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==