After spending 6 days on the water and only a single day on the island everyone returned to Adak to start the final staging for the invasion of Kiska Island. On12 August 1943Headquarters 30th Field Hospital + First Hospitalization Unit under command ofMajor James M. Marvilembarked on the SS ...
Rhino Ferry on its way to shore, loaded with vehicles belonging to the 5th Evacuation Hospital. While being ferried to Omaha Beach, Private Rocco Mannino, acting on an Officer’s order drove one of the 2 1/2-Ton Trucks into the sea (the water was too deep). This incident took place ...