93rd Evacuation Hospital (United States)
# 93rd Evacuation Hospital (United States)

The 93rd Evacuation Hospital was a make-over of the 61st Surgical Hospital and operated through World War II, Vietnam, and the Gulf War.

## Service in World War II

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, Deactivated

### 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

