledonia 360th STA HOSP – 28 0ct 43 Australia (ex-28th SURG HOSP, activated 10 Feb 41, embarked for Australia 4 Mar 42) 361st STA HOSP – 28 Oct 43 Australia (ex-33d SURG HOSP, activated 25 Jan 41, embarked for Australia 2 Aug 42) 369th STA HOSP – 31 May 44 Saipan Is 371st STA HOSP 372d STA HOSP 383d STA HOSP – 1 Aug 44 Burma – 1 Aug 45 Philippines (all-Negro Hosp, personnel supplied by the 335th STA HOSP) Ft. Mills STA HOSP – Corregidor, Philippines Ft. William McKinley STA HOSP – Philippines Ft. Stotsenburg STA HOSP - Philippines Schofield Barracks STA HOSP - Hawaii Ft. Glenn STA HOSP – Umnak Is, Aleutians Ft. Mears STA HOSP – Unalaska Is, Aleutians Ft. Randall STA HOSP – Alaska Naknek Post STA HOSP – Alaska Nome Post STA HOSP – Alaska Ladd Field STA HOSP – Alaska Ft. Richardson STA HOSP – Alaska Ft. Raymond STA HOSP – Alaska Cordova Post STA HOSP – Alaska Yakutat Post STA HOSP – Alaska Ft. Ray STA HOSP – Alaska Annette Island Post STA HOSP - Alaska Ft. Seward STA HOSP – Alaska Juneau Post STA HOSP - Alaska Ft. Greeley STA HOSP – Alaska Surgical Hospitals 28th SURG HOSP – 4 Mar 42 Australia (activated 10 Feb 41, redesignated 360th STA HOSP, 28 Oct 43) 33d SURG HOSP - 4 Mar 42 Australia (activated 25 Jan 41, redesignated 361st STA HOSP, 28 Oct 43) Hospital Centers 26th HOSP CEN – end 44 New Guinea 27th HOSP CEN – 30 Jun 44 New Guinea 28th HOSP CEN – Mar 45 Biak Is 821st HOSP CEN – Aug 45 Tinian Is Manila HOSP CEN – 9 Dec 41 Philippines Hospital Ships ‘Assam’ – Apr 42 Burma (located on the Irrawaddy River) ‘Bolivar’ – Jun 44 Tinian and Saipan Is ‘Comfort’ – Dec 44 New Guinea - 28 Apr 45 (hit by kamikaze planes off Okinawa) ‘Emily H.M. Weder’ – Dec 44 Philippines ‘Haven’ – Sep 45 Japan ‘Hope’ – Mar 45 Iwo Jima - Apr 45 Okinawa ‘Mactan’ – Dec 41 Philippines – Dec 41 Australia ‘Maetsuycker’ – Aug 42 Australia – Nov 42 New Guinea ‘Mercy’ ‘Pinkney’ - 28 Apr 45 hit by kamikaze planes off Okinawa ‘Relief’ – Jan 44 Kwajalein – Feb 44 Eniwetok ‘Solace’ – Jan 44 Kwajalein – Feb 44 Eniwetok ‘Tasman’ – Aug 42 Australia Separate Medical Battalions 12th MED BN – 15 Aug 41 Philippines (ex-12th MED REGT) 13th MED BN – Nov 43 Burma (helped support the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) aka Merrill’s Marauders, originally trained as a MED BN for the Arctic, redesignated 13th MTN MED BN, 7 Nov 44) 59th MED BN – Aug 43 Aleutians 70th MED BN – Jan 45 Luzon 71st MED BN – Sep 42 Hawaii – Dec 44 Leyte – Apr 45 Okinawa (ex-102d MED REGT) 96th MED BN – 26 Apr 45 Okinawa 135th MED BN – Dec 44 Leyte - Jan 45 Luzon 151st MED BN – Aug 43 Burma (supported Merrill’s Marauders, and provided an AIR CLR STA for British and Chinese casualties) Medical Clearing Companies In view of the ‘special’ environment and kind of warfare, Clearing Companies often functioned as small Field Hospitals in the Pacific. The other reason was that most battles were small and Hospital units might be absent from the Task Force or remote from the fighting line. 394th MED CLR CO – Jan 45 Luzon (operated a temporary 100-bed medical facility) 893d MED CLR CO – Jan 45 Luzon (operated a temporary 100-bed medical facility) Mar 45 Manila (operated a provisional small hospital) Separate Medical Collecting Companies Collecting Companies had a hard time fighting in the Asia-Pacific region. They often had to evacuate casualties from temporary forward Aid Stations, and run a Collecting Station, in a harsh and hostile environment. 409th MED COLL CO – Mar 45 Manila (operated an Air Evac Strip at Rosales and Quezon City) 506th MED COLL CO – Dec 44 New Guinea 644th MED COLL CO – Jan 45 Luzon (operated a temporary 50-bed civilian hospital) 645th MED COLL CO – Oct 44 Leyte Medical General Laboratories 18th MED GEN LAB – 44 Hawaii 19th MED GEN LAB – Aug 45 Philippines Separate Medical Groups 80th MED GP – 23 Jun 45 Okinawa 135th MED GP – Oct 44 Leyte – Jan 45 Luzon (comprised the 70th, 135th, 263d, and 264th MED BNs) Separate Medical Laboratories (Units) 3d MED LAB – Jan 42 Australia 14th MED LAB – Jul 45 Okinawa Separate Medical Regiments 135th MED REGT – Sep 42 Australia – Jan 43 Papua – Dec 43 New Britain – Dec 