8th Evacuation Hospital collection

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Location of collection:: University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

University of Virginia

P.O. Box 400110

160 McCormick Rd

Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110

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Preferred citation:: 8th Evacuation Hospital Collection, MS-5, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, Historical Collections and Services, University of Virginia

Summary

Extent:: 25 Linear Feet
Abstract:: Of unique relevance to the University of Virginia Health System is the 8th Evacuation Hospital Collection. The "8th Evac." was organized and staffed primarily by University of Virginia physicians and nurses during World War II. The collection contains scrapbooks, memoirs, reports, and numerous photographs that recall the experiences of the men and women who provided medical and nursing care in North Africa and Italy during the war.
Language:: English
Preferred citation:: 8th Evacuation Hospital Collection, MS-5, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, Historical Collections and Services, University of Virginia

Background

Scope and content:

The 8th Evacuation Hospital collection includes photographs, personal and official correspondence, reports, notebooks, purchase orders, citations, certificates, scrapbooks, newsclippings, insignia, and a manuscript of Byrd Stuart Leavell's book: The 8th Evac.: a History of the University of Virginia Hospital Unit in World War II (1970). Additional artifacts, including uniforms, plaques, and a replica set of Roman instruments, are in the artifact collection at the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, Historical Collections, University of Virginia. A web exhibit on the 8th Evacuation Hospital, featuring content and images from the collection is available here: http://exhibits.hsl.virginia.edu/8thevacuation/

THE DIETZ PRESS

J. PAUL WINTHROP OBITUARY, ELIZABETH ENGLEMAN, CATO DRASH

AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE, ARMY DIGEST, ARMY TIMES

INCLUDES A SHEET WITH THE LAST NAMES OF 72 MEN WHO WERE EVIDENTLY PATIENTS AT THE 8TH EVAC. MANY NAMES CORRESPOND WITH THOSE IN RUTH BEERY'S NOTEBOOK OF THE MEN WHO DIED AT THE 8TH EVAC. THE NAMES ARE LISTED ALPHABETICALLY BUT ONLY GO PARTWAY THROUGH THE LETTER H. THE STATISTICAL REPORT GIVES INFO ON ADMISSIONS DIAGNOSES, FRACTURES, CAUSATIVE AGENTS OF WOUNDED PATIENTS, DEATHS, AND VARIOUS CLINICS.

ELIZABETH ENGLEMAN, CATO DRASH, STAIGE D. BLACKORD

8th Evac. Hospital in Anfa Hill, Casablanca, and Italy

8th Evac. in Casablanca, Italian Consulate in Casablanca and Pietramala, Spring, 1945

8th Evac. in Pietremala, and Teano; Mud, Operating Tent, X-Ray Area

8th Evac. in Pietramala; Dispensary, Operating Tent, X-Ray Dark Room, Mess Tent, Ward, Latrines, Operating Theaters, Tent Construction

8th Evac. in Casablanca, Italian Consulate in Casablanca, and Ravello; Purple Heart Ceremony; Tents; Vehicles

8th Evac. in Pietramala, Teano, and Montecatini Area; Mess Tent, Shock Tent, Water Truck and Tank, Blood Bank, Utility Tent, Operating Room, X-Ray Department, Ambulance Turnabout, Lt. Gen. Mark Clark, Immunization Shots

Casablanca, and Marrakesh; Rocks, Allied Parade, Set-Up at Anfa, Purple Heart Ceremony

Pietramala seen from Mt. Beni, Ambulances, Major John O. Mcneel, M. C., Registrar, 8th Evac. Hospital with Secretary of War Stimson

8th Evac. in Pietramala, and Teano; Snow, Wood Cutting, Mess Tent, Operating Theater, Wards, Aid Station

8th Evac. in Capua Area, and Teano Area; Wood Cutting, Water Supply, Hospital Lab, X-Ray Tent, Operating Room, Utilities Tent, Winterization, Ward Building

8th Evac. in Teano, and Carinola; USO Show, Various Individuals

8th Evac. in Caserta, Carinola, Teano, Riardo

8th Evac. in Teano, Santa Maria, Cellole, Beach below Minturno; Stretching Tent, German prisoner patient, Marlene Dietrich Show

June 1944 - Rome, Grosseto, Cisterna, Le Ferriere

June 1944 - Cisterna, Le Ferriere, Rome, Cecina

Galluzzo, Cecina, Naples, Volterra - Supply Tent, Enlisted Mens' Mess, Ward Tents, Post Office, USO performers, Generators, WACs and Nurses

Cecina, and Volterra; Laboratory, Refrigerators, Secretary of Navy Forrestal, Clinic, Dispensary, and Dental Clinic

Cecina, Galluzzo, Castiglioncello, San Gimignano; General Giraud, Captain Wharton, General Clark, General Alexander, King George VI

San Gimignano, Galluzzo, Pietramala, Siena; Red Cross Workers, Laundry Tent, Offices, Congresswoman Mary Nourse Rogers

Florence, and Pietremala; Winterization, Clare Booth Luce

Pietremala; Winterization, Wood Supply, Water Tower, Enlisted Mens' Quarters, Dental Clinic, Mess Hall, Ward Tents, Pre-Fabs

Pietremala, Cecina, and Florence; Secretary of War Stimson, Ward Tents

Pietramala, Florence, Pisa, Lucca, and Futa Pass

Pietramala, Buttapietra, Verona, Salo, and Carinola

1945 - Buttapietra, Pietramala, Verona, Mt. Beni, Venice; Ambulance Convoy, German Prison Camp Refugees, Chaplains' Tents, Red Cross Tent

May, 1945 - Venice

May 1945 - Venice, Buttapietra, Milan and Alassio

Genoa, Lake Garda and Fasano

Fasano, Dezanzano, and Gardano

Po River, Gibraltar, and Dezanzano

1. Italian consulate building where McKoan took command Feb. 1943 2. Ward at 8th Evac. in Casablanca

1. Ward tents, 8th EVAC. (on roof), Casablanca, Mar. 1943 2. 8th EVAC. at roof of Italian consulate, Casablanca

1. Maj. Wintrop at work in dental clinic, Casablanca, Feb. 1943 2. Clean-up prior to move to Anfa Hill, March 1943

1. Tents 2. Enlisted men pack bags, March 1943

1. View from Anfa Hill 2. Col. McKoan and driver at President Roosevelt's villa, Casablanca, May 1943

1. Capt. "Big" Kincopf, Asst. 2. Anfa Hotel, Casablanca, across street from 8th Evac.

1. Col. McKoan leaving for Anfa Hill 2. Enlisted men packing for Anfa Hill

1. Enlisted men cleaning area prior to move to Anfa Hill 2. 8th Evac. as it was set up on Anfa Hill, Casablanca, March 1943

