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<span class="big">The 61st Station Hospital</span>
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<p>The 61st Station Hospital was the first in military history to be formed from
a community hospital and one of the few, if any, to stay together as a unit
throughout World War II . Organized by George B. German, Cooper Hospital's
chief obstetrician, the 61st served in the Mediterranean Theater from 1942 to
1945. Their first 10 month assignment was in a former French Foreign Legion
outpost in El Guerrah, Algeria, after which they moved on to Foggia, Italy,
where they remained for the duration of the war.</p>
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Col. George B. German, Commanding <br>
Capt. Lillian Patterson Yates, Chief Nurse
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<b>DOCTORS</b>
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<p>Lt. Col. Robert E. Imhoff <br>
Lt. Col. Vincent T. McDermott <br>
Lt. Col. Edwin R. Ristine <br>
Maj. Wilmer F. Burns <br>
Maj. Robert S. Garber <br>
Maj. Earl G. Ludlam <br>
Maj. Freeman W. Metzer <br>
Capt. Sherman Garrison <br>
Capt. Gerald Husted <br>
Capt. Thomas H. McGlade <br>
Capt. Joseph Newmeyer <br>
Capt. Edwin G. Osborne <br>
Capt. Louis C. Reigert <br>
Capt. Frank Reiter <br>
Capt. John P.Rudolph</td>
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Capt. Ruby Gross <br>
Capt. Mary Rauffenbart <br>
1st Lt. Freida Cox <br>
1st Lt. Harriet Gellenthin <br>
1st Lt. Rosalie Gilbert <br>
1st Lt. Ruth Hamilton <br>
1st Lt. Ruth Hunt <br>
1st Lt. Margaret Klock <br>
1st Lt. Elizabeth Kuebler <br>
1st Lt. Helen Mifflin <br>
1st Lt. Elinor Watt Narcessian</td>
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1st Lt. Margaret Owen <br>
1st Lt. Gertrude Pollitt <br>
1st Lt. Anita Romani <br>
1st Lt. Jane Salisbury <br>
1st Lt. Emily Schmidt <br>
1st Lt. Mildred Shimp <br>
1st Lt. Virginia Smith <br>
1st Lt. Catherine Snyder <br>
1st Lt. Catherine Steele <br>
1st Lt. Irene Wasley <br>
1st Lt. Reba Workman</td>
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<b>Sources</b>
<p>Plaque inside the main entrance to Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center
and a display in the hospital on the history of its nursing program, and:
<p>Kirk, Margaret O. <i>Cooper: The Story of Cooper Hospital</i>.
Camden, NJ: Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, 1987. Chapters
10-11. The above image is from this book.
<p><strong>On the Web</strong>
<p><a href="http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/MedSvcsinMedtrnMnrThrtrs/">United
States Army in World War II: The Technical Services - The Medical Department:
Medical Service in the Mediterranean and Minor Theaters</a>, by Charles M. Wiltse<br>
The 61st Station Hospital is covered in the following chapters:<br>
Chapter 3: <a href="http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/MedSvcsinMedtrnMnrThrtrs/chapter3.htm">Conquest
of North Africa</a><br>
Chapter 5: <a href="http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/MedSvcsinMedtrnMnrThrtrs/chapter5.htm">The
North African Communications Zone</a><br>
Chapter 6: <a href="http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/personnel/chapter6.htm">Procurement,
1941-45: Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Corps</a><br>
Chapter 9: <a href="http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/MedSvcsinMedtrnMnrThrtrs/chapter9.htm">The
Italian Communications Zone Southern Phase</a>
<p> <a href="http://www.armyairforces.com/forum/m_47034/mpage_1/tm.htm">61 Station
Hospital, Foggia, Italy, WW II</a> <br>
A discussion forum at ArmyAirForces.com.
<p>Return to <a href="http://www4.umdnj.edu/camlbweb/sjmedhist/">South Jersey
Medical History</a>. <br></td>
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