Identifier	VC134027
Title	12th Field Hospital personnel, Camp Bowie, Texas
Date.Original	[1943]
Date.Digital	2003-11-04
Description.Physical	1 photographic print - b&w - 21 x 26 cm.
Description	Officers and nurses of the 12th Field Hospital during training at Camp Bowie, Texas in March 1943. Though some members of the 12th Field Hospital had been in training with the unit since July 1942, the orders to go overseas did not come until October 1943. The commanding officer, Lt. Col. George J. L. Wulff, Jr., had been activated in January 1942 and trained first with the 21st General Hospital at Fort Benning, Georgia. Once overseas, the conditions were often difficult, supplies inadequate, and the workload oppressive. For example, while stationed in Aachen, Germany from February 11, 1945 to March 4, 1945, the total number of patients treated was over 10,000 and personnel were sometimes required to work continuously for 48 hours or longer. The 12th Field Hospital served in England, France, Belgium, and Germany during its service overseas. While stationed in England in June 1944, the unit treated casualties from the D-Day invasion. On June 26, 1944 the unit crossed the English Channel and established field hospitals in France (Barneville and Valognes). By the fall of that year, the unit had crossed into Belgium (Saint-Trond, Pepinster, Hasselt, Liege, and Namur). In the first months of 1945 the unit entered Germany and established operations in Aachen, Brand, and Hildesheim.
Provenance	Gift - George J. L. Wulff, MD - 1984 - (84-052)
Subject.Corporate	United States. Army. 12th Field Hospital
Subject.MeSH	Camp Bowie (Brownwood, Tex.)
Subject.LCSH	World War, 1939-1945 -- Hospitals; Military training camps
Subject.Geographic	Hospitals, Military; Military Personnel
Source	VC134
Collection Name	Medicine in Times of Need - 21st General Hospital, Base Hospital 21
Relation.IsPartOf	Geo. J. L. Wulff, Jr., photographs
Publisher	Bernard Becker Medical Library, Washington University School of Medicine
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Format	Image/tiff
Coverage	Texas -- Brown County -- Brownwood
Type	Photographs
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Contributing Institution	Bernard Becker Medical Library, Washington University School of Medicine
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