1. 8th Evac. 1st tents up at Anfa Hill, boxes contain ward supplies, X-ray equipment, etc. March 14, 1943 2. Ward tents being set up March 14, 1943

1. 8th Evac. Anfa Hill from Anfa Hotel 2. Col. McKoan awarding 1st Purple Hearts to wounded from 1st U.S. Infantry Division

1. General Wilson seated far left, 2nd Armd. Div. 2. Officers' tents, Anfa Hill

1. McKoan outside French Naval Headquarters, June 1943 2. McKoan with Dutch Consul Cabos, outside McKoan's tent on Anfa Hill, June 1943

1. Funeral for PFC Harold C. Phillips who drowned 6/10/43 at Casablanca

2. Funeral for Harold C. Phillips

Mechanics salvaging lumber in Casablanca from shipping crates

Arab children in North Africa

Leaving Anfa Hill for Algiers: Loading trucks

1. Algiers 2. Country scene en route to Algiers

Cathedral of the Black Virgin, Algiers

Col. Radke and John McKoan at Cap Matifou, Algiers

Cap Matifou

Packing to leave Cap Matifou

Goat Hill, Oran, Algeria; Lt. Col. Staige D. Blackford

1. British motor boat, Oran, Algeria 2. Downed plane at Paestum, Italy - used as Nurses' Latrine

Naples

Pompeii

1. Cassino, Italy 2. Battapaglia - Refugees headed south

1. McKoan and General Martin 2. Mary Jane McCone

Air Raid on Naples, Searchlights

Caserta

Windham and Robinson

Haverty (killed at Anzio), Bruce, Huffman, Martin, McKoan, Galvin, Sullivan

McKoan directing operations at Teano

Commanding General of U.S. Air Force in Italy and McKoan

McKoan looking over German battle plans captured by Pvt. John Deringer of the 6th Armored Infantry

Teano

Teano, Italy - Ambulance Turnabout, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. MM-5-44-100390

Teano

Tin Shop also known as Holmboe's Machine Shop, Capua Area

Teano; McKoan and Buffington

Men with jeep

Teano

1. Litter with wounded from front 2. Tank headed for Cassino

Alfred Den, Radiologist; X-ray apparatus

Teano; X-ray darkroom

Teano; Margaret McGowan demonstrates new holder for IV anesthesia syringe

Teano

Sterilization Room; Operating Room

Capua; Surgical Tent

Teano; Chapel and Red Cross Unit; Operating Room

Carinola

Teano; Face injury case

Cassino; Front line

Soldiers on tank

Caserta; Italian Army Camouflage School

Casablanca

Capua; Clinical Laboratory

Pignataro

Soldier who stepped on a mine

8th EVAC. Sign on road to Rome, Route 6

San Pietro; Front line

Capua; Surgical Tent

Teano; Shock equipment

Teano; Sterilizing Room

Caserta

Latrine in use

Cassino; Wounded being carried from ambulance into receiving tent

Teano

Casualties in receiving tent

The newsletter lists nurses, including Ruth Beery, who contributed to the Clara Josephine McLeod portrait fund.

The newsletter contains an article and photos concerning the presentation by Ruth Beery of a portrait of Clara Josephine McLeod.

Ruth Beery was chair of the portrait committee and gave the remarks at the presentation.

"Roosevelt Dies"

"Hostilities Ended at 12:01 AM

"Japs Say They Accept"

"Peace at Last"

"Picture Story of the Ruined Town of Cassino"

Baskin describes in words and drawings the two years spent as a soldier in Italy during WWII.

personnel are listed within states by enlisted men, officers, and nurses

photo and write-up on the occasion of the presentation of Byrd Leavell's book "The 8th Evac" to the McIntire Library

personnel are listed within states by enlisted men, officers, and nurses

photo and names of the members of 8th Evac Hospital staff and list of nurses

shows Drash being interviewed at Anzio, Italy

Includes how tents were decorated and heated, recreation, clothing, also description of indoor ward latrines, medical cases, war campaign, nurse staffing, nurse illness, and military occupational specialties of nurses by name.

Palazzo uses material from Leavell's book "The 8th Evac" but adds new information based on his interview with Leavell and Beery. In particular he adds the experiences of the nurses.

The drawing shows exactly where various supplies such as bed pans, buckets, pitchers, stool, table, narcotic lock box, and cups were packed.

The hospital layout includes quarters for the officers, nurses, enlisted men and civilian labor. Also included are the various wards, latrines, dining areas, labs, etc.

This report is a history of the activities of the 8th Evac for 1944 and includes patients, types of injuries, housing, recreation, distinguished visitors and moves.

These orders list military personnel and their arm of service and address of record.

Statues, children and soldiers in Rome

Winterized ward tent

Dish-washing tent, patients' mess

Ward sterilization room; Noon and Robinson

Casablanca; Anfa Hill

Laird, William

Anfa Hill

Anfa Hotel

Casablanca; 66th Station Hospital

Horwath

Bara, Morton

Chaplains' tents

Randal Luscombe supervising the erecting of a tent, the frame of which he helped design

Irving Berlin with a group of officers

Stimson and General Clark visiting camp

Army Surgeons Congress C.M.F. Rome

Left to right, First row: John Dempsey, Harry Dumbleton, Ruth Buffington, Cathleene Carter, Minnie Lee Dozier, Ruth Eastman Sholars, Frances Thomas, Betty Wiseman Throop, Lallah Edwards Anderson, Dorothy Sandridge Gloor, Emma Garland, Ruth Beery, Nick Iannuzzelli, Frank Johnson, Sally Brightman van Zalis, Horace Downing, Addie Roadcap, Langhorne Cloyd Iseman, Mary Jane McCone, Jean William Gray. Second row: Edward Denny, Kate Robinson Thornton, William Summers, Thomas Petty, John Guerrant, Robert Meckel, Thelma Mathews, Elizabeth Engleman Carter, Elizabeth Johnson, Helen Berkeley, Walter Blackston, Sue Hornberger Kroll, Norris Philbeck, Hylton Crotts, Edward Deegan, Beverley Tucker, Jane Anderson McBride, Ray Monin, James Bigger, William R. Hill, Alice Huffman Bugel, Maurice LeBauer, Hilda Franklin Bell, Beverly Hairfield, Elizabeth Harlin Drash, Hubert Holsinger, Charles Capenter. Third row: McKelden Smith, Robert Mitchell, Norman Thornton, Lowell Gram, Kenneth Fradenburg, Randal Luscombe, James D. Ferguson, Raymond Canipe, William Snavely, Harold Bjorklund, Fred Johnson, Byrd Leavell, John R. Morris, Wilbur Northrup, Donald Marshall, E. Cato Drash, John Haley, Andrew Rabuck, Morrell Pratt, John Alexevich, John Gordon.

