Identifier	VC208292
Title	S.S. Ernest Hinds, Naples, Italy
Date.Original	[1944]
Date.Digital	2003-09-30
Description.Physical	1 photographic print - b&w - 6 x 6 cm.
Description	The hospital ship S.S. Ernest Hinds transported the 21st General Hospital's nurses from Naples to Marseilles, France in early October 1944. Three officers, 4 hospital dieticians, 2 physical therapists, 6 American Red Cross workers, and 12 enlisted men from the unit accompanied the 119 nurses on the ship. The rest of the unit and its equipment travelled on two LSTs and a freighter. The nurses landed in Marseilles on October 10, 1944.
Provenance	Gift - Dorothy S. Waggett - 1990 - (90-038)
Subject.Corporate	United States. Army. 21st General Hospital; Ernest Hinds (Steamship)
Subject.MeSH	Naples (Italy)
Subject.LCSH	Transportation, Military
Source	VC208
Collection Name	Medicine in Times of Need - 21st General Hospital, Base Hospital 21
Relation.IsPartOf	Lucille S. Spalding photographs and certificates
Publisher	Bernard Becker Medical Library, Washington University School of Medicine
Rights	Bernard Becker Medical Library retains all rights to the reproduction of the images in the Digital Gallery. See http://beckerexhibits.wustl.edu/gh21/rights.htm for terms of use.
Format	Image/tiff
Coverage	Italy -- Campania Region -- Napoli Province -- Naples
Type	Photographs
Online Exhibit	http://beckerexhibits.wustl.edu/gh21/index.htm
Contributing Institution	Bernard Becker Medical Library, Washington University School of Medicine
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