https://32ndstationhospital.com/2019/02/05/medical-officers-of-the-32nd-station-hospital-part-i-surgical-service/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/captain-norris-elvin.jpgCaptain Norris ElvinCaptain Norris Elvin (Courtesy of the Elvin family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/robert-silverman-early-war-album-001-dr-elvin-april-1943.jpgRobert-Silverman-Early-War-Album-001-Dr-Elvin-April-1943Captain Elvin (left) with 1st Lieutenant Robert Silverman in Algeria in a photo dated April 1943 (Robert Silverman Album)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/rubin-21-dud-bomb.jpgRubin 21 dud bombDr. Eisenberg appears to be the captain standing next to one of the dud bombs that fell on the 32nd Station Hospital the night of April 24, 1944 (Courtesy of the Mann Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dolgin-1942.jpgDolgin-1942Portrait of Dr. Dolgin dated 1942 (Courtesy of the Dolgin Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dolgin-prob-ny.jpgDolgin-prob-NYDr. Joseph Dolgin in his U.S. Army uniform, likely taken in the United States before he went overseas (Courtesy of the Dolgin Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/rubin-14-eisenberg-stuart-light-tank.jpgRubin-14-Eisenberg-Stuart-light-tankDr. Harold B. Eisenberg sitting on the turret of an M-5 Stuart light tank, presumably taken in Italy in early 1944 (Courtesy of the Mann Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ruby-milligan-xmas-1944-retouched-britt-detail.jpgRuby-Milligan-Xmas-1944-Retouched-Britt-DetailDetail from a group photo taken in the 32nd Station Hospital officers' club during their Christmas 1944 party in Caserta, Italy. Ruby Milligan (Hills) identified the individuals in the photo. Standing (left to right): Dr. Redden Britt, Dr. George R. Lee, Lunger. Seated: Erwin "Larry" Laurence, Ruby Milligan. I don't believe Lunger or Laurence were members of the 32nd Station Hospital. (Courtesy of the Hills Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/needles-britt-eblen.jpgNeedles-Britt-EblenCaptain Redden Britt (almost certainly on the left) with Captain James Eblen (right) in Algeria, 1943 (Courtesy of the Needles Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/opper-caserta-palace.jpgOpper-Caserta-PalaceCaptain Philip Opper on the grounds of the Royal Palace of Caserta in 1944 or 1945 (Robert Silverman 8 mm Film)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/poss-lee-vinsant-tlemcen-1.jpgPoss-Lee-Vinsant-TlemcenTwo 32nd Station Hospital officers in Tlemcen, Algeria in 1943; I believe Captain George R. Lee is at left and Captain Lowell E. Vinsant is at right (Robert Silverman 8 mm film)2025-10-09T19:10:19+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/2019/11/25/letters-from-the-alice-griffin-collection-part-ii-may-june-1943/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/berghof5thmay1945crop.jpgBerghof5thMay1945CropLieutenant Albert Messiah and his men in a photo taken on May 5, 1945. In the second row back (counting the men sprawled in front as a row), Messiah is seated third from the left. They are posing with wine (and in the case of a rifleman named Pierre Dubuc, an chef's outfit!) taken from the houses of Nazi officials Martin Bormann and Hermann Göring. Click here for a larger view. (Photo from the collection of Jean-Pierre Muller, Nancy, via Alain Godec) https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/berghof5thmay1945.jpgBerghof5thMay1945https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/l-gertrude-thompson.jpgL-Gertrude-ThompsonCaptain L. Gertrude Thompson's photo in the 1942 Lovell General Hospital yearbook (Courtesy of the Fort Devens Museum)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/joseph-nash.jpgJoseph-NashMajor Joseph Nash's photo in the 1942 Lovell General Hospital yearbook (Courtesy of the Fort Devens Museum)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/nissen-huts-rubin.jpgNissen-Huts-RubinThe Nissen huts collectively referred to as hospital Building B in Tlemcen, erected next to Building A, L'Ecole des Filles Indigenes (Courtesy of the Mann Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/griffin-v-mail-26-june-1943.jpgGriffin-V-mail-26-June-1943June 26, 1943 V-mail; the distortion is in the original, which apparently was photographed or enlarged askew. (Courtesy of the Feeney Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/army-nurses-cards.jpgArmy-Nurses-CardsU.S. Army nurses playing cards during World War II; their names and unit are not identified. (U.S. National Library of Medicine)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/the-weekly-diagnosis-1-may-1943-atabrine.jpgThe-Weekly-Diagnosis-1-May-1943-AtabrineDon Sudlow's Atabrine cartoon (Courtesy of the Feeney Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/margaret-griffin.jpgMargaret-GriffinGriffin's sister Margaret, circa 1940 (Courtesy of the Bentubo Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ella-jamess-sister-letter-14-aug-1943096-1.jpgElla-James's-sister-letter-14-Aug-1943096-1Letter from Ann Bach to Alice Griffin's mother written on Melba Inn stationary. It appears someone, presumably Mrs. Griffin, penciled in Ella James's service number and nickname on the letter.2025-09-18T18:20:00+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/2019/11/11/letters-from-the-alice-griffin-collection-part-i-march-april-1943/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/griffin-usaaf-invitation-9-april-1943-crop.jpgGriffin-USAAF-invitation-9-April-1943-cropThis invitation addressed to Griffin was for a different party held by the U.S.A.A.F. officers a few days after the one mentioned in this letter (Courtesy of the Feeney Family) https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/houlihan-detail.jpgHoulihan-Detail1st Lieutenant Catherine Houlihan in a detail from a group photo probably taken in Italy in 1944. (Courtesy of the Byrne Family)2025-09-18T17:29:49+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/2019/11/11/introduction-to-the-alice-griffin-collection/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/special-orders-no-323.jpgSpecial-Orders-No-323Special Orders No. 323, which listed the names of 25 nurses at Lovell General Hospital, Fort Devens, Massachusetts (including Griffin and her closest friends in the unit) who were reassigned to the 32nd Station Hospital and joined the unit the following month (Courtesy of the Carey Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/jeffrey-weiner-album-baseball-team032.jpgJeffrey-Weiner-Album-Baseball-Team032Roy "Jeff" Jeffrey in a detail from a 32nd Station Hospital Red Sox baseball team photo taken in 1945; he may be the wardman referred to as Jeffries in the Alice Griffin letters (Courtesy of the Knitter Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/mario-villanti.jpgMario-VillantiMario "Tim" Villanti seen here at the rank of major or lieutenant colonel (Courtesy of the Villanti Family)2025-09-17T19:44:43+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/2019/02/25/dentists-of-the-32nd-station-hospital/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/howard-goldstein-wwii-retouch-1.jpgHoward-Goldstein-WWII-retouchDr. Howard B. Goldstein during World War II (Courtesy of the Grayson Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/uhler-collection-newton-jarvie.jpgUhler-Collection-Newton-JarvieCaptain Baker D. Newton and Lieutenant John S. Jarvie, likely taken at Anzio in 1944 (Courtesy of the Uhler Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/mac-jarvie-burnham-uhler-anzio.jpgMac-Jarvie-Burnham-Uhler-AnzioThis photo was taken at Anzio in early 1944. From left to right: likely Dr. John W. McLaughlin, Jarvie, Dr. Herbert E. Burnham, and Joseph R. Uhler (Courtesy of the Uhler Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/uhler-collection-newton-anzio.jpgUhler-Collection-Newton-AnzioCaptain Newton (marked) directing his men at Anzio next to one of the unit's dug in M-10 tank destroyershttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dentists-600dpi-banner.jpgDentists-600DPI-Bannerhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wessel-collection-dental-unit-600-dpi-small.jpgWessel-Collection-Dental-Unit-600-DPI-SmallDental officers of the 32nd Station Hospital: Captain Robert Silverman (left), Captain Irving S. Weiner (center), and Major Howard A. Laile (right), taken in Cesarta, Italy between February and August 1944 (Courtesy of the Wessel Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wessel-collection-dental-unit-600-dpi.jpgWessel Collection Dental Unit 600 DPIhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/laile-tlemcen.jpgLaile-TlemcenDr. Howard A. Laile, almost certainly taken in Algeria in 1943 (Courtesy of the Weiner Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/weiner-training.jpgWeiner-TrainingA young Irving Weiner, almost certainly taken during his training at the Baltimore School of Dental Surgery (Courtesy of the Weiner Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/shindell-color-restored.jpgShindell-color-restoredDr. Shindell and his wife Lee in 1977 (Courtesy of the Carey Family)2025-08-26T12:27:01+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/2019/01/28/administrative-officers-of-the-32nd-station-hospital/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/bellomy-collection-captain-sommermeyer.jpgBellomy-Collection-Captain-SommermeyerCaptain Sommermeyer sitting at his desk (Courtesy of the Bellomy family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/robert-lucille-silverman-early-war-album-pg-34a-cole.jpgRobert--Lucille-Silverman-Early-War-Album-Pg-34a-ColeLieutenant Cole in a detail from a a photo taken at the Red Cross swimming pool in Tlemcen, Algeria in 1943 (Robert Silverman Collection, enhanced with MyHeritage)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/robert-silverman-early-war-album-mac-officers.jpgRobert-Silverman-Early-War-Album-MAC-officers32nd Station Hospital Medical Administrative Corps officers at Camp Rucker, Alabama in September 1942. From left to right: James L. Ponton, Robert C. Brenneman, Albert H. Hanssen, Jr., and Herman C. Needles. (Robert Silverman Collection)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/hanssen-32nd-station-letter-enhanced.jpgHanssen-32nd-Station-Letter-EnhancedHanssen's farewell letter to the members of the 32nd Station Hospital; the "Barksdale Clique" most likely refers to the original cadre of men who reported to Camp Rucker, Alabama from Barksdale Field, Louisiana in June 1942, immediately after the unit was activated. (Courtesy of the Hanssen Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/lt-albert-hanssen-jr.jpgLt-Albert-Hanssen,-JrLieutenant Albert Hanssen (Courtesy of the Hanssen Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ruby-milligan-xmas-1944-retouched-detail.jpgRuby-Milligan-Xmas-1944-Retouched-DetailDetail from a photo of the 1944 Christmas party at the 32nd Station Hospital officers' club in Caserta. From left to right: Annie P. Barone, Thomas J. Hagerty, Catherine H. Houlihan, Gerard Krueger (the life of the party!), unknown, "Katie" Donahue (Cleary), Willard Blood (Courtesy of the Hills Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/blood-circa1945.jpgBlood-circa19451st Lieutenant Blood in Italy circa 1945 (Courtesy of the Blood Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/hagerty-barone-slides-14-june-1945-004-banner.jpgHagerty-&-Barone-Slides-14-June-1945-004-Bannerhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/hagerty-barone-slides-high-resolution-uncropped-retouched026.jpgHagerty-&-Barone-Slides-High-Resolution-Uncropped-retouched026From left to right: Francisco Barone, 1st Lieutenant Annie P. Barone (Hagerty), and Chief Warrant Officer Thomas J. Hagerty in Caserta on June 14, 1945. Note the confetti at their feet (and hair!), a detail that wouldn’t have been evident at all were it not for this being a rare color photograph! (Courtesy of the Hagerty Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ruby-milligan-photos-henry-walker-1.jpgRuby-Milligan-Photos-Henry-WalkerThis officer is identified as Henry Walker in the North Africa section of Ruby Milligan's photo album. Most likely it is the 32nd Station Hospital's Walker, though the name is common enough that it is impossible to be absolutely certain (Courtesy of the Hills Family)2025-08-12T17:14:08+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/2020/12/14/enlisted-men-of-the-32nd-station-hospital-part-ii-last-name-b/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/bucher-caserta.jpgBucher-CasertaTechnician 4th Grade Bucher in a detail from a group photo of 32nd Station Hospital enlisted men from Illinois taken in Caserta, Italy, on November 22, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-334856, National Archives)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/mcnelly800343640_j.jpgMcNelly800343640_jIt had been almost a year since Vesuvius erupted, but Private Black found a place hot enough to set his walking stick on fire! (Dwight McNelly and Dorothy Eggers Collection. Courtesy of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/mcnelly-black-hair.jpgMcNelly-Black-HairPrivate Don Black (background) reacting with dismay to Technician 5th Grade Stephen Hair sitting on his camera during a February 10, 1945 visit to Mt. Vesuvius (Dwight McNelly and Dorothy Eggers Collection. Courtesy of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/bradford-family-postwar.jpgBradford-Family-PostwarHugh Bradford (standing second from left) with his mother and some of his siblings in a postwar photograph (Courtesy of the Bradford family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/bucher-detail.jpgBucher-DetailBucher in a detail from a 1942 photo of 32nd Station Hospital cadre (Courtesy of the Ballard family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ballard-collection-bucher-and-weber-1945.jpgBallard-Collection-Bucher-and-Weber-1945Bucher (left) with Technician 3rd Grade Fred Weber (right) at the 32nd Station Compound in Caserta, Italy in 1945. Oddly enough, Bucher appeared in some 1945 photos wearing staff sergeant rank rather than technician 3rd grade, though I found no record of his rank changing (Courtesy of the Ballard family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/bramnick-32nd-radiology-unit-str-larger-detail.jpgBramnick-32nd-Radiology-Unit-str-Larger-DetailTechnician 5th Grade Paul Bramnick (standing at center) in a detail from a June 1, 1943 photo of the 32nd Station Hospital's Radiology Section in Tlemcen, Algeria (Courtesy of the Bramnick family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/monroe-bellomy-and-wife.jpgMonroe-Bellomy-and-wifeMonroe Bellomy and his wife, Helga (Courtesy of the Bellomy family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/vernon-behrendt.jpgVernon-BehrendtVernon Behrendt c. 1943. Given his Medical Department collar disc, it was probably taken during the time he was with the 32nd Station Hospital (Courtesy of the Behrendt family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/william-spence-bishop.jpgWilliam-Spence-BishopWilliam Spence Bishop (The Knoxville Journal)2025-01-11T16:17:05+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/2020/10/22/enlisted-men-of-the-32nd-station-hospital-part-i-last-name-a/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/111-sc-334856-32nd-sh-em-cropped-albano.jpg111-SC-334856 32nd SH EM cropped AlbanoStaff Sergeant Albano in a detail from a group photo of 32nd Station Hospital enlisted men in Caserta, Italy, on November 22, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-334856, National Archives)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/stayer-damon-arballo-lukowski-nlm_nlmuid-101442711-img.jpgStayer-Damon-Arballo-Lukowski-nlm_nlmuid-101442711-imgPhoto taken after the presentation of medals in front of the 32nd Station Hospital headquarters building in Caserta, Italy, January 23, 1945. From left to right: Major General Morrison C. Stayer, Staff Sergeant Olson Damon, Corporal William F. Arballo, Private Sigmund J. Lukowski, Chief Warrant Officer Thomas J. Hagerty (U.S. National Library of Medicine)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/felton-begnaud-1945.jpgFelton-Begnaud-1945Felton Begnaud in a detail from a 1945 photograph of the 32nd Station Hospital Red Sox (Courtesy of the Weiner family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/rhufus-allen-world-war-ii-portrait.jpgRhufus Allen World War II PortraitRhufus E. Allen (Courtesy of the Allen family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/weiner-album-008-enlisted-group-banner-1.jpgWeiner-Album-008-enlisted-group-bannerhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/dabrowski-collection-32nd-em-banner.jpgDabrowski-Collection-32nd-EM-Banner32nd Station Hospital enlisted personnel, probably in Tlemcen, Algeria in 1943 (Courtesy of the Geragosian family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/bramnick-32nd-radiology-unit-1-june-1943.jpgBramnick-32nd-Radiology-Unit-1-June-1943https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/weiner-album-024-tlemcen-banner.jpgWeiner-Album-024-Tlemcen-BannerEnlisted personnel in front of the World War I memorial in Tlemcen, Algeria (Courtesy of the Weiner family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/weiner-album-024-prob-32nd-sh-tlemcen-banner.jpgWeiner-Album-024-prob-32nd-SH-Tlemcen-Bannerhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/kreis_the_knoxville_journal_sat__nov_20__1948_.jpgKreis_The_Knoxville_Journal_Sat__Nov_20__1948_Private 1st Class Kreis in a photograph printed in The Knoxville Journal on November 20, 19482024-11-22T02:50:01+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/2020/03/25/1st-lieutenant-john-s-jarvie-jack-in-the-alice-griffin-letters/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/newton-jarvie-at-anzio-by-andrea-mancini.jpgNewton & Jarvie at Anzio by Andrea ManciniCaptain Newton and 1st Lieutenant Jarvie conferring over a map at Anzio (Painting by Andrea Mancini, author's collection)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ervin-m-frey.jpgErvin-M-FreyLieutenant Ervin M. Frey (Courtesy of Joseph Slak via Find a Grave)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/griffin-v-mail-16-nov-1943.jpgGriffin-V-mail-16-Nov-1943Alice Griffin's November 16, 1943 V-mail provided Jack's date of birth, a critical clue in identifying him (Courtesy of the Feeney family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/griffinv-mail-16-nov-1943-small.jpgGriffinV-mail-16-Nov-1943-smallThis V-mail was the last letter in the Alihttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/m-10-france.jpgM-10-FranceDetail of a photo of an M-10 taken in France in August 1944. Note the soldier manning the .50 machine gun while standing on the back deck, as Captain Galt was in Corporal Perkins's account. (Wikimedia Commons)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/jarvie-prob-1930s-photo-retouched.jpgJarvie-prob-1930s-photo-retouchedA young John S. Jarvie, presumably taken at Bordentown Military Institute in the 1930s (Courtesy of the Jarvie Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/jarvie-bracelet-new.jpgJarvie Bracelet NewJarvie's identification bracelet, returned to his family in 2016 (Courtesy of the Padgett Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/uhler-collection-jarvie-enhanced-prob-anzio.jpgUhler-Collection-Jarvie-enhanced-prob-AnzioJarvie, probably at Anzio (Courtesy of the Uhler Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/west-lyon.jpgWest-LyonLieutenant West R. Lyon (Courtesy of the Lyon Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/894thxmasroster.jpg894thXmasRosterPage from a Christmas 1941 dinner program listing officers and N.C.O.s from Company "C" of the 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion; a copy of this document in Seek, Strike, Destroy led to me identifying "Newt" from one of Griffin's letters as Baker D. Newton (Courtesy of the Newton Family)2024-05-29T13:05:50+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/2018/12/04/the-32nd-station-hospitals-close-call-during-a-german-air-raid/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/59th-bds-page.jpg59th BDS pageExcerpt from the 59th Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad war diary for April 1944 mentioning the dud bombs, but not who actually handled them! (Courtesy of Lieutenant Colonel Bob Leiendecker)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/32ndmapdetail2.jpg32ndMapDetail2Detail of the 32nd Station Hospital map from December 1944 oriented with north to the right of the map. Ward 18 (where one of the bombs hit) is at upper right, second row from the end. Another bomb landed in the highway which runs along the top of the map. The location of the third bomb (mentioned in the McNelly account) isn't clear but might be near the area marked DETACHMENT BIVOUAC at lower left. The photo of the bomb disposal unit digging up the bomb appears to have been taken from the vicinity of the Physio-Therapy Ward (center right), with the photo of the truck taken as the bomb squad drove towards the north exit (upper right). (National Archives)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/bombdrivebanner1.jpgBombDriveBannerhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/truckmarkingscrop.jpgTruckMarkingsCropClose-up of the truck's mysterious markings. I'd been hoping the markings on the truck might reveal some useful information, but they seem rather limited: PBS (Peninsular Base Section) on the left and what looks like "20" or "23" on the right rear guard. Those numbers don't match any bomb disposal unit in the area. Note the patient (wearing a bathrobe) in the background. (Dwight McNelly and Dorothy Eggers Collection. Courtesy of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/32ndmapdetail.jpg32ndMapDetailDetail of the 32nd Station Hospital map from December 1944 with Ward 18 (where one of the bombs hit) upper right. The other bomb landed in the highway which runs along the top of the map. The location of the third bomb (mentioned in the McNelly account) isn't clear but might be near the area marked DETACHMENT BIVOUAC at lower left. (National Archives)2024-04-26T02:17:57+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/2018/11/26/baseball-and-other-off-duty-pursuits-at-the-32nd-station-hospital/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/irving-berlin-at-32nd-banner.jpgIrving-Berlin-at-32nd-Bannerhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/knitter-irving-berlin-at-32nd-vertical-enhanced-cropped.jpgKnitter-Irving-Berlin-at-32nd-vertical-enhanced-croppedIrving Berlin performing at the 32nd Station Hospital, probably in April 1944. Oddly enough, although there are photos of this visit from both the collections of Hank Knitter, Ruby Milligan, and Dr. Irving Weiner, none of the known written accounts (Dwight McNelly, Willard Havemeier, or Dr. Lowell Vinsant) mention his visit. However, Havemeier and Vinsant did mention seeing a performance of Berlin's "This is the Army" nearby on April 24, 1944. (Courtesy of the Knitter Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/irving-berlin-at-32nd-crop.jpgIrving-Berlin-at-32nd-crophttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/barksdale-field-hosp.jpgBarksdale-Field-HospThis photo from Hank Knitter's collection is captioned "Front entrance to base hospital Barksdale Field La" (Courtesy of the Knitter Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/irving-berlin-caserta.jpgIrving-Berlin-CasertaIrving Berlin performing at the 32nd Station Hospital, probably in April 1944. Oddly enough, although there are photos of this visit from both the collections of Ruby Milligan and Dr. Irving Weiner, none of the known written accounts (Dwight McNelly, Willard Havemeier, or Dr. Lowell Vinsant) mention his visit. However, Havemeier and Vinsant do mention seeing a performance of Berlin's "This is the Army" nearby on April 24, 1944. (Courtesy of the Hills Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/mt-v-eruption-enh.jpgMount Vesuvius eruption 1944 (enhanced)Mt. Vesuvius erupting in March 1944. My grandfather may have purchased it in Italy rather than taking it himself. (Robert Silverman Collection)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/baseballbanner.jpgBaseballBannerhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/algeriabeach.jpgAlgeriaBeachBeach houses west of Béni Saf where some 32nd Station Hospital enlisted men stayed (Willard Havemeier Collection)2024-01-19T22:40:48+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/2021/11/02/enlisted-men-of-the-32nd-station-hospital-last-name-e-f/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/furmans-postwar.jpgFurmans-PostwarEvelyn and Daniel Furman (Courtesy of the Furman family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ziggy-weissman-furman.jpgZiggy-Weissman-FurmanRome, October 1944. From left to right: "Ziggy" (almost certainly Private Sigmund J. Lukowski), Technician 4th Grade Martin Weissman, and Private Daniel Furman (Courtesy of the Weissman family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/yonker-collection-morrie-pharmacy.jpgYonker Collection Morrie Pharmacy"Morrie" Foffel working in a pharmacy, presumably the hospital's (Courtesy of the Yonker family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/red-sox-banner-2.jpgRed-Sox-Banner-2https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/good-conduct-caserta-banner.jpgGood-Conduct-Caserta-Bannerhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/morrie-and-harold-yonker-red-cross-tlemcen.jpgMorrie and Harold Yonker Red Cross TlemcenTechnician 5th Grade Foffel (left) with another member of the hospital pharmacy, Technical Sergeant Harold Yonker, at the Red Cross in Tlemcen, Algeria, probably in May or June 1943 (Courtesy of the Yonker family)2023-11-18T22:33:26+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/2019/04/29/the-mystery-of-rachel-h-sheridan-the-32nd-station-hospitals-lost-nurse/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/rachel-sheridan-3-cropped-myheritage.jpgRachel-Sheridan-3-cropped-MyHeritage2nd Lieutenant Rachel H. Sheridan in a photo she apparently sent to her younger brother, Thomas (Courtesy of the Delaware Public Archives, enhanced with MyHeritage)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/rae-sheridan.jpgRae Sheridan2nd Lieutenant Rachel Sheridan (Courtesy of Leo McHugh)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/sheridan-report-of-burial.jpgSheridan-Report-of-BurialExcerpt from the Report of Burial in Lieutenant Sheridan's I.D.P.F. (U.S. Army Human Resources Command)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/rachel-sheridan-3-cropped.jpgRachel-Sheridan-3-cropped2nd Lieutenant