Blackford, Payne, Haley, Hairfield, Guerrant, Holmboe, Bell, Leavell,Eagle, Wright, Thomas, Dofflemeyer, Franklin, Carter, Mills, Dozier, Berkeley, Drash, Gilkerson, Wiseman, Cloyd, Anderson, Beery, Matthews, Roadcap, McNeel, Hill, Lebauer, Mitchell, Monin, Snavely

Pietramala

Anfa Hill; McNeel

Teano; Ward boxes with supplies for 40 bed ward

Lake Garda

Goat Hill; Oran; Algeria

Men shaving

Harbor at Oran, Algeria

Goat Hill; Oran; Algeria; Showering outside

Anfa Hill; Jenkins

Baldwin

Pietramala; Martin

Interior of shock ward

Stimson; Drash

Clark; Stimson

Erk

Tucker; Glazer; Johnsmeyer

Geeslin

Glazer

Drash

Bara; Rosumny; Geeslin; Erk; Pratt; Johnson; Glazer

Kinkopf, McKoan, Snavely

Pratt; Bara; Johnsmeyer; Glazer; Meckel; Padula

From left to right, starting with the top row and then 2nd, 3rd, and bottom rows: Margaret Sue Hornbarger, Frances Houston, Rebecca Dofflemeyer, Alice Eagle, Mayme Griffitts, Alice Huffman, Hilda Franklin, F. Jean Williams, Kate Robinson, Lelia Langhorne Cloyd, Thelma Matthews, Frances Thomas, Alice Law, Angela Brusati, Nova Dowd, Dora Guglielmetti, Elizabeth (Betty) Wiseman, C. Elizabeth (Betsy) Johnson, Lottie B.(Billy) Gibson, Helen Gilkerson, Mabel Ayers, Mamie Kidd, Ruth Eastman, Ella Gillespie, Jane Anderson, Beatrice Ramsey, Lallah Edwards, Margaret Petersen, Clara Orsini, Lucille White, Dorothy Sandridge, Ann Mickle, Ruth Beery, Mary Jane McCone, Madge Darden, Christine Mills, Mamie Donley, Elizabeth Harlin, Mary Ellen Gibson, Addie Roadcap, M. Cathleene Carter, Mildred Smith, Helen Berkeley, Ruby Armstrong, Annie Laura Dickson, Minnie Lee, Emma Garland, Myrtle Hatcher, Margaret Phillips, Eula Wright, Elizabeth (Betty) Engleman, Margaret McGown

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. MM-45-777

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. MM-45-2928

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. C-44-576

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology photo

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. C-44-588

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology photo

Top Row: Margaret Ford, Mary Ellen Gibson, Elizabeth Wiseman, Alice Huffman, Langhorne Cloyd, Mayme Griffitts, Ruth Eastman, Eula Wright, Minnie Lee Dozier, Mamie Donley, Margery Stulting, Frances Thomas, Addie Roadcap, Nova Dowd. Second Row: Mamie Kidd, Ella Gillespie, Kenneth Grim, Preston Trousdale, William Norman Thornton, Beverley Hairfield, William Edgar Waddell, Ruth Beery, James Richmond Low, John Coleman, John Rogers Mapp, William Laird, Jane Anderson, Helen Gilkerson. Bottom Row: Henry Mayo, Leon Culbertson, H. B. Holsinger, E. Cato Drash, Staige D. Blackford, John McNeel, Byrd S. Leavell, Edwin Shearburn, John Guerrant, Albert Gillespie

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology photo

left to right: John Makley (?), Betty Wiseman, Alice Law, William Snavely, unidentified man, Dick Bell, Hilda Franklin, Tom Payne, Bea Ramsey

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology photo

note entrances that can hide light of O.R., so called "black out entrances"

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology photo

left to right: Kinkopf, McNeel, Winthrop, Drash, Beery, McKoan, McCone, Blackford, Holmboe, Suhling

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. C-44-58

Lewis Kirkman in the center

Ted Laird, unidentified woman, Staige Blackford, Frances Wells Broadfoot (bride), Fred Broadfoot (groom), Ted Marks (best man) in Florence, Italy

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. C-45-754

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. C-44-590

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. C-44-594

Women L-R: Beery, Robinson, Matthews, bridal couple, Wiseman, Franklin, Brusati; Men L-R: unidentified man, Martin, unidentified man, Leavell, Marshall, Ted Laird

photograph taken and donated by William Snavely

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. C-44-551

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. C/MM-5-44-100403

Left to right: Kidd, unidentified woman, Dofflemeyer, unidentified woman, Huffman, unidentified man

Left to right: Hornbarger, Ramsey, Canniff

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. C-45-754

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. C-44-5

Left to right: Corpsman, patient, patient, Wiseman, Blackford, Beery

far left: Hornbarger, far right: Sandridge

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. C-45-754

Smith, Linus Miller, Leavell, Northrup, Gilkerson, Beery, Boston (not 8th Evac), Tolliver(not 8th Evac), Dick Morris (?)

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. C-44-

Monin, Canniff, Laird, Wiseman, Ramsey, Weller, Blackford, Culbertson, Hrejsa, Miller identified as being in photo

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. C-45-739-3

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. C-44-586

Kirkman (on right), Mapp to the left of Kirkman, packing boxes made by 8th Evac shop were also used as desks

3rd from left: Holmboe, 5th from left: Drash, others are unidentified

Tim Holt (?), Guerrant, Shearburn, Al Den (?), Holsinger, Eula Wright and Ted Laird in photo

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology photo

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology photos

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology photo

Blackford, Wray, Michie, Laird, all facing camera

Colonel Bruce, Asst. Surgeon, 5th Army, 1 unidentified man, Forrestal, Kirkman, unidentified man, Drash in Cecina, Italy

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. C-45-739-3

Left to right: McNeel, unidentified man, Forrestal, Drash; Armed Forces Institute of Pathology photo

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. C-45-739-

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology photo

left to right: John McKoan, unidentified man, Angela Brusati (bridesmaid), Marie Galvin (first 8th Evac nurse to become a bride "in the field"); Armed Forces Institute of Pathology photo

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. C-45-739-4

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology photo

left to right: Blackford, Wray, Michie, Laird

Blackford, Wray, Michie, Laird at table

: Bell, first man on left; Alice Huffman, facing camera to left of woman in white; Sherman, first on right in front group

