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THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT:

HOSPITALIZATION AND EVACUATION,

ZONE OF INTERIOR

UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II

The Technical Services

THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT:

HOSPITALIZATION AND

EVACUATION,

ZONE OF INTERIOR

Clarence McKittrick Smith

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF MILITARY HISTORY

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

WASHINGTON, D. C., 1956

This volume, one of the series UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II, is the first to be published in the group of Medical Department volumes in the subseries THE TECHNICAL SERVICES. All the volumes will be closely related and the series will present a comprehensive account of the activities of the Military Establishment during World War II. A tentative list of subseries is appended at the end of this volume.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 54-60005

REPRINTED 1966

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office
Washington 25, D. C. - Price $4 (Cloth)

UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II

Kent Roberts Greenfield, General Editor*

Advisory Committee

(As of 1 June 1954)

James P. Baxter
President, Williams College

Gordon A. Craig
Princeton University

Elmer Ellis
University of Missouri

William T. Hutchinson
University of Chicago

Charles H. Taylor
Harvard University

Maj. Gen. Elwyn D. Post
Army Field Forces

Brig. Gen. Verdi B. Barnes
Army War College

Brig. Gen. C. E. Beauchamp
Command and General Staff College

Brig. Gen. Leonard J. Greeley
Industrial College of the Armed Forces

Col. Thomas D. Stamps
United States Military Academy

Office of the Chief of Military History

Maj. Gen. Albert C. Smith, Chief

Chief Historian
Chief, War Histories Division
Chief, Editorial and Publication Division
Chief, Editorial Branch
Chief, Cartographic Branch
Chief, Photographic Branch
Kent Roberts Greenfield
Col. G. G. O'Connor
Lt. Col. T. E. Bennett
Joseph R. Friedman
Wsevolod Aglaimoff
Maj. Arthur T Lawry

*General Editor of the Technical Service volumes, Lt. Col, Leo J. Meyer, Deputy Chief Historian.

History of

THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT

prepared under the direction of Maj. Gen. S. B. Hays,
The Surgeon General, U.S. Army

. . . to Those Who Served

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			Contents THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT: HOSPITALIZATION AND EVACUATION, ZONE OF INTERIOR *UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II* The Technical Services THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT: HOSPITALIZATION AND EVACUATION, ZONE OF INTERIOR by Clarence McKittrick Smith OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF MILITARY HISTORY DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY WASHINGTON, D. C., 1956 This volume, one of the series UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II, is the first to be published in the group of Medical Department volumes in the subseries THE TECHNICAL SERVICES. All the volumes will be closely related and the series will present a comprehensive account of the activities of the Military Establishment during World War II. A tentative list of subseries is appended at the end of this volume. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 54-60005 REPRINTED 1966 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office Washington 25, D. C. - Price $4 (Cloth) UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II Kent Roberts Greenfield, General Editor* Advisory Committee (As of 1 June 1954) James P. Baxter President, Williams College Gordon A. Craig Princeton University Elmer Ellis University of Missouri William T. Hutchinson University of Chicago Charles H. Taylor Harvard University Maj. Gen. Elwyn D. Post Army Field Forces Brig. Gen. Verdi B. Barnes Army War College Brig. Gen. C. E. Beauchamp Command and General Staff College Brig. Gen. Leonard J. Greeley Industrial College of the Armed Forces Col. Thomas D. Stamps United States Military Academy Office of the Chief of Military History Maj. Gen. Albert C. Smith, Chief Chief Historian Chief, War Histories Division Chief, Editorial and Publication Division Chief, Editorial Branch Chief, Cartographic Branch Chief, Photographic Branch Kent Roberts Greenfield Col. G. G. O'Connor Lt. Col. T. E. Bennett Joseph R. Friedman Wsevolod Aglaimoff Maj. Arthur T Lawry General Editor of the Technical Service volumes, Lt. Col, Leo J. Meyer, Deputy Chief Historian. History of* THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT prepared under the direction of Maj. Gen. S. B. Hays, The Surgeon General, U.S. Army . . . to Those Who Served RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS

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