Rachel H. Sheridan in a photo she apparently sent to her younger brother, Thomas (Delaware Public Archives)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/sheridan_the_plain_speaker_thu__dec_16__1943_-2.jpgSheridan_The_Plain_Speaker_Thu__Dec_16__1943_Photo of 2nd Lieutenant Rachel Hannah Sheridan printed in The Plain Speaker (Hazelton, Pennsylvania) on December 16, 1943 (Courtesy of The Hazleton Standard-Speaker)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/hagerty-barone-collection-wilson-barone-outside-chapel-retouched.jpgHagerty-Barone-Collection-Wilson-&-Barone-outside-chapel-retouched1st Lieutenant Evelyn H. Wilson and 1st Lieutenant Annie P. Barone (Hagerty) outside the 32nd Station Hospital's chapel in a photo taken at the Barone-Hagerty wedding on June 14, 1945. Note the sign reading "SHERIDAN-LaMONICA MEMORIAL CHAPEL" in honor of the two members of the 32nd Station Hospital killed during the war. (Courtesy of the Hagerty family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/brammer-sheridan-mention.jpgBrammer-Sheridan-MentionExcerpt from Principal Chief Nurse Helen W. Brammer's Report of Nursing Activities from 1943 (National Archives)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/havemeier-aug-16-1943.jpgHavemeier-Aug-16-1943Technician 4th Grade Willard O. Havemeier in a photo dated August 16, 1943 (Willard Havemeier Collection)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/missing-air-crew.jpgMissing-Air-Crew1st Lieutenant Walter H. Baker's account of the crash (National Archives via Fold3)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/missing-air-crew-banner-1.jpgMissing-Air-Crew-Banner2023-10-20T13:08:39+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/2020/07/23/africa-to-italy-with-the-32nd-station-hospital-willard-o-havemeiers-website/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/havemeier-banner.jpgHavemeier-Bannerhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/32nd-station-hospital-1943-nurse-roster.jpg32nd-Station-Hospital-1943-Nurse-Rosterhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/havemeier-site-edits-1.jpgHavemeier-Site-EditsThis is a good example of changes made in the editing process (with the original site at left). In this instance, I corrected minor grammar problems and the spelling error in her married name. I also deleted the line about "I do not recall her full name" since it was clear that Havemeier forgot to remove it when he added her married name.https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/havemeier-portraits.jpgHavemeier-portraitsWillard O. Havemeier in 1943 and c. 2002 (left photo courtesy of the Ballard family, right photo from editor's collection)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/havemeier-collection-goat-hill-cropped-small.jpgHavemeier-Collection-Goat-Hill-cropped-smallA high resolution scan of another print contributed by the Havemeier family (apparently taken at almost exactly the same time as the one above, though this print is in worse condition)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/image4cl-1.jpgimage4CLNurses' tent area in January, 1943, near Oran, Algeria. https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/image5jg.jpgimage5JGhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/images6t.jpgimageS6T2nd Lt. Mary Gallagherhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/index12.jpgindex12https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/imageq2l.jpgimageQ2L2023-10-20T12:47:42+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/2021/09/30/enlisted-men-of-the-32nd-station-hospital-last-name-d/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/thomas-baumgardner.jpgThomas-BaumgardnerPrivate Baumgardner in a detail from a group photo of 32nd Station Hospital enlisted men from Illinois taken in Caserta, Italy, on November 22, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-334856, National Archives)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ralph-bomgarden.jpgRalph-BomgardenPrivate Bomgarden in a detail from a group photo of 32nd Station Hospital enlisted men from Illinois taken in Caserta, Italy, on November 22, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-334856, National Archives)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/delmont-donahue.jpgDelmont-DonahueTechnician 5th Grade Donahue in a detail from a group photo of 32nd Station Hospital enlisted men from Illinois taken in Caserta, Italy, on November 22, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-334856, National Archives)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/stanley-delinsky.jpgStanley-DelinskyTechnician 4th Grade Delinsky in a detail from a group photo of 32nd Station Hospital enlisted men from Illinois taken in Caserta, Italy, on November 22, 1944 (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-334856, National Archives)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/10th-mountain-division-aid-station.jpg10th Mountain Division Aid StationA 10th Mountain Division aid station on Monte Belvedere on February 21, 1945. Private 1st Class Desorcy was apparently assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment aid station during the spring on 1945. (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph 202475. Courtesy of the Denver Public Library Special Collections)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/monte-pigna-rocker-collection.jpgMonte Pigna Rocker CollectionMonte Pigna, where Private 1st Class Desorcy was killed in action (Richard A. Rocker photo, 10th Mountain Division Resource Center Collection. Courtesy of the Denver Public Library Special Collections)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/damon-enhanced.jpgDamon-EnhancedThis photo of Staff Sergeant Olson Damon was enhanced using MyHeritage in this detail of an awards ceremony at the 32nd Station Hospital. The next image in the sequence is the unretouched version. (U.S. National Library of Medicine)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/grabowski-collection-motyka-domino-grabowski.jpgGrabowski-Collection-Motyka-Domino-GrabowskiItaly, January 3, 1944. From left to right: Bruno J. Motyka, Frank Domino, and Louis E. Grabowski (Courtesy of the Grabowski family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/grabowski.jpegGrabowskihttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/dental-banner.jpgDental-banner2022-11-20T13:54:40+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/2019/07/18/photographs-of-unidentified-individuals/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/not-dolgin.jpgNot-DolginThe man in this photo from Willard Havemeier's website about the 32nd Station Hospital was identified as Dr. Joseph Dolgin. However, Dr. Dolgin's son advised that the photo does not in fact depict his father. The photo appears to have been taken at the 32nd Station Hospital compound in Caserta, Italy in 1944 or 1945. (Willard Havemeier Collection)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/46-unktlemcen-08m19s.jpg46-UnkTlemcen-08m19sAn unknown officer on the streets of Tlemcen (Robert Silverman 8 mm Film)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/45-silverman-08m05s.jpg45-Silverman-08m05shttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/44-guardwithclub-07m45s.jpg44-GuardwithClub-07m45shttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/43-silvermandolgin-07m31s.jpg43-Silverman&Dolgin-07m31sDrs. Robert Silverman and Joseph Dolgin at the Hotel Transatlantique (07:31)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/42-silvermanweiner-07m24s.jpg42-Silverman&Weiner-07m24sDrs. Robert Silverman and Irving S. Weiner (07:24)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/41-probleevinsant-07m11s.jpg41-ProbLee&Vinsant-07m11sCaptains George R. Lee and Lowell E. Vinsant (07:11)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/40-linnprobcohen-06m59s.jpg40-Linn&probCohen-06m59sDr. Louis Linn (left) and Dr. Nace Cohen (right) (06:59)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/tlemcen-garden-panorama.jpgTlemcen-Garden-PanoramaI initially thought this was the garden on the grounds of the Hotel Transatlantique. However, Kossay Zaoui identified this as being taken at the public garden near the Grand Bassin in Tlemcen (06:34 to 06:37)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/linn-and-prob-cohen-panorama-cropped2.jpgLinn-and-prob-Cohen-Panorama-cropped22022-11-07T02:19:15+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/2019/03/06/laboratory-chaplain-dietetic-and-physical-therapy-officers-of-the-32nd-station-hospital/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/resendez-high-school.jpgResendez high schoolResendez in high school (1928 Breckenridge High School yearbook)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/rubin-11-probably-shearer.jpgRubin-11-probably-ShearerChaplain Shearer in a detail from a 1943 photograph presumably taken in Tlemcen, Algeria (Courtesy of the Mann Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/meet-the-soxers-chaplain-zimet.jpgMeet-the-Soxers-Chaplain-ZimetA drawing, almost certainly by Don Sudlow, featuring Colonel Harold L. Goss (presumed), Chaplain William O'Connor, and Major Ralph Zimet (Courtesy of the Knitter Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/the-weekly-diagnosis-1-may-1943-pg1small.jpgThe-Weekly-Diagnosis-1-May-1943-Pg1SmallMay 1, 1943 issue of The Weekly Diagnosis announced the arrival of Chaplain Flynn. It also had an excerpt from Chaplain William V. O'Connor, who had recently left the unit (temporarily, as it turned out). Click here for larger view. (Courtesy of the Feeney Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/the-weekly-diagnosis-1-may-1943-pg1.jpgThe Weekly Diagnosis May 1, 1943 Pg. 1May 1, 1943 Issue Pg. 1https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/flynn.jpgFlynnChaplain Flynn near Aachen, Germany after leaving the 32nd Station Hospital (Courtesy of Dr. Sean Brennan)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/jan-13-1945-party-large.jpgJan-13-1945-Party-LargeThe full picture from the January 13, 1945 party. Seated from left to right: Unknown, probably Joan Taafe, Morris Weiss, Eleanor O'Leary, unknown, Dr. Robert Silverman, unknown, Dr. George Lee, unknown, likely Mary Gill. The identities of the men standing in the background are unclear but the one on the left is likely Colonel Harold Goss (Robert Silverman Collection)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/hospital-dietitian.jpgHospital-DietitianThis detail from a photo from a party commemorating two years overseas held in the 32nd Station Hospital officers' club in Caserta on January 13, 1945 may depict 1st Lieutenant Mary Gill. That's based on the fact that she is wearing the insignia of the Hospital Dietician Corps and there was only one dietician assigned to the unit. However, guests from outside the unit were known to attend these parties, so the identification is not confirmed at this time. (Robert Silverman Collection)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/truitt-dancing.jpgTruitt-Dancing2nd Lieutenant Truitt dancing with an unidentified captain from another unit at the 32nd Station Hospital's Christmas dance in 1944 (Courtesy of the Hills Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/father-oconnor-jan-13-1945.jpgFather-OConnor-Jan-13-1945Chaplain O'Connor in a detail from a group photo at the 32nd Station Hospital's party celebrating two years overseas, January 13, 1945 (Courtesy of the Hills Family)2022-09-04T01:40:24+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/2019/03/25/nurses-of-the-32nd-station-hospital-part-ii-last-names-h-m/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/lecain-enhanced.jpgLeCain-enhancedLeCain in transit, likely in Algeria, 1943 (Courtesy of the Foster Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/lecainportrait.jpgLeCainPortraitDorothea LeCain in an undated wartime photograph (Courtesy of the Foster Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/hansen-italy.jpgHansen-ItalyHansen in Italy, possibly during her service with the 16th Evacuation Hospital (Courtesy of the Powers Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/carey-wedding-milligan-bean-barone-weiner-album.jpgCarey-Wedding-Milligan,-Bean,-Barone-Weiner-AlbumRuby Milligan, Ina Bean, and Annie Barone on March 29, 1944 at the hospital compound in Caserta (Courtesy of the Weiner Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ruby-milligan-portrait.jpgRuby-Milligan-PortraitA 1942 portrait of 2nd Lieutenant Ruby Milligan (Courtesy of the Hills Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sophie-lange-1936.jpgSophie-Lange-1936Sophie Lange as a nursing student at Buffalo General Hospital circa 1936 (Courtesy of the Blick Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/uniform-banner.jpgUniform-Bannerhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/mowbray-uniform.jpgMowbray-Uniform2nd Lieutenant Mowbray's uniformhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/snowstorm-tlemcen-hansen-vinsant-mcgaulley-weiner.jpgSnowstorm-Tlemcen-Hansen-Vinsant-McGaulley-WeinerSnowstorm in Tlemcen, Algeria around Thanksgiving 1943. Caption in Ruby Milligan's album identifies the subjects, from left to right: "Phil" Hansen, Dr. Lowell Vinsant, Elizabeth McGaulley, and Dr. Irving Weiner (Courtesy of the Hills Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/mondragone-beach.jpgMondragone-BeachDetail of a photograph from Ruby Milligan's photo album, at Mondragone Beach, 5th Army Rest Center. From left to right: Helen Maloney, Dr. Irving Weiner, Thomas Hagerty, and Annie Barone (Courtesy of the Hills Family)2022-06-01T22:59:23+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/2021/07/18/enlisted-men-of-the-32nd-station-hospital-last-name-c/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/homer-cornwell-levels-enhanced.jpgHomer-Cornwell-levels-EnhancedHomer Cornwell, probably late 1944 or 1945; he is wearing Medical Department collar discs, so it was likely taken while serving with the 32nd Station Hospital (Courtesy of the Cornwell family, enhanced with MyHeritage)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/raymond-costello-fort-niagara-1945.jpgRaymond Costello Fort Niagara 1945Costello with his future wife Helen L. Hermann at Fort Niagara in 1945 (Courtesy of the Costello family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/raymond-costello-callicoon-september-1945-small.jpgRaymond Costello Callicoon September 1945 smallRaymond Costello in Callicoon, New York in September 1945 (Courtesy of the Costello family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/thomas-conneely.jpgThomas ConneelyConneely c. 1931 in a photo accompanying his declaration of intention to become a U.S. citizen (National Archives via Ancestry.com)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/111-sc-192681.jpg111-SC-192681Men of the 143rd Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division wading ashore near Mondragone, Italy during in 1944 rehearsals for Operation Dragoon. Note the medical personnel still aboard the landing craft. (Official U.S. Army Signal Corps photo, National Archives)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/weiner-baseball-banner.jpgWeiner-Baseball-Bannerhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ernest-s-clark.jpgErnest S ClarkErnest Sidney Clark (Courtesy of the Clark family)2022-06-01T18:48:29+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/2019/02/20/doctors-of-the-32nd-station-hospital-part-iii-dispensary-and-out-patient-radiology-and-unknown-assignment/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/salinsky.jpgSalinskyDr. Salinsky (War Without Guns)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/roettig-detail.jpgRoettig-DetailDr. Roettig in a detail from a group photo that was probably taken during training stateside (Courtesy of the Weiner family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/the-cooks.jpgThe-CooksRuby Milligan's caption reads "Bill, Tom, Capt. Hall - the Cooks". Note the turkey at their feet, likely brought by 32nd Station Hospital's supply officer, Captain William C. Sommermeyer. (Courtesy of the Hills Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/oct-1943-wedding-tea-party-banner.jpgOct-1943-Wedding-Tea-Party-Bannerhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/wesselswedding.jpgWesselsWeddingFlorence Benichou and Isadore Wessel at a tea party (probably held in the garden of the officers' billet at the Hotel Transatlantique) in Tlemcen, Algeria prior to the Wessels' wedding in October 1943. (Robert Silverman 8 mm Film)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/needles-linn-and-mckee-in-arab-section.jpgNeedles-Linn-and-McKee-in-Arab-SectionDr. Linn (right) with Dr. Lewis McKee in Algeria in 1943 (Courtesy of the Needles Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/needles-lewis-mckee-and-nace-cohen-enh.jpgNeedles-Lewis-McKee-and-Nace-Cohen-enhLewis McKee (left) with Nace Cohen (right) in Tlemcen, Algeria in 1943 (Courtesy of the Needles Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/needles-cohen-1.jpgNeedles-CohenCaptain Nace Cohen in Tlemcen, Algeria (Courtesy of the Needles Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/candler-willis.jpgCandler-WillisDr. Candler Willis (Courtesy of the Willis Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/needles-drlinncrop.jpgNeedles-DrLinnCropDr. Louis Linn in Algeria in 1943 (Courtesy of the Needles Family) 2022-06-01T17:06:41+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/2019/01/09/personnel-of-the-32nd-station-hospital-part-i-commanding-officers/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/brammer-bronze-start-article-crop-photo.jpgbrammer-bronze-start-article-crop-photoThis July 20, 1945 photo of the 32nd Station Hospital's chief nurse, Captain Helen