Blackford, Wray, Michie and Laird at table

McKoan, Kinkopf, Blackford, McNeel, Gillespie (?), Suhling present but not specifically identified in photo

left to right: unidentified woman, Hornbarger, unidentified woman, Wiseman in front of tent at Anfa Hill near Casablanca

Northrup on far left, Jane Anderson second from left, Holsinger on right with pipe

Harry Dumbleton second from right in back row, John Mapp bottom row in middle

left to right: patient, George Northrup, Frederick Neumeister

"Les Poseurs" The Posers

shows ward boxes designed and organized by the 8th Evac; Armed Forces Institute of Pathology photo

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology photo

Fletcher Spann and John Dawson at work (unclear which man is which)

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology photo

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. C-44-558

left to right: Hilda Franklin, unidentified woman, and F. Jean Williams

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology photo

J. L. Knight, an X-ray technician, gives a chest X-ray; Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. 5/MM-45-767

left to right: Kate Robinson, Byrd Leavell, Betty Johnson, John Guerrant, Bea Ramsey

seated left to right: Pat Driscoll, Cato Drash, Norman Thornton, John Guerrant; standing: Maury LeBauer, Hubert Holsinger, James Culberton, John Morris, Al Gillespie, Rich Low. Photographed by Ralph Thompson

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. MM-5-44-2179

left to right: Wray, Blackford, Michie, William Laird

Luce visits patient Julius Hartfell during her tour of the Fifth Army Front; Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. 5/MM-45-4984

Left to right: Angela Brusati (bridesmaid), John McKoan, Marie Galvin, the first 8th Evac nurse to become a bride "in the field"

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology C-44-552

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. MM-5-44-2178

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. C-44-555

A ward tent was located here during the siege

left to right: unidentified man, McNeel, Mark Clark, Stimson (pith helmet) 2 unidentified men, Drash, unidentified man

photo by Instituto Nazionale per le Relazioni Culturali con L'estero (National Institute for cultural Relations with Foreign Countries)

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. C-44-579

This photo shows the new braces which replaced the old tepee poles and also shows the instrument bundle stands that were stackable. The note on one photo is by Randal Luscombe and says, "Stand - made - 10 of them." Armed Forces Institute of Pathology photo

Shaffer writes about his camera surviving a 1000 foot fall from an airplane and its risky rescue. The photo shows the 8th Evac north of Naples in 1943 where the inspiration for the shower scene in the movie "MASH" occurred.

Shaffer writes about filming a surgical procedure at the 8th Evac and includes photos that were used as a guide for the movie "MASH."

Shaffer writes about how to make a heater from a 500 pound bomb casing and encloses a photo of Shaffer on a cot in his tent and a photo of tents in the wet spring of 1945.

The transparency is of the 8th Evac at Pietramala, Italy, and was made in the winter of 1944-45.

The photo shows from left to right: McNeel, Secretary of War Stimson (pith helmet), an unidentified man, and General Mark Clark and was taken in September 1944.

The photos show tents, patients, and military personnel at the 8th Evac's Lake Garda location in the summer of 1945.

The photo is of the area near the 8th Evac camp at Pietramala in the winter of 1944-45 and shows the Brenner Pass. Senator Bob Dole was severely wounded here.

Top row: 1st Lts. Low, Mapp, Miller, Monin, Hairfield, Driscoll, Mayo, Mulford, Smith, Northrup, Casscells, Laird, W., Ross, Morris, Kinkoff, Scarborough; Third row: Capts. Grim, Waddell, Shearburn, Gillespie, Beck, Haley, Suhling, Leavell, Windham, Payne, Marshall, Culbertson, L., Guerrant, Culbertson, J., Thornton, Bell, Den; 2nd row: Majs. Holsinger, Hill, Laird, E., Holmboe, Lt. Cols. Blackford, Putnam, Drash, Majs. McNeel, Siersema, Kinser, LeBauer, Winthrop; bottom row: 2nd Lts. Lynch, Jenkins, 1st Lts. Churchill, Blessing, 2nd Lts. Snavely, Weller, Murrian

The photo is of the 8th Evac staff in the summer of 1944.

This recollection was used for the "8th Evacuation Hospital: The University of Virginia in World War II" web site.

These are updated copies of the 1990 address list. Autograph notes on the original are from 1995. The photocopy includes autograph notes from 2000. Names marked "returned" refer to a mailing sent in 2000.

Guerrant solicits personal recollections for the "8th Evacuation Hospital: The University of Virginia in World War II" web site.

8th Evac camp was across the street from the Anfa Hotel where Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill met.

Holsinger bottom right with pipe

left to right: Kirkman, Blackford, two unidentified men

left to right: Blackford, Wray, Michie, Laird at table

Clark is tall man in center, King George is 2nd from the right, others are unidentified

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. 5-44-100394

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. 5-44-589

One end of the building sets several feet off the ground on stilts and is anchored to the ground by steel cables. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. 5/MM-45-772

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. C--44-556

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology 5/MM-45-4982

This photo shows the center portion of a standard ward.

Scrapbook photographs include those of Pageland, South Carolina; Halloran General Hospital, Staten Island, New York; Casablanca; Cairo; Switzerland; Italy: Caserta, Teano, Carinola, Cellole, Cecina, Anzio, Le Ferriero, Pietramala, Po River, Pisa, Venice, Gardone, and Milan; and 1950 reunion

Commendation is for meritorious service during January 1944

Alumnae Association of the Training School for Nurses of the Garfield memorial Hospital, Washington D.C.

Letter concerns Red Cross surgical dressings sent to the 8th Evac

Drash and Shearburn ordered to report for duty

operating tent had 8 operating tables and 2 sterile supply tables

Wiel and Harlin were directors of the Home for Convalescing Nurses

Probably Drash and Harlin on right

2nd, 3rd, and 4th photos show nurses Hornbarger (on left) and Dorothy Sandridge (on right). Ruth Beery is in front in the 2nd photo.

Notation on back: "Una difficile curva in Montagna."

Notation on back: ISTITUTO NAZIONALS PER LE RELAZIONI CULTURALI CON L'ESTERO. ROMA - Via Quattro Fontane 20, SERVIZIO FOTOGRAFICO, 12328 - Battelli armati dell'Armata Italiana in Russia in perlustrazione lungo un corso d'acqua sul fronte orientale.

Notation on back: ISTITUTO NAZIONALS PER LE RELAZIONI CULTURALI CON L'ESTERO. ROMA - Via Quattro Fontane 20, SERVIZIO FOTOGRAFICO, 12057 - Una nave nemica centrata dal siluro di un sommergibile italiano operante nell'Atlantico mentre affonda lentamente.