44 Biak Is Separate Medical Supply Depots 3d MED SUP DEP – 1 Dec 42 Australia 4th MED SUP DEP – 42 Australia (later redesignated 9th MED SUP DEP) 5th MED SUP DEP – Apr 42 Hawaii 9th MED SUP DEP – Nov 42 Papua Portable Surgical Hospitals (Units) Portable Surgical Hospitals were first developed in Australia and later adapted to provide skilled surgical care in jungle fighting during the Papuan campaign. These ‘special’ medical units were later attached to Task Forces for providing early frontline surgical care in amphibious operations. The Portable Surgical Hospitals consisted of 4 Officers and 33 EM who carried the necessary equipment and supplies on their backs – depending on circumstances, these units were attached to a Regiment, a Division, or even to an Army. This kind of Hospital was unique to the Theater. 1st PTBL SURG HOSP - 43 New Guinea 2d PTBL SURG HOSP – Nov 42 Papua – 43 New Guinea 3d PTBL SURG HOSP – Nov 42 Papua – 43 New Guinea 4th PTBL SURG HOSP – Nov 42 Papua 5th PTBL SURG HOSP – Nov 42 Papua – 43 New Guinea 6th PTBL SURG HOSP – New Guinea – New Britain (worked aboard LST-H) – 13 Jan 45 Luzon 7th PTBL SURG HOSP – 26 Oct 44 Leyte 8th PTBL SURG HOSP – New Guinea – New Britain (worked aboard LST-H) 9th PTBL SURG HOSP – Nov 42 Papua – May 44 New Guinea 10th PTBL SURG HOSP – New Guinea 11th PTBL SURG HOSP – 43 New Guinea – 13 Jan 45 Luzon 13th PTBL SURG HOSP – New Guinea – New Britain (worked aboard LST-H) 14th PTBL SURG HOSP – Nov 42 Papua 15th PTBL SURG HOSP – 13 Jan 45 Luzon 16th PTBL SURG HOSP – New Guinea – 26 Oct 44 Leyte 17th PTBL SURG HOSP – Nov 42 Papua – New Guinea 18th PTBL SURG HOSP – Nov 42 Papua – 43 New Guinea – Feb 45 Philippines 19th PTBL SURG HOSP – Nov 42 Papua – 26 Oct 44 Leyte 22d PTBL SURG HOSP – Nov 42 Papua – New Guinea 23d PTBL SURG HOSP – Nov 42 Papua 24th PTBL SURG HOSP – 12 Sep 43 New Guinea 27th PTBL SURG HOSP – Jun 43 Admiralty Is – 26 Oct 44 Leyte 30th PTBL SURG HOSP – Jun 43 Admiralty Is 32d PTBL SURG HOSP – 44 Burma 34th PTBL SURG HOSP – 44 Burma – Apr 45 China 41st PTBL SURG HOSP – Oct 44 Okinawa 42d PTBL SURG HOSP – late 43 Burma 43d PTBL SURG HOSP – late 43 Burma 45th PTBL SURG HOSP – mid Oct 44 Burma 46th PTBL SURG HOSP – late 43 Burma 51st PTBL SURG HOSP – 26 Oct 44 Leyte – Apr 45 Okinawa 52d PTBL SURG HOSP – 26 Oct 44 Leyte – Apr 45 Okinawa 55th PTBL SURG HOSP – 13 Jan 45 Luzon 56th PTBL SURG HOSP – 13 Jan 45 Luzon 57th PTBL SURG HOSP – 13 Jan 45 Luzon 58th PTBL SURG HOSP – 10 Jun 45 Burma 60th PTBL SURG HOSP – mid Oct 44 Burma 61st PTBL SURG HOSP – 13 Jan 45 Luzon 62d PTBL SURG HOSP – 13 Jan 45 Luzon 63d PTBL SURG HOSP – 13 Jan 45 Luzon 64th PTBL SURG HOSP – Mar 45 Philippines 66th PTBL SURG HOSP – Apr 45 Okinawa 67th PTBL SURG HOSP – Apr 45 Okinawa 95th PTBL SURG HOSP – 24 Jul 44 Guam – Dec 44 Leyte 96th PTBL SURG HOSP – 44 Tinian Is – 20 Jun Saipan Is – Apr 45 Okinawa 97th PTBL SURG HOSP – 44 Tinian Is – 20 Jun Saipan Is 98th PTBL SURG HOSP– 44 Saipan Is – 20 Jun 44 Saipan Is – Apr 45 Okinawa WW2 US Medical Research Centre :: WW2 MIilitary Hospitals :: PTO
Mike, Not sure just where this anecdote fits in, but in early 1942 the city of Melbourne completed the biggest and best hospital in Australia. It was immediately handed over to the US Army for the duration. in addition, Australia's richest man (Sir Sydney Myer) at that time had just completed a new 7 storey department store. He handed that over to the US Army as a personal gesture for the duration for use as their HQs. OZ John.
Related to this: The Medical Department: Medical Service in the War Against Japan can be found at: Index of /pha/USA-in-WWII/Set-5-of-7 on Disk 2.
Thank you for posting this information. This information was a key link in putting the pieces together in my Fathers service. His DOD discharge sheet stated that he was with the 58th Post Surgical Hospital but the component said AUS. (I'm sure the Post should have been Port.....). He spoke about being in the jungles with Merrill's Marauders all the time. He contracted malaria and survived. He passed on December 24, 2004 - so the war stories are in my memory as he told them to me.