W. Brammer, being decorated with the Bronze Star was printed in the St. Ansgar Enterprise on August 23, 1945. Based on the article's text, Colonel William A. Smith is presumably the officer at left. (Courtesy of the St. Ansgar Enterprise Journal)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/carey-wedding-barone-goss-bean-milligan-weiner-album.jpgCarey-Wedding-Barone,-Goss,-Bean,-Milligan-Weiner-AlbumLieutenant Colonel Goss with Annie P. Barone, Ina Bean, and Ruby Milligan in San Nicola la Strada on March 29, 1944 before the Bean-Carey wedding (Courtesy of the Weiner Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/colonelgossbanner2.jpgcolonelgossbanner2https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/colonelgossbanner.jpgcolonelgossbannerhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/havemeier-hagerty.jpghavemeier-hagertyThomas J. Hagerty (Willard Havemeier Collection)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/havemeier-sommermeyer.jpghavemeier-sommermeyerWilliam C. Sommermeyer (Willard Havemeier Collection)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Hagelshaw32ndStationHospitalCaserta.jpgHagelshaw32ndStationHospitalCasertaLt. Colonel Hagelshaw (left) visiting his old unit, now located in Caserta, Italy, sometime in early 1944. The picture was taken in front of the 32nd Station Hospital headquarters building. The officer on the right is unidentified. (Courtesy of the Hagelshaw Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/HagelshawBrammer3.jpgHagelshawBrammer3https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/HagelshawBrammer2.jpgHagelshawBrammer21st Lieutenant Helen Brammer in Caserta, Italy. The photo was most likely taken between January and April 1944, since it's winter and she was promoted to Captain that June. (Courtesy of the Hagelshaw Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/HagelshawBrammer1.jpgHagelshawBrammer11st Lieutenant Brammer in Algeria, 1943 (Courtesy of the Hagelshaw Family)2022-06-01T17:00:43+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/2019/04/04/nurses-of-the-32nd-station-hospital-part-iii-last-names-n-s/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/800343730_osburn-cropped.jpg800343730_Osburn croppedOsburn in what appears to be a contact print, likely taken in Naples or Rome (Dwight McNelly and Dorothy Eggers Collection. Courtesy of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/80034337401-prob-orban.jpg80034337401-prob-OrbanTaken outside the 32nd Station Hospital chapel, this Dwight McNelly Collection photograph was captioned "Lt. Fertos Patient Lt. Auburn Nurse". McNelly's spelling wasn't always accurate. (Dwight McNelly and Dorothy Eggers Collection. Courtesy of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/rachel-sheridan-3-cropped-400-1.jpgRachel-Sheridan-3-cropped-4002nd Lieutenant Rachel H. Sheridan (Delaware Public Archives)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/rhodes-wwii.jpgRhodes-WWIIRhodes during World War II, likely during her service in Italy (Courtesy of the Rhodes Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/stella-rhodes.jpgStella-RhodesStella Rhodes in an undated photograph taken in Buffalo, New York (Courtesy of the Rhodes Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/sanford.jpgSanfordSanford is on the left in this photo; the other two women are unidentified (Courtesy of the Shackelford Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/sheridan-name-red-cross.jpgSheridan-Name-Red-CrossSheridan's name in a detail from a photo of an American Red Cross nurses' memorial dedicated in Wilmington, Delaware in 1945 (Courtesy of the Mowbray Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/christmas-1944-1b.jpgChristmas-1944-1BZink is identified in Ruby Milligan's album as being third from the left in this photo from the Christmas party held at the 32nd Station Hospital's officers' club in 1944. From left to right: Herman Needles, Mary Gallagher (Hickey), Myra Zink, Annie Barone, Thomas Hagerty, Catherine Houlihan, and Gerard Krueger (Courtesy of the Hills Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/donkey-riding-enhanced.jpgDonkey-riding-enhancedThis scan of a print from the collection of Annie Barone Hagerty was taken on Capri in June 1944. Another similar print from Ruby Milligan Hills's album is captioned ""Ridin' the donkies to the base of Monte tiberio". From left to right: Ruby Milligan, Annie Barone, and Lena Sottolano (Courtesy of the Hagerty Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/frances-mann.jpgFrances-MannFrances Mann in a detail from a photograph at the 32nd Station Hospital's party celebrating two years overseas in Caserta, Italy on January 13, 1945. Identification provided by Ruby Milligan Hills. (Robert Silverman Collection)2025-01-16T17:06:16+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/2018/11/15/history-of-the-32nd-station-hospital-during-world-war-ii-part-i-stateside-and-algeria-1942-1943/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/rubin-19-building-b-tlemcen.jpgRubin-19-Building-B-TlemcenThe huts collectively known as Building "B" in Tlemcen (Courtesy of the Mann family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/hagelshaw-bldg-a-entrance.jpgHagelshaw-Bldg-A-entranceEntrance to L’Ecole des Filles Indigenes, Building "A" at the 32nd Station Hospital in Tlemcen (Courtesy of the Hagelshaw family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/snowman-algeria.jpgSnowman-AlgeriaSnowman (and an unidentified soldier) after a snowstorm hit Tlemcen around Thanksgiving or early December, 1943 (Courtesy of the Hills Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/hotel-transatlantique.jpgHotel-TransatlantiqueHotel Transatlantique, the 32nd Station Hospital officers/nurses' billet (Courtesy of the Hills Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Hagelshaw-Ecole-des-Filles-Indigenes.jpgHagelshaw-Ecole-des-Filles-IndigenesEntrance to L'Ecole des Filles Indigenes, Building A at the 32nd Station Hospital in Tlemcen (Courtesy of the Hagelshaw Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Needles-Surgical-Unit-Enhanced.jpgNeedles-Surgical-Unit-EnhancedEntrance to L'Ecole des Filles Indigenes, the https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Goss-Wessell-WeddingWeb.jpgGoss-Wessell-WeddingWebLt. Colonel Harold L. Goss (left) with Dr. Isadore J. Wessel and his bride, Florence Benichou at a tea party in Tlemcen, Algeria prior to the Wessels' wedding in October 1943. (Robert Silverman 8 mm Film)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/hotel-transatlantique.gifHotel TransatlantiqueThis is the Hotel Transatlantique where the nurses and officers were quartered.https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/havemeiersnowmanjpg.jpgHavemeierSnowmanjpgThis photo is captioned "Would you believe? A snowman in North Africa." It is not dated but was most likely taken after the Thanksgiving snowstorm. (Willard O. Havemeier collection)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/pullman.jpgPullmanTicket from Atlanta to New York, apparently from the unit's move between Camps Benning and Kilmer (Robert Silverman scrapbook)2022-01-21T15:46:29+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/2018/11/19/history-of-the-32nd-station-hospital-part-ii-italy-1944-1945/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ruby-milligan-photos-033-entrance-caserta.jpgRuby-Milligan-Photos-033-entrance-CasertaEntrance sign for the 32nd Station Hospital compound in Caserta, Italy. The highway outside connected Caserta and Naples. (Courtesy of the Hills Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/32nd-sta-hosp-reunion-1982.jpg32nd-Sta-Hosp-Reunion-1982Program for the 1982 reunion in St. Petersburg, Florida (Courtesy of the Knitter family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/32nd-station-hospital-entrance-caserta.jpg32nd-Station-Hospital-Entrance-CasertaEntrance sign for the 32nd Station Hospital compound in Caserta, Italy. The highway outside connected Caserta and Naples. (Courtesy of the Hills Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/bozzie-july-1943.jpgBozzie-July-1943https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/32nd-reunion-oct-13-1962-big.jpg32nd-Reunion-Oct-13-1962-BigPhoto of 32nd Station Hospital Reunion in New York City on October 13, 1962 (Courtesy of the Hills Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/naplessunkship.jpgNaplesSunkShipSunken ship in Naples harbor (Robert Silverman Collection)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/san-carlo-opera.jpgSan-Carlo-OperaProgram from the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples (Robert Silverman Collection)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/carey-cocktail-hour-original-crop-partial-enhance.jpgCarey-cocktail-hour-original-crop-partial-enhancehttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/t-giving-booklet-interior-enhanced.jpgT-Giving-Booklet-Interior-enhancedBooklet