Notation on back: ISTITUTO NAZIONALS PER LE RELAZIONI CULTURALI CON L'ESTERO. ROMA - Via Quattro Fontane 20, SERVIZIO FOTOGRAFICO, 11423 - Treno blindato sovietico caduto intatto nelle mani delle truppe italiane nell'ansa del Don.

Notation on back: ISTITUTO NAZIONALS LUCE = ROMA 21/6/42 XX RG. 6093, Tobruch e il suo porto, [?] dalle truppe italiane e germaniche

Notation on back: Fiosole

Notation on back: Interior of the post-operative tent

Notation on back: Interior of post-operative tent

Nurses, patients and tents in the background

Beery in checkered dress

Notation on back of photo: showers - Rockingham, N. C.

Notation on back: "Alumni News: April 1963, page 9

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. C-44-557, Notation on back: "Alumni News: April 1963, page 9

Left to right: Elizabeth Harlin Drash, Jane Anderson, 2 unidentified women, e. Cato Drash, unidentified woman

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. C-44-593

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. C-44-565

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. C-44-567

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. C-44-588

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Neg. No. C-44-571

from left to right: Wray, Blackford, Michie, William Laird

Notation on back: Setting up operating room supplies. Italian women

Notation on back: Washing operating room supplies

Randal Luscombe or Maurice LeBauer supervises the erection

Left to right: Sue Hornbarger, Elizabeth Wiseman, Jane Anderson, civilian, unidentified people

McKoan facing nurse (Ruth Beery?) with Blackford behind nurse

The belts contain recordings of Byrd Leavell dictating his wartime journal

The red belts contain recordings of Byrd Leavell dictating his wartime journal and the blue belts are of Leavell dictating a draft of portions of his book The 8th Evac.

left to right: Ned Waddell, Betsy Johnson, Kate Robinson, Alice Huffman, Alice Law, Billie Gibson

M. Cathleene Carter is standing with her back to the camera

Notation of back: Castel Falconera, near Licata, Sicily - my first billet in Sicily - Headquarters 1st Engineer Special Brigade

Notation of back: Rest camp

Notation on back: Paris, night celebration in the street

Dorothy Sandridge is giving anesthesia to the left, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology photo C44-549

Left to right: Helen Berkeley, 2 unidentified women, Hilda Franklin, Lelia Cloyd

Drash is pinning a medal on an unidentified man

Left to right: first woman is Addie Roadcap, Holmboe sitting on first end seat to left, Mulford behind Holmboe. The two kneeling men are Snavely (on left) and Casscells taking photos. Monin is above and slightly to the left of Snavely.

Notation on back: Fotocelere di A. Campassi - Terino - Via Marochetti 41 - 1933 X 1

Notation of back: A "flashlight" photo of a typical evening "in the field" except that this happened on VE day - night. We were having a drink and toasting the gallant lads who cracked the Nazi Super Man myth.

Notation of back: We have our less serious moments too. This is at a division clearing station up front; Blackford, Barker Long and I were showing Turner, from the SGO, a glimpse of the war from a safe distance.

Left to right: Kirkman, Reyer, Carmaak, Long, Sturgeon; second row: Generals Martin, Davis, Stayer, 300th QH

Notation of back: ?, General MC Stayer, General Joe I. Martin, The Brazilian Surgeon General and assistant Major Buchanan LWK [Kirkman]; Above does not appear to be in order left to right. Martin is 2nd from left and Stayer is 3rd from left, Kirkman is to the far right.

Notation on back: Fifth Army Medical Dept. Rest Center at Castiglioncello, between Cecina and Leghorn, August 1944

Notation on back: A most informal pose "cocktails before the showers" at the 170th [Evac] near Treviso. Jack Donaguy, Bang (John O.) McNeel, LWK [Kirkman]. The guy peeking from behind the tent door is [ ] French, one of the [ ] original O'Reilly [ ]

Notation on back: An early AM shot showing the basketball court we fashioned beneath the rugged peak called Mount Beni at Pietramala, Italy, on Highway 65 halfway between Florence and Bologna

Notation of back: Casson Studio, 1305 Connecticut Ave, Washington D.C.

Notation of back includes: Studio of Hear's Inc. Springfield Mo.

Two men are wearing sweaters with big initial H and all wearing hiking boots

Articles include: Medical Department Organizes Evacuation Hospital Unit No. 8 for Foreign Service, Eighth Evacuation Hospital Trained in Active Duty during Carolina Maneuvers, News of Our Eighth Evacuation Hospital Now Established Overseas Five Months, Brief History of the Eighth Evacuation Hospital, The 8th Evac-Thirty Years Later

Photo shows changes made in operating light to eliminate cumbersome legs and braces formerly used. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology 5 MM-45-1812

Left to right: Cato Drash, John Guerrant, Ruth Beery, Norman Thornton, Byrd Leavell with Italian flag from Casablanca. Photo taken at an 8th Evac reunion in Charlottesville. Flag was later returned to Italy.

The letter was written on the occasion of the presentation of the Wendal Waddell portrait to UVa School of Medicine. Left to right, bottom row: Jack Humphries, Bob Hightower, Reed Hopkins, THE CHIEF, Bill Wray, Mac Birdsong, Betty Whitehead, Willie Grossman; second row: Nat Ewell, Charlie Gleason, Harry Austin, Bill Harman, Page Booker, Jim Stone, Warren Gregory, Andy Townes, Joe Mitchell; top row: Dan Anderson, Jimmy Etheridge, Jimmy Wood, Julia Edmunds, Morris Lambdin, Fred Mitchell, Bill Thomnpson, Bill Liddle, Cam L'Engle, Gene Frame, Wiltsie Young, Fletcher Harrell

The note indicates the New Testament was given on Feb. 8, 1943 and carried and used throughout WW II. The flag was given to Anderson by Myrtle Hall from UVa who used it throughout WW I.

donated by Cathleene Carter

Enclosed are the names and addresses of all who attended as well as those that did not attend the 1960 reunion

donated by Cathleene Carter

Left to right: Betsy, Billie, Cathleene Carter, Madge, and Northrup

Notation on back: What we came home on

Notation on back includes: Streasa [Stresa?]

Notation on back: [Camp] Kilmer

Same building as 23-031 identified as [Camp] Kilmer; Notation on back: Ex 451 C-6 Annex

Photos taken by U.S. Signal Corps, includes mess hall, reception room, auditorium, kitchen, bakery equipment, x-ray unit, ward scene, nurses' quarters, and acute medical and surgical building

Cadesus pin with eagle and the letter "N," clutch back post attachment, donated by Cathleene Carter

donated by Cathleene Carter

48554 on back of pin, donated by Cathleene Carter

donated by Cathleene Carter

Many photographs are of buildings and the ruins of buildings, interiors, towns, the countryside, and non-military people, including children. There are photos of the 8th Evac, but they do not predominate.

