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Interview - March 8, 1971
.I The unit officers proceeded to Fort Jackson individually. Shortly
after arrival, the unit commander was replaced by a regular Army
medical officer Col~ust. One of the great disappointments of the personnel
was the inability of the unit commander to perform as had been expected.
He was shortly relieved of active duty status.
" The hospital was attached to the station hospital at Fort Jackson where
it performed the functions of a station hospital and received it's basic
military training.
One unfortunate incident of this period was the death of one of the
enlisted men as the result of machine gun fire on the infiltration course.
During this period the course of adjustment to military life was less
~~
) than smooth and resulted in the development of a number of cliques within
the unit based to a large extent on prior considerations. Feelings developed
against the commanding officer and morale became so low that Dr. Maes
went to Fort Jackson to attempt to improve the situation. It was probably
his influence that reduced the hostility toward the chief of surgery and
permitted that individual to remain with the unit to perform as creditably
as he did.
j On receiving orders for overseas duty, the unit proceeded by train
to Camp Shanks and departed for overseas duty on an Army transport in
a large convoy made up to considerable part of medical personnel. The
24th General Hospital, the Tulane Unit was also in this convoy and later
setting up near the 64th in North Africa.
Object Description
| Title | Interview - March 8, 1971 |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 United States. Army. General Hospital, 64th Dupuy, Homer J., Dr. Maes, Urban D., Dr. Kahle, Pierre Jorda, Dr. Ilgenfritz, Hugh C., Dr. |
| Description | Describes training at Fort Jackson, journey to Africa, personnel transfers, interpersonal relations, recreation |
| Notes | "Relationship between officer and nurses was very good as well as that of both the above with the enlisted personnel. Relationship of the hospital commander and the chief nurse was particularly close." |
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| Identifier | See "reference url" on the navigation bar. |
| Source | John P Isché Library - LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans ~ www.lsuhsc.edu/no/library |
| Contact Information | Send inquiries to digitalarchives@lsuhsc.edu |
| Language | En. |
| Relation | http://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/cdm4/index_p15140coll50.php?CISOROOT=/p15140coll50 |
| Coverage-Spatial | South Carolina--Fort Jackson; Tunisia--Bizerte; Italy--Maddaloni |
| Coverage-Temporal | 1971 |
| Rights | Physical rights are retained by LSU Health New Orleans. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. Copyright laws. |
| Object File Name | ww00713.pdf |
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