celebrating Thanksgiving Day 1943 with an impressive menu (Robert Silverman Scrapbook)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/carey-enhanced.jpgCarey-enhancedPhoto of Captain William A. Carey Jr. and Lt. Ina Bean Carey, most likely taken in Caserta in the spring of 1944. (Courtesy of the Carey family)2022-01-21T15:46:15+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/2018/11/07/introduction-to-the-32nd-station-hospital-1942-1945/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/32nd-caserta.jpg32nd-CasertaBuildings of the 32nd Station Hospital in Caserta, Italy. Robert Silverman Collectionhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/robert-silverman-entrance-to-king-tut-tomb.jpgRobert-Silverman-Entrance-to-King-Tut-TombRobert Silverman in Egypt at the entrance to King Tut's tomb, May 1945 (Robert Silverman Collection)2022-01-21T14:34:40+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/2020/10/13/introduction-to-enlisted-men-of-the-32nd-station-hospital/2021-11-03T01:00:02+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/introduction-to-personnel/2021-11-02T22:43:38+00:00weekly0.6https://32ndstationhospital.com/2019/04/17/nurses-of-the-32nd-station-hospital-part-iv-last-names-t-z/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/weiner-album-010-group-shot-2-marie-thielemann-1.jpgWeiner-Album-010-Group-Shot-2-Marie-ThielemannMarie Thielemann (center) in a detail from a group photo, probably taken in Algeria in 1943 (Courtesy of the Weiner family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/800343729_zinn.jpg800343729_ZinnZinn, likely in Naples or Rome (Dwight McNelly and Dorothy Eggers Collection. Courtesy of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/myra-zink-and-mother-june-1959.jpgMyra-Zink-and-mother-June-1959Myra Zink with her mother, Irene, in Egypt in a June 1959 photo (Courtesy of the Zink Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/hagerty-collection-wilson-barone.jpgHagerty-Collection-Wilson-Barone1st Lieutenant Evelyn H. Wilson (left) serving as bridesmaid during the wedding of 1st Lieutenant Annie P. Barone to Chief Warrant Officer Thomas J. Hagerty in Caserta on June 14, 1945. (Courtesy of the Hagerty Family)2021-10-13T17:15:25+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/recent-articles/2021-07-18T15:26:22+00:00weekly0.6https://32ndstationhospital.com/2019/02/11/medical-officers-of-the-32nd-station-hospital-part-ii-medical-service/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/lewis-mckee-algeria-4.jpgLewis-McKee-Algeria-41st Lieutenant Lewis M. McKee, almost certainly at the Hotel Transatlantique in Tlemcen, Algeria, 1943 (Courtesy of the McKee Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/cpt-carlson.jpgCpt-CarlsonCaptain Marlin W. Carlson in an undated wartime portrait, presumably taken prior to April 17, 1944 when he was promoted to major (Courtesy of the Carlson Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/carey-needles-ballard-enhanced.jpgCarey-Needles-Ballard-enhancedCaptain William Carey, 1st Lieutenant Herman C. Needles, and Sergeant (possibly corporal at the time of the photo) Ballard in a photo dated July 1944 in Caserta, Italy (Courtesy of the Carey Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/maurer-evans-egypt-small-levels.jpgMaurer-Evans-Egypt-Small-LevelsLieutenant Colonel George F. Evans (right) in Egypt in May 1945 along with Major Murray Maurer (left), a doctor who also served in Italy who was a friend of my grandfather's. (Robert Silverman Collection)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/medicalservicebanner.jpgMedicalServiceBannerhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/warren-farewell.jpgWarren-FarewellLieutenant Colonel Warren's Farewell Letter (Dwight McNelly and Dorothy Eggers Collection. Courtesy of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library)2022-06-21T19:46:31+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/introduction-to-officers-of-the-32nd-station-hospital/2020-12-15T17:28:18+00:00weekly0.6https://32ndstationhospital.com/introduction-to-nurses-of-the-32nd-station-hospital/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/dabrowski-collection-prob-11-nov-1943-banner.jpgDabrowski Collection prob 11 Nov 1943 banner2020-12-15T17:15:09+00:00weekly0.6https://32ndstationhospital.com/2019/03/12/nurses-of-the-32nd-station-hospital-part-i-last-names-a-g/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/gallagher-hickey-wedding.jpgGallagher-Hickey-WeddingCutting the cake at the Gallagher-Hickey wedding. Based on the wall art, it appears to have been taken at the 32nd Station Hospital officers’ club in Caserta. (Courtesy of the Hickey family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/angela-joan.jpgAngela-JoanThe woman at center was identified only as Angela, but almost certainly must be Carone. Joan Taaffe is standing to the right. It was taken at the Port of Naples before boarding the U.S.S. Wakefield to return home to the United States in 1945 (Courtesy of the Mann Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dabrowski-portrait.jpgDabrowski-PortraitWanda Dabrowski in a wartime portraithttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/griffin-portrait-crop.jpgGriffin-Portrait-cropAlice Griffin in a portrait that she evidentially sent to her sister; though the edges of the writing were cut off (possibly to fit it into a frame), Griffin's daughter said she believes it originally was signed "with love Griff" (Courtesy of the Feeney Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/hagerty-barone-collection-carone-hugging-barone.jpgHagerty-Barone-Collection-Carone-hugging-BaroneThis June 14, 1945 photograph was captioned, "The bride [Annie Barone Hagerty] being congratulated by Angela Carone". Although it does not depict her fact, this is the only photo of Carone to come to light so far. (Courtesy of the Hagerty Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/donahue-cleary-invitation.jpgDonahue-Cleary-InvitationInvitation for Donahue's wedding on July 22, 1944 from Stuart E. Graham's scrapbook (Courtesy of the Graham Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/annie-barone-ina-bean-algeria-2.jpgAnnie-Barone-&-Ina-Bean-Algeria2nd Lieutenants Annie P. Barone (left) and Ina L. Bean (right) after returning from bicycling, taken in Algeria during 1943 (Courtesy of the Hills Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/christmas-1944-2a.jpgChristmas-1944-2ADetail from a photograph at the 1944 Christmas party at the 32nd Station Hospital's officers' club in Caserta. Identifications based on the caption in Ruby Milligan's photo album, from left to right: Ruby Milligan, Larry (probably the Erwin Laurance listed elsewhere in the album), Cathie Houlihan (standing), Ginny Donehue, Howard Laile, Jamsie (presumably Ella James), Gerard Krueger (Courtesy of the Hills Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/christmas-1944-1a-1.jpgChristmas-1944-1ADetail from a photo of the 1944 Christmas party at the 32nd Station Hospital officers' club in Caserta. From left to right: Annie P. Barone, Thomas J. Hagerty, Catherine H. Houlihan, Gerard Krueger, unknown, "Katie" Donahue, unknown (Courtesy of the Hills Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/loveridge-wedding.jpgLoveridge-weddingThis photo from Ruby Milligan's photo album is captioned "Wedding of Wanda Dabrowski and William Loveridge July '44"2020-10-16T18:28:09+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/2019/09/05/convoy-ugf-4-the-32nd-station-hospitals-transatlantic-crossing-january-1943/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/80-g-30383convoybanner.jpg80-G-30383ConvoyBannerI have been unable to locate any photographs of U.G.F.-4; this photo depicts a convoy en route to North Africa two months before, in November 1942 (National Archives via U.S. Naval History and Heritage Commandhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/80-g-31204winooski.jpg80-G-31204Winooskihttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/rubin-havemeier.jpgRubin-HavemeierWillard Havemeier (right) with nurse Frances Rubin and a patient identified only as Peterson in a photo probably taken in Caserta, Italy in 1944 or 1945 (Courtesy of the Mann Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/80-g-54625-buck-argento-survivors.jpg80-G-54625-Buck-Argento-survivorsIn this August 3, 1943 photograph, U.S.S. Buck crew members talking with Italian submariners from the Argento. The Italians appear surprisingly cheerful considering the American destroyer just sank their boat. Perhaps someone just asked if they were responsible for the "attack" on U.G.F.