Smokers articles, candy, toilet articles, stationery, miscellaneous items, and nurses articles could be ordered from the PX Warehouse

Smokers articles, candy, toilet articles, stationery, miscellaneous items, nurses articles, and additional items could be ordered from the PX Warehouse

Smokers articles, candy, toilet articles, stationery, miscellaneous items, and nurses articles could be ordered from the PX Warehouse

Medical Class of 1943, left to right, First row: John Dean Adams, Margaret Alford Barnes, Walter Prothro Barnes, Jr., Monte Leroy Binder, Oliver Beirne Bobbitt, Jr., Armistead Page Booker, Richard Booth, Jr., Eugene Calloway, Jr., Joshua Fry Bullitt Camblos, Donal Paul Chance, Sidney William Cohen, James Thomas Colley Second row: William Cassius Cook, Jr., Lewis Franklin Cosby, Jr., Thomas Stilwell Edwards, George Bleecker Ely, Thomas Carter Fowlkes, Irvin Galin, Giles Quarles Gilmer, Milton Sidney Goldman, William Dandridge Haden, Jr., William Gletcher Harrell, Jr., Edward Roberts Hawkins, Charles Herbert Henderson, Jr. Third row: Charles Albert Hudson, Carl William Irwin, Eugene Rhodes Johnston, George Barnard Kegley, Eusebius Milton Kellam, Joseph Kessler, Camillus Saunders L'Engle, Jr., Carl Jay Levine, Myrtle Evelyn Logan, Frank Armstrong McCue, Donald David Markowitz, Samuel Percy Marshall Fourth row: John William Henry Morgan, Raney Archer Oven, John Brewer Petter, Carol LeVan Plott, James Guy Price, George Nicholas Psimas, Charles Frederick Schneider, Nelson Montgomery Smith, Joshua Price Sutherland, Robert McKinney Tankesley, John Covington Tinsley, Jr. Fifth row: Mary Martin Wade, Donald Walters, Walter Motley White, Jr., Harold Stanley Yood, Eugene James Yorkoff

Certificate from the Nurses Examining Board for the State of Virginia states that Matthews is entitled to show she is a registered nurse.

Certificate certifies that Matthews has completed three years course of instruction at the University of Virginia Hospital School of Nursing.

Many photographs are of buildings, interiors, towns, the countryside, and non-military people. Many, if not all, appear to have been taken in North Africa. There are photos of the 8th Evac, but they do not predominate.

Many photographs are of buildings, interiors, towns, the countryside, a parade, and non-military people, including children. All seem to have been taken in North Africa. There are photos of the 8th Evac, but they do not predominate.

The certificate was presented to the University of Virginia for its sponsorship, organization, and staffing of the 8th Evacuation Hospital.

Notation on back: I recognize Ted Laird, Norm Thornton, Jim Culbertson, Prentice Kinser, John Haley (hat) Capt. Windham, Lt. Snavely

William Laird is on the far left, Staige Blackford 3rd from left

Notation on back includes: Two of them got married! Frankie and Dick, Lt. Monin, Don Watson? Peterson?, Orsini?

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology photo

Hilton Nau behind the counter dispenses goods to Joseph Dziuba. Harry Wright is in the background. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology photo 5/MM-45-762

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology photo 5/MM-45-769

The enclosed papers about Sebastian who died in World War II include his poetry.

includes dates of religious services, movement and location of 8th Evac, books read by Laird, addresses, and discretionary fund account; donated by his daughter, Marion Laird Gould

The article is about Alice Huffman Bugel

Macey writes concerning her uncle, Joseph Crouch, who was buried at Pietramala, Italy

enclosed with letter is "Personal Reflections of the 8th Evac. Hospital" by Beverley D. Tucker, Jr.

This copy was used to make spiral bound books.

This book was printed from the web exhibit for the UVa Medical Alumni Association Annual Advisory Meeting, January 26-28, 2001.

Guerrant writes about the 8th Evac web exhibit and solicits personal recollections from the former members.

left to right: Alice Huffman, Ella Gillespie, Thelma Matthews and Kate Robinson

left to right: Alice Law, Thelma Matthews, Lelia Langhorne Cloyd, Hilda Franklin, Alice Huffman (?), Ella Gillespie, Kate Robinson

note prefabricated house in background; left to right: unidentified man, Huffman (?), Gillespie, Robinson, Beverly Hairfield

left to right: Lelia Langhorne Cloyd, Kate Robinson, Alice Huffman (?), Hilda Franklin

left to right: Dick Bell, McKelden Smith, Pat Driscoll, Ned Waddell, John Guerrant, Al Gillespie

left to right: Alice Law, sue Hornbarger, Emma Garland, Mildred Smith, Alice Huffman

left to right: Beverly Hairfield, Hubert Holsinger, James Low, Norman Thornton, E. Cato Drash

left to right women: Kate Robinson, Biddie (Emma Gillespie), Lelia Langhorne Cloyd, Hilda Franklin, Thelma Matthews, Alice Huffman, Alice Law; left to right men: Byrd Leavell, William Driscoll, H. St. George Tucker, Mckelden Smith, Richard Bell, S. Ward Casscells, Frank Wray, William Laird, Beverley Tucker

left to right: Kate Robinson, William D. R. Driscoll (the psycho team), Dorothy Sandridge and Edwin Mulford; Allen Hrejsa has his back to the tent

photo shows the 8th Evac near Florence, Italy in 1944

photo shows destruction seen as the unit left Tierno, Italy

personnel are listed within states by enlisted men, officers, and nurses

letter informs reader of the death of Everett Cato Drash and includes his obituary

book review of "The 8th Evac" by Byrd Leavell

includes appointments of Byrd Leavell, William Norman Thornton, John Guerrant

book review of Byrd Leavell's "The 8th Evac" by John A. Owen

describes the Po Valley campaign in words, maps and photos

Norman Thornton is standing on the far left of the photo, John Guerrant is standing fourth from the left

a paper about Horace Downing

photo is of the 8th Evac at Cap Matifou, near Algiers in 1943

photo is of the 8th Evac arriving at Anzio in June 1944

photo is of Pageland Gym, Nurses' Home, and the Officer's Club

photo is of the kitchen and mess hall near Teano in 1943

photo is of Naples harbor in 1943

notation on back: ...who built our ward boxes and numerous gadgets that made for success of 8th Evac Hospital in Africa & Italy

the Santa Paula is the troopship which carried the 8th Evac to Africa

"Army Nurse fought battle on tow fronts": the story of Elizabeth Engleman Carter

Luscombe includes photos of his shop and land in Missouri and relates several incidents from the 8th Evac

