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Looking for Morning Reports of 101st Evacuation Hospital

Will Hyman

I've been following my Grandfather's path through Europe with the 314th Field Artillery Battalion, 80th Infantry Division but it has left me with a few questions. While in France, On October 4th, my Grandfather was sent to the 101st Evacuation Hospital for an "NBC" Non-Battle Casualty. My problem is in my google searching, I can find no record of the 101st Evacuation Hospital, only 101st General Hospital, in England.

I am planning a trip to NARA after Christmas, and I would like to look at any documents on the 101st Evacuation Hospital, 34th Evacuation Hospital, and 53rd Reinforcement Battalion. Has anybody researched these before and know if they contain morning reports or other patient info? Thank you and Merry Christmas!

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    Dear Mr. Hyman,

     

    Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!

     

    Morning reports for Army units from November 1, 1912 to 1959 are in the custody of the National Archives at St. Louis (RL-SL). For access to these records, please contact RL-SL via email at stl.archives@nara.gov.  The morning reports for hospitals would include information about the staff only. The patient’s unit morning reports may include information about where the soldier was located and if he was available for duty.

     

    We searched the World War II Operations Reports, 1940-1948 in the Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1917-1981 (Record Group 407) and located histories, G-1 periodic reports, and general orders of the 101st Evacuation Hospital; histories, G-1 periodic reports, and  general orders of the 34th Evacuation Hospital; histories and general orders of the 53rd Reinforcement Battalion; and histories & journals of the 314th Field Artillery Battalion, 80th Infantry Division for WWII. These records do not include medical information such as you seek.

     

    There may be administrative reports of the 34th and the 101st Evacuation Hospitals in the Unit Annual Reports, 1940 - 1949 in the Records of the Office of the Surgeon General (Army) (Record Group 112). Please note that these records are about the hospital and not about individual patients.

     

    The staff of the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RDT2) will be pleased to make the finding aids to the Record Group 407 and Record Group 112 records available to you or your representative in the Textual Research Room located 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, near the University of Maryland--College Park campus. The Textual Research Room (Room 2000) hours are 8:45 a.m. to 5:45 p.m., Monday through Friday, except legal holidays. The RDT2 consultation room hours are 8:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except legal holidays. No appointment is necessary. Prior to your visit, please consult College Park websites at https://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/college-park/,  https://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/self-service-copying.html, and https://www.archives.gov/research/start/getting-started.pdf.

     

    We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your family research!

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    What year are you referring to? Did you ever find out if those are the same units or different units? My grandfather was in the 101st general hospital towards the end of the war. He is still alive at the moment.

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    Hi, Mr. Hyman,

    I don't know much about this site, but I know that my father served as a physician with the 101st Evac Hospital in Europe and that there's a book, The Story of the 101st, that they published about their activities.  The book lists all of their personnel.  My father maintained contact with a number of the other personnel for many years after the war.

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    Hello Don Lomas,

    I found this page because I was looking for more information about the 101st Evacuation Hospital. My grandfather served in it as an orthopedic surgeon. I am curious to learn more about the book that you mentioned: "The Story of the 101st." My grandfather had a little booklet called "101st Evacuation Hospital: The Way That We Went," but I'm assuming that the book that you are referring to is different? How long is it? Is it too large to share? I have a scan of the booklet that my grandfather had. I could share it with you if you are interested, although one of the pages didn't scan properly.

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    Hi erlang,  I am a historian working on a book about Marblehead Massachusetts in World War II.  A nurse from town was the “assistant chief nurse of surgery” of the 101st in France and Germany during World War II, but beyond one sparse newspaper article, I cannot find many specifics about the 101st.  Would you be willing to share the scans you have of your grandfather’s booklet?  Also did you ever hear anything back from Don Lomas about the book he mentioned in his comment.  Thanks for anything you’d be willing to share.

  • 0 in reply to SeanCasey01945

    Hello SeanCasey01945. That's wonderful that you are working on a book about WWII. The booklet I have is a general overview of where the 101st was during the War, so I hope it will be helpful to you. It doesn't look like we can privately message on this website. Do you have an email address that you are comfortable sharing here? If not, maybe I can temporarily share the document as a Google Drive link? It doesn't seem like it allows people to share PDF attachments.

  • 0 in reply to SeanCasey01945

    I forgot to add that Don Lomas did not get back to me yet.

  • 0 in reply to erlang

    Hi erlang, I tried to send you my email address but the comment was rejected -- apparently you can not mention email addresses.  I could do a Google Drive link, and I also do a lot of work via Dropbox if that would work.  Thanks again for your willingness to share.  I think the information you have will perfectly cover the information I am missing.

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    Hello SeanCasey01945. Thank you for trying!  Here is a Google Drive link. Please let me know if it works.  If not, we can try Dropbox.  I apologize that my scan isn't 100% perfect, but it's readable.  The booklet is with a different relative, so I can't re-scan it right now. Please let me know if I can help in any other way. Your upcoming book sounds interesting! Thank you for reaching out.
    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DqmH8QLWDqNbzG5gUKS05zcpogLn2Kz-/view?usp=sharing

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    erlang, it worked!  Thanks so much.  This is exactly the type of information I was looking for.  Quality is fine.  Mostly I just wanted to show how often these evacuation hospitals packed up and moved, and this provides exactly that.  Thanks again.