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Re: Seeking hospitals located in Belgium WWII
Elliot Schneider Sep 2, 2019 10:11 PM (in response to joan stachnik)2 people found this helpfulHello Joan,
Here is some information I know the Advanced Section General Hospitals such as the 99th General Hospital located in Leman, operated under a ten day holding policy. On August 9th 1944 this was increased to a 15 day policy then further extended to the current 30 day limit. Theater policy was to hold Casualties for maxium 30 days in Advanced Section Hospitals, if the individual cannot be discharged within that time period they are evacuated by air, rail, and ship. Will keep searching for you.
Elliot Schneider
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Re: Seeking hospitals located in Belgium WWII
joan stachnik Sep 3, 2019 11:30 PM (in response to Elliot Schneider)Thanks Elliot. I had wondered how long a patient would have been held in a "local" hospital before transfer out of the forward areas. A bit confusing tho, is that when my dad returned from a 3 month stay in hospital in England, his returned via a replacement depot before returning to his unit. This second time, there is no mention in the morning reports of a replacement depot, just returned from hospital.
The more I look, the more questions I have, with fewer answers! joan
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Re: Seeking hospitals located in Belgium WWII
Elliot Schneider Sep 4, 2019 7:19 PM (in response to joan stachnik)2 people found this helpfulJoan,
Found something to check out I cannot attach here because of the large file. But go to Google and in search box type "ww2 replacement company". The first on that pops up on Google is a PDF copy by the Dept of Army regarding replacement system through all if you scroll to pg 460-465 it talks about the replacement of units and soilders within ETO. Maybe you might find this helpful and mentions other replacement units worth looking into for sure.
Thanks,
Elliot Schneider
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Re: Seeking hospitals located in Belgium WWII
joan stachnik Sep 5, 2019 9:57 AM (in response to Elliot Schneider)Thanks Elliot! I will check it out. joan
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Re: Seeking hospitals located in Belgium WWII
malisasimcoSep 12, 2019 9:07 AM (in response to joan stachnik)
1 person found this helpfulDear Ms. Stachnik,
Thank you so much for posting your request on History Hub!
We searched the National Archives Catalog and located a series titled Unit Annual Reports, 1940 - 1949 in the Records of the Office of the Surgeon General (Army) (Record Group 112) that includes Annual Reports for 1944 of the 24th Evacuation Hospital. Pages 6 through 7 indicate that patients were sent to England, but no other information is provided. For access to and/or copies of the annual reports, please contact the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RDT2) via email at archives2reference@nara.gov.
We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your family research!
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Re: Seeking hospitals located in Belgium WWII
joan stachnik Sep 15, 2019 2:56 PM (in response to malisasimco)Thanks Malisa! That is very helpful to know. joan
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