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Dr. Levi H. Fuson operating on a patient.
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Recruiting ad for American Red Cross Hospital Unit 21
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William Crawford Gorgas
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Col. Lee D. Cady Col. Lee D. Cady, Commanding Officer of the 21st General Hospital, at his desk. Cady, a veteran of the First World War, attended the University of Missouri and Washington University, and served as a member of the Washington University staff from 1925 to 1942. After his service in the Second World War, Cady was appointed director of medical services for the Veterans Administration in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Later he served as director of the Veterans Hospital in Houston.
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Capt. Stanley S. Goldberg performing dental work Capt. Stanley S. Goldberg, performing dental work on a patient of the 21st General Hospital, Naples, Italy, 1944. The unit began bringing dental services directly to patient wards while stationed in Italy.
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V-J Day party American Red Cross workers Josephine Skeen, Mae Louise Culler and Iva Pickens join patients for the 21st General Hospital’s V-J Day party in August 1945. The Japanese agreed to surrender on August 14, 1945, ending World War II.
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Wild boar hunt Recreation for the officers: French civil authorities arranged a number of wild boar hunts during the winter and spring of 1945 for personnel from the 21st General Hospital. Maj. Joseph C. Edwards, MC, poses triumphantly over the 3 boars he killed during the unit’s first wild boar hunt, January 18, 1945.
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21st General Hospital staff dressing a wound 1st Lt. Eloise H. Hagler, ANC, 2nd Lt. Alice Thompson, ANC, and Capt. George E. Roulhac, MC, dressing a German POW patient’s brain wound at the Ravenel Hospital, Mirecourt, France.
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Ariel view of the 21st General Hospital in Mirecourt, France Aerial view (looking east) of the 21st General Hospital, Ravenel Hospital, Mirecourt, France. The unit used a nearly completed psychiatric hospital (Hopital Psychiatrique Departemental des Vosges) while stationed in France from October 1944 to September 1945.
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Frances M. Barksdale and patient in Naples, Italy American Red Cross worker Frances M. Barksdale assists a patient of the 21st General Hospital in Naples, Italy. The Red Cross workers visited ward patients daily, delivering candy and cigarettes and helping patients write letters. The Red Cross also organized regular entertainment for the ward patients, including movies, musicians, and birthday parties.
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"Libya Court" in Naples, Italy Medical section area of the 21st General Hospital on the grounds of the Mostra Fairgrounds, Naples, Italy. This area was known as the “Libya Court.” Photograph taken in March 1944.
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Ariel view of the 21st General Hospital in Naples, Italy Aerial view of the 21st General Hospital, Naples Italy. The unit was stationed at the Mostra Fairgrounds from December 1943 to September 1944.
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2nd Lieutenant Carolyn Klingle and patient 2nd Lt. Carolyn Klingle administers medicine to an unidentified patient in a tent ward of the 21st General Hospital, Bou Hanifia, Algeria, 1943.
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Orthopedic frames and patients Orthopedic frames and patients of the 21st General Hospital’s Ward 1 in the lobby of the Grand Hotel, Bou Hanifia, Algeria. Ward 1 was both a surgical and orthopedics ward.
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Grand Hotel, Bou Hanifia, Algeria The Grand Hotel, a hot water spa resort, in Bou Hanifia, Algeria. The 21st General Hospital’s first overseas posting was Bou Hanifia, about 60 miles south of Oran. The unit was stationed in Bou Hanifia from December 1942 to November 1943.
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Nurses at their temporary quarters Two nurses from the 21st General Hospital at their temporary quarters, the “Mud Flats,” adjacent to the 77th Evacuation Hospital, near Oran, Algeria.
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Pass in review at Fort Benning, GA The officers and nurses of the 21st General Hospital pass in review, Ft. Benning, Georgia.
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Army Medical Corps officers in training at Fort Benning, GA Army Medical Corps officers of the 21st General Hospital, taken while in training at Fort Benning, Georgia, 1942. From left to right: Maj. Leo Gottlieb, Lt. Col. Lee D. Cady, 1st Lt. Henry P. Lattuada, Maj. Virgil O. Fish, and Maj. Truman G. Drake.
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Officer training at Fort Benning, GA Officers of the 21st General Hospital, in training at Fort Benning, Georgia, in May 1942.
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Staff members on the 25th anniversary of Base Hospital 21 Primary staff members of Base Hospital 21 included, from left to right: Dr. Walter Fischel, Dr. Fred T. Murphy, Dr. M.B. Clopton, Julia Stimson, and Dr. Borden S. Veeder. Photograph taken in 1943 on the steps of Christ Church Cathedral in St. Louis at the 25th Anniversary of Base Hospital 21.
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Members of Base Hospital 21 in "C'est la Guerre" Hardly any American entertainment groups reached Base Hospital 21 at the racetrack at Rouen, so members of the unit developed an interest in amateur theatricals.“C’est la Guerre” was one of the more elaborate productions, with a book by Percy Byrns and lyrics by Edwin Dakin. The show starred James B. Costen and Calvin G. Tilton. Costen is in the beret, standing, 5th from the right. Tilton is standing 6th from the left. The photo is signed in the lower right by James B. Costen.
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Interior of a surgical hut Doctors, nurses and enlisted men of Base Hospital 21, Rouen, France. The unit took over the running of British General Hospital No. 12 in June 1917.
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Soldier undergoing treatment for exposure to a chemical gas agent A soldier undergoing treatment for exposure to a chemical gas agent. Photo taken in May 1918. The horrors of chemical warfare had never been seen on a battlefield until 1915. Gas was invented (and successfully used) as a terror weapon meant to instill confusion and panic among the enemy prior to an offensive. It was a sort of physiological weapon with the non-lethal tearing agents inflicting as much panic as the dreaded mustard gas.
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Patients awaiting X-ray or surgery Patients awaiting X-ray or surgery at Base Hospital 21, Rouen, France. During periods of heavy casualties, the unit admitted and discharged over 500 patients a day. The grandstands, recreation huts and any other available areas were used to hold patients awaiting evaluation or treatment.
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Captain Edwin C. Ernst examining a patient Capt. Edwin C. Ernst performing the first fluoroscopic localization with the floor trochoscope, Base Hospital 21, Rouen, France.