Marshall recounts how he joined the 8th Evac

Hilda Franklin Bell

notes for talk to the UVa History (Medical) Society

John Guerrant's notes for a medical history talk

This detachment took part in the initial invasion of Sicily by men on 10 LSTs (landing ship, tank)

donated by son of Norman Thornton

1943 photo of the first Purple Heart at Anfa Hill

Enclosure is a reprint from "The Journal of Urology" Vol. 55, No. 1, January 1946, "Urogenital Wounds in an Evacuation Hospital" by Donald Forbes Marshall

The letter is in regard to Sampas's uncle, Sampatis Sampatacacus, a member of the 8th Evac. He encloses two papers about his uncle and his uncle's poetry. Last known address for Tony Sampas: 51 West St., Pepperell, MA 01463

contains updates of former 8th Evac officers and nurses

John Guerrant on the far right looking at camera with his wife, Laura, beside him

seated left to right: Pat Driscoll, Cato Drash, Norman Thornton, John Guerrant; standing: Maury LeBauer, James Culberton, John Morris, Al Gillespie. Photographed by Ralph Thompson

left to right: Walter Blackston, Norman Thornton, James Biggar, John Dempsey, Mrs. Dempsey

left to right: Lelia Langhorne Cloyd, unidentified man, Colonel Michie (not 8th Evac), Minnie Lee dozier, unidentified woman

left to right: Mrs. Ray Monin, Ray Monin, unidentified man

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology photo MM-5-44 2180

party given for John McKoan, departing commanding officer at the 8th Evac

Many people are identified in the photo itself: Waddell, Bill Laird, Weller, LeBauer, Marshall, Haley, Lallah Edwards Anderson, Ted Laird, Cathleene Carter, Mamie Donley Bryant, Mulford, Hairfield, Den, McKelden Smith, Rich Low, Thornton, Lelia Cloyd Iseman

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology photo

left to right on page 13: three unidentified, Linus Miller, Madge Darden, Prentice Kinser, Don Marshall, Ed Shearburn

left to right and clockwise: Ray Monin (with cigarette in mouth), Beverly Hairfield, William Waddell, Harris Holmboe, John Morris, James Low and unidentified man

Documents are in regard to Lallah Edwards Anderson, Hilda Franklin Bell, Raymond Canipe, S. Ward Casscells, Francis Churchill, J. Walter Dempsey, Edward Denny, Horace Downing, John Gordon, Kenneth Grim, Byrd Leavell, Maruice LeBauer, Donald Marshall, Bob Mitchell, Edwin Mulford, Addie Roadcap, William Pennington Snavely (Bill Snavely), Kate Robinson Thornton, William Norman Thornton

Betty Wiseman Throop is on the cover.

left to right: Byrd Leavell, Addie Roadcap, Mrs. Ray Monin, Nancy Leavell, Bill Suhling

Minnie Lee Dozier second from right, Mrs. Gilkerson (?) and Beverley Tucker (?) also in photo

left to right: Al Gillespie, Dick Morris, Beverley Tucker (?), Dick Bell

left to right: McKelden Smith, Anne Smith, Dick Morris, Lucy Morris, Hilda Franklin Bell, Dick Bell

Beverley Tucker (?) in middle with tie

left to right: Dick Bell, Jim Boston, Maurice LeBauer, Beatrice Ramsey Boston

left to right: Montey Wray (not an 8th Evac member), Rich Low, Bill Suhling

seven men at the bar, Byrd Leavell second from left, Dick Morris 5th from left,

left to right: Cato Drash, Montey Wray (not an 8th Evac member), Lottie Gibson, Walter Blackston

The article details the various inventions by Holmboe that improved life at the 8th Evac: tents without center-poles, sinks from German bomb cases, water-heating system, running water, flexible operating lamps, adjustable operating tables, drinking fountains, ice cream freezer.

Clipping includes photo of Drash, Guerrant, Thornton, and Leavell holding the flag taken from the Italian Consulate in Casablanca

Berkeley presents materials regarding his aunt Helen Berkeley's service with the 8th Evac to the Health Sciences Library

includes separation record, certificate of service, appointment to captain, and immunization registers

donated by Helen Berkeley's nephew, Edmund Berkeley, Jr.

Volume I (blue cover) includes photographs taken in Pageland, SC; Casablanca, Morocco; Caserta, Naples, Pompei, Capri, Teano, Rome, Grosetto, Cecina, Castiglioncella, Florence, Pietramala, Verona, Venice, and Stressa, Italy. Also included are the August 1942 and October 1942 issues of the Evacu-Eighter, 8th Evacuation Hospital Layout, "Mud, Mules, and Mountains: Cartoons of the A. E. F. in Italy" by Bill Mauldin, "Road to Rome" a pamphlet addressed to the Officers and Men of the Fifth Army from Lt. General Mark W. Clark, and assorted and mementos from Gillespie's service as an army nurse during World War II.

Volume II (brown cover) includes reunion photos from the 1950s, 1980, 1985, and 1995, and photographs taken at Lake Garda, Florence, Italy, and Switzerland. Also included are an informational bulletin from the University Study Center, Mtousa, Caserta, Italy; mementos from the ship "Vulcania" which sailed from Naples, Italy to New York, and whose passengers included nurses; welcome back brochures from Camp Kilmer, New Jersey; November 1943, October 1944, and December 1945 issues of the "University of Virginia Alumni News;" Spring 1946 issue of the "Bulletin of the University of Virginia Medical School and Hospital" which gives a brief history of the 8th Evac Hospital and was devoted to the military service of faculty and alumni; May 1990 issue of "House Organ" by Vanderbilt University Medical Center with an article about 8th Evac nurse Alice Bugel; newsletters from 1946(?), 1947, 1948(?), 1949, 1950, 1951 with updates on the officers and nurses; original drawings by Bing Brown; poems; notes; reunion mementos; and postcards.

Included are photos of John Guerrant, the 8th Evac labs, Jefferson Day celebration, views of the 8th Evac camps, hanging of Mussolini, and postcards of Casablanca, Napoli, Rome, and Capri

The notebook contains the names of deceased soldiers and includes rank, injury, address for next of kin, date of death, and date of Beery's letter to next kin. After the war Beery wrote letters to the next of kin of those who died in the 8th Evac Hospital or who were dead on arrival.

Transcriptionof letter is available.

