Identifier	VC134005
Title	12th Field Hospital, Camp Bowie, Texas
Date.Original	[1943]
Date.Digital	2003-11-05
Description.Physical	1 photographic print - b&w - 21 x 26 cm.
Description	Field Hospitals were the smallest (100-400 beds) and the most mobile of the Army's hospital medical units, and served closest to the front lines of battle. From its activation in July 1942 until February 1943, the members of the 12th Field Hospital received training at the station hospital at Camp Bowie. In February and March 1943, the unit moved into the field and set up a Battalion Aid Station, a Collection Station, and part of a Field Hospital under simulated combat conditions. The personnel of the unit were divided into 3 platoons and each spent time assigned to each of these installations in order to gain familiarity with the various types of medical service supplied in the forward echelons during combat. After their training at Camp Bowie, the unit was transferred to the Desert Training Center in Freda, California for several months. In October 1943 the unit sailed from New York to the United Kingdom to begin 23 months of overseas service.
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
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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