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The transport “Duchess of Bedford” (ex-CPR liner, successfully escaped Singapore 31 January 1942 –ed) left for the United Kingdom during the night of 30 June – 1 July 1942. During twelve days, approximately 4,500 Army personnel (also including an Eighth US Army Air Force contingent) ...
On 8 May 1944, the unit was ordered to relieve and replace the56th General Hospital, under the command ofLieutenant Colonel Daniel Sheehan, in the operation ofHospital Plant #4165(Tyntesfield, Somerset –ed). Formal transfer was made on 10 May, with Detachment “A” re-joining the remainder...
Field and laboratory tests on granular pavements: GOODRAM, LW MAIN RDS DEPT. W.A. AUS MORGAN, JR GOLDER ROADS BD. VICTORIA, AUS 6F, 2T, 7R. 2ND AUS-N.Z. CONF. GEOMECH, BRISBANE, 1975, INST. ENGRS, AUS. NAT. CONF. PUBL. NO. 75/4, P104–108...
and Joseph V. Ramp) were assigned and joined the unit on 6 February 1943 (this process continued well into the months of March through April, even including May and June 1943 –ed). The bivouac ended with latrine rumors stating that the unit was headed for maneuvers in the hills of Tenne...
The following Testimony has been compiled from the original memoirs of Frances Cardozo Jones, which were edited and forwarded via her daughter, Jana Steed. It forms part of a section of her complete life history entitled “In Her Own Words: The Life History of Frances C. Jones”....
The 12th was one of several Field Hospitals to be issued all of its medical equipment, and the early weeks of 1943 were spent in distributing all the impedimenta into 3 equal parts, one for each Hospitalization Unit. This was to allow the individual Platoons to function independently, and it...
on 23 June 1942 and activated 6 July 1942 at Camp Bowie, Brownwood, Texas (Armored Division Camp; total acreage 116,264; troop capacity 2,237 Officers and 43,247 Enlisted Men –ed) and served in both the North African, Mediterranean and European Theaters of Operations during World War II...