-4 back in January? (National Archives via U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/80-g-30488-mcandrew.jpg80-G-30488-McAndrewThe J.W. McAndrew, seen in Casablanca, Morocco in November 1942, sailed in the left column astern of Ancon (National Archives via U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/usn-1106517-kennebec.jpgUSN-1106517-Kennebechttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ancon-voyage-map.gifAncon-Voyage-MapVoyage of the U.S.S. Ancon and its convoy on the journey from Staten Island, New York to Mers El Kébir, Algeria during January 14 to 26, 1943. The coordinates were obtained from the U.S.S. Ancon's war diary, which recorded the ship's position three times daily (at four to twelve hour intervals). (Map generated by the Great Circle Mapper - copyright © Karl L. Swartz)2020-10-01T12:31:29+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/2019/12/09/letters-from-the-alice-griffin-collection-part-iii-july-august-1943/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/lt-long-894th.jpgLt-Long-894thMessage sent by Lieutenant Long to the commanding officer of the 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion during combat at Anzio on February 5, 1944 (National Archives)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/rubin-jolson-tlemcen.jpgRubin-Jolson-TlemcenAl Jolson performing at the 32nd Station Hospital (Courtesy of the Mann Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/jolson-letter-banner.jpgJolson-Letter-Bannerhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/griffin-mts.jpgGriffin-MtsThis photo of 2nd Lieutenant Griffin is consistent with the outing described in the excerpt above and with the description of a photo—implied to have been taken by Jack—mentioned in a later letter. (Courtesy of the Griffin Family)2020-06-26T19:12:50+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/2020/02/06/letters-from-the-alice-griffin-collection-part-v-november-december-1943/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/griffin-v-mail-16-nov-1943-str-banner.jpgGriffin-V-mail-16-Nov-1943-str-bannerhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/weiner-more-marching.jpgWeiner-More-MarchingA group of 32nd Station Hospital nurses marching in Tlemcen, including what looks like Ruby Milligan and Ella James. It appears the group includes one of the unit's attached Red Cross civilians as well. (Courtesy of the Weiner Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/tlemcen-1942-map-full.jpgTlemcen-1942-map-fullhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/tlemcen-1942-map.jpgTlemcen-1942-mapDetail from a 1942 map of Tlemcen, Algeria printed by the U.S. Army Map Service. The 32nd Station Hospital officers' billet at the Hotel Transatlantique is visible, as is the Place des Victoires where the Armistice Day ceremony took place (Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/weiner-nurses-prob-nov-11-1943.jpgWeiner-Nurses-prob-Nov-11-194332nd Station Hospital nurses marching in Tlemcen, probably taken shortly after the previous photo. The group appears to include Dorothea LeCain and Ruby Milligan. (Courtesy of the Weiner Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/weiner-prob-nov-11-1943-ceremony.jpgWeiner-Prob-Nov-11-1943-CeremonyDetail of a photo that I believe depicts the Armistice Day ceremony, with the wreaths mentioned in Griffin's letter at center. The World War I memorial appears to be just outside of the frame to the left. (Courtesy of the Weiner Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/donovanbeach.jpgDonovanBeachRuth Donovan (seated at far left) with her family on Cape Cod. The photo was likely taken in Dennisport, Massachusetts circa 1928 (Courtesy of the Donovan Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/weiner-wwi-memorial.jpgWeiner-WWI-MemorialDr. Irving Weiner posing in front of Tlemcen's World War I memorial (Courtesy of the Weiner Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/griffin-reunion.jpgGriffin-ReunionDetail from a photo of the 32nd Station Hospital reunion in New York City in 1962; Alice Griffin Feeney is in foreground on the right hand side wearing a white necklace (Courtesy of the Hills Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/hagelshaw-collection-oran-conference-mm-lem-43-7094.jpgHagelshaw-Collection-Oran-Conference-MM-LEM-43-7094Exhibit on dental prosthetics manned by a Private First Class Mario Gregary at the medical conference in Oran held in November 1943. All displays included text in both English and French. (Courtesy of the Hagelshaw Family)2020-06-19T01:33:40+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/2018/12/10/the-world-war-ii-cartoons-of-don-sudlow/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/unrestored-sudlow-drawing.jpgunrestored-sudlow-drawingPhoto of the original drawing. (Robert Silverman Scrapbook)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/easter1944crop.jpgEaster 1944Easter Greetings, 1944https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/rswriting.jpgRSWritingRobert Silverman writing a letter as seen in an 8mm stillhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/lucille-c-dec-1944.jpgLucille-c-Dec-1944My grandfather seemed to think Sudlow did a good job capturing his likeness, but I'm not so sure about my grandmother! This photo of Lucille Silverman, circa December 1944, might have been pinned up by my grandfather overseas.https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dental-clinic-photo.jpgDental-Clinic-PhotoEnlisted members of the dental section standing outside of the 32nd Station Hospital Dental Clinic in Tlemcen, Algeria, sometime in 1943, with Devereaux identified standing third from the left  (Robert Silverman Collection)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sudlow-v-mail-t-giving-1944-strweb.jpgThanksgiving Wishes 1944Thanksgiving wishes, 1944https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dental-operation-web.jpgDental-Operation-WebRobert Silverman in action, most likely taken in Tlemcen, Algeria during 1943. The drawing faithfully represents the equipment used.https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/willard-havemeier-c-jan-2002.jpgWillard-Havemeier-c-Jan-2002Willard Havemeier in GettysC. 2002 https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/robert-silverman-geneva-convention-card.jpgRobert-Silverman-Geneva-Convention-Cardhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/t-giving-booklet-front.jpgT-Giving-Booklet-FrontBooklet for Thanksgiving 19432020-05-20T02:14:26+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/2020/01/11/letters-from-the-alice-griffin-collection-part-iv-september-october-1943/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/oct-banner.jpgOct-Bannerhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/griffin-letter-29-oct-1943-4th-pg.jpgGriffin-letter-29-Oct-1943-4th-pgEnding of Griffin's letter, with a message from the Quarters Six crew. Note the Boston postmark. (Courtesy of the Feeney Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/griffin-v-mail-27-1943.jpgGriffin-V-mail-27-1943V-mail with Thanksgiving wishes to the Griffins (Courtesy of the Feeney Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/taylor-letter-12-nov-1943093.jpgTaylor-letter-12-Nov-1943093A letter to Griffin's mother from Lieutenant Colonel Taylor (Courtesy of the Feeney Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/griffin-cinq-francs.jpgGriffin-Cinq-FrancsAlgerian five franc note that Griffin sent home (Courtesy of the Feeney Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/donehue-shutterbug.jpgDonehue-ShutterbugVirginia Donehue seen holding her camera in a detail from a group photo likely taken on November 11, 1943 (Courtesy of the Weiner Family)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/tlemcen-animals.jpgTlemcen-AnimalsGoats in the streets of Tlemcen in 1943 (Robert Silverman 8 mm Film)https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/blue-uniform.jpgBlue-UniformThe blue uniform seen in this 8 mm still from the wedding of Dr. Isadore Wessel in Tlemcen, Algeria in 1943 was apparently largely supplanted by olive drab uniforms during 1943 (Robert Silverman 8 mm Film)2020-04-08T15:26:02+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/2019/05/27/project-background/https://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/al-jolson-with-weiner-silverman-rubin-banner.jpgAl-Jolson-with-Weiner-Silverman-Rubin-Bannerhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/al-jolson-with-weiner-silverman-rubin-1.jpgAl-Jolson-with-Weiner-Silverman-Rubin-1Al Jolson (center, wearing tie) at the 32nd Station Hospital in Tlemcen, Algeria in 1943. At far left is Dr. Irving Weiner. Dr. Robert Silverman is the tall man to the left of Jolson. Frances Rubin is the woman in the dark uniform second from the right. The other individuals in the photograph are unidentified at this time. (Courtesy of the Weiner Family)2022-03-05T22:11:29+00:00monthlyhttps://32ndstationhospital.com/contact/2019-03-18T18:03:52+00:00weekly0.6https://32ndstationhospital.com/32nd-station-hospital-home/2018-11-07T21:28:25+00:00weekly0.6https://32ndstationhospital.comdaily1.02025-10-09T19:10:19+00:00