The story behind a 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion officer mentioned in many letters written by a 32nd Station Hospital nurse during 1943… Read More 1st Lieutenant John S. Jarvie: Jack in the Alice Griffin Letters
Excerpts of letters including ones about an Armistice Day ceremony, the departure of a good friend, a snowstorm in Africa, Thanksgiving, a song about paratroopers, and the unit’s departure from Tlemcen to a staging area near Oran… Read More Letters from the Alice Griffin Collection: Part V (November & December 1943)
Excerpts of letters discussing (among other things) ration cuts, a visit to a rest camp, the tensions of a new C.O., an inadvertent double date, and a Halloween party… Read More Letters from the Alice Griffin Collection: Part IV (September & October 1943)
Excerpts of letters by a 32nd Station Hospital nurse in the summer of 1943… Read More Letters from the Alice Griffin Collection: Part III (July & August 1943)
Excerpts of letters written by a 32nd Station Hospital nurse in mid-1943… Read More Letters from the Alice Griffin Collection: Part II (May & June 1943)
Excerpts from letters sent from Algeria to Boston by a 32nd Station Hospital nurse in early 1943… Read More Letters from the Alice Griffin Collection: Part I (March & April 1943)
Introduction to one of the best sources of information about 32nd Station Hospital operations in Tlemcen, Algeria… Read More Introduction to the Alice Griffin Collection
Firsthand accounts of the 32nd Station Hospital’s voyage to Algeria (which proved more nerve-wracking than eventful)… Read More Convoy U.G.F.-4: The 32nd Station Hospital’s Transatlantic Crossing, January 1943
Nurses’ biographies, listed alphabetically from Barone to Griffin… Read More Nurses of the 32nd Station Hospital: Part I (Last Names A–G)
As a rear echelon unit, the 32nd Station Hospital’s personnel had plenty of recreational opportunities, but the National Pastime proved the most enduring … Read More Off-Duty Pursuits at the 32nd Station Hospital
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