Guerrant writes that after the war Beery wrote to the families of those who died at the 8th Evac Hospital. Beery saved the letters she received in response.

contains chapters on general information; military discipline and courtesy; insignia; organization; clothing; arms and equipment; school of the soldier with and without arms; squad and platoon drill; interior guard duty; marches, camps, and bivouacs; use of compasses and maps; security and protection; military sanitation and first aid; the ration; pay and allowances; and the last will and testament

This arm band was used by U. S. Air Borne Paratroopers

Letters written on these specially designed letter sheets were microfilmed. The microfilmed copies were sent instead of the letters and then "blown up" at an overseas destination before being delivered to military personnel, thereby saving valuable cargo space.

These are facsimiles of the reduced-in-size V mail letter sheets.

Cards include fingerprints and photo.

This card was used as a meal ticket throughout the soldier's voyage.

Includes a list of special equipment for medical and surgical wards, plan for bed ward, and a guide to the hospital plan.

Includes letters from Mark Clark and Joseph Martin, a special feature by Bill Laird on the presentation to UVa of the portrait of Dr. Staige Davis Blackford, and names and addresses.

Suspended for three years, this issue of the Bulletin gives priority to the military service of alumni and faculty, including a record of the 8th Evac.

Includes the dinner menu and a list of personnel.

The article describes Langhorne Cloyd Iseman's experience with the 8th Evac.

The unidentified women are probably all 8th Evac nurses as the notation on the back states "6 of the 8 Frankie [Hilda Franklin?] and Huffie [Alice Huffman?] missing." The women appear to be the same as in Box 34, Folder 33.

The unidentified women are probably all 8th Evac nurses. The women appear to be the same as in Box 34, Folder 32.

The maps are Island of Hawaii, Island of Kauai, Island of Oahu, and Island of Maui and were issued by the Hawaii Tourist Bureau. Matthews was stationed at Tripler in Honolulu.

Brusati encloses 3 photographs: one of his sister Angela Brusati who was with the 8th Evac and two of her classmates. They called themselves with one other nurse, "The California Commandos."

The letters from Prentice Kinser to his wife and other members of his family were stored in a small suitcase. This suitcase is now in Historical Collections' artifact collection. It is artifacts01230.

2 letters in envelopes, 2 postcards, 9 photographs

Some of the 8th Evac patients were returned to receive treatment at Halloran Hospital.

The photo of the graduating class includes Prentice Kinser.

Monument inscription IOANNES BAPTISTA REZZONICO ...; ISTITUTO NAZIONALE PER LE RELAZIONI CULTURALI CON L'ESTERO ROMA Via Quattro Fontane 20, SERVIZIO FOTOGRAFICO 12150 Reparti italinai di guastatori attaccano un capo saldo nemico sul fronte egiziano; Venice, May 8, 1945; Panorama of Venice from Campanile, May 8, 1945; Prentice Kinser, Venice, May 8, 1945; King Victor Emmanuel Memorial; Easter Sunday, Pietramala, Ruth Buffington and Prentice Kinser; Palazzo delle Assicurazioni Generali di Venezia; building with quote from Mussolini: ... vostra madre, dovete, con la stessa purezza di sentimento, amare la madre comune: la Patria nostra; Levin Islands from Super Cannes; funiculare going to Super Cannes, June 1945; beach at Cannes; Walk along waterfront in Cannes; Hotel Carlton and waterfront at Cannes; Monaco France where Monte Carlo is located; Filling station in Milan, Italy where Mussolini and henchman were hung

6 photos from Portici, Italy, some dated March 1945, 2 of Prentice Kinser; waterfall and statuary in gardens; Prentice Kinser amongst the Cupids, February 1945; the 1st Christian church in Italy (Rome); Mussolini's balcony, Piazza Venezia, Rome; the Roman Forum; map in stone on old Roman wall of Holy Roman empire at its height; a pagan temple?; Roman amphitheater or Colosseum; photo of woman and 2 little girls with notation on back: You can't tell who I am but notice the high sign given by Carolyn.

Photos all include Prentice Kinser, one shows him having an award pinned on, another is the officers of the 8th Evac at the Italian consulate in Casablance in December 1942

Some photos taken in Pompeii.

3 photos of Jungfraujoch inside the Gletscherpalast or ice palace, one outside, A. G. Wehrli; Signpost to Rothorn, Kunstverlag H.C. Maeder; Wagenbachbrunne, Luzern, Wehrli & Vouga & Co.; Brienz, Dorfpartie, Kunstverlag H.C. Maeder; Thun und die Alpen, Wehrli & Vouga & Co.; Polarhunde auf dem Jungfraujoch, Wehrli & Vouga & Co.; Oberried a. Brienzersee, Verlag Schild-Bichsel; Thun, Schloss, Wehrli & Vouga & Co.; Thun, Hauptgasse, Wehrli & Vouga & Co.; Roma - Piazza di Spagna; Roma - Piazza Venezia; Luzern. Museggtrume, Wehrli & Vouga & Co.; L. Thomann Brienz

Some photos taken in Pompeii.

Diary was given to Prentice Kinser by his wife just before leaving Fort Benning on Sept. 15, 1942. First entry is September 15, 1942 and continues into 1943. Inside the front cover is written: "Note Made Oct. 11, 1943 Bet made with Maury Lebauer in presence of J.O. McNeil, John Guerrant, Calvin Drayer in front of J.O's tent night of Oct. 10, 1943 ... in Paestum in Italy. If war is over Jan 1st 1944 I owe him 10.00. If war is not over by June 30, 1944 he owes me $15.00. On continent of Europe 5.00 even on War is over Jan 1st 1944, 5.00. 2 to one its over by June 30 1944."

Napoli map and excursions, Church of Santa Croce, Florence, A Soldier's Guide to Florence, Soldier's Guide to Italy

Maps and guidebooks to Switzerland in general and Berne, Lucerne, and Jungfrau

The bills are marked Casablanca, Nov. 18, 1942; Marrakeich, Jan. 15, 1943; Rabat, Feb. 15, 1943; Port Lyautey, Feb. 1943; Algiers, Maison Blanche, Cap Matifou, Oran, Aug. 1943

Page 6 (top) of the pamphlet has instructions for Maj. Prentice Kinser to be moved from the 3d Evac Hosp., Wadesboro, NC, effective about Aug. 24, 1942 to the 8th Evac Hosp. at Ft. Benning, Ga.

Kinser was the investigating officer for a case which resulted in a Summary Court Martial.

Patricia Kinser's paper "explore[s] the history of the 8th Evacuation Hospital in World War II within a narrative describing the experiences of Dr. Prentice Kinser Jr., an orthopedic surgeon, and Dorothy Sandridge Gloor, a surgical nurse in the unit." The paper is in partial fulfillment of requirements for GNUR 8230: Historical Inquiry in Nursing. The invitation is to an open house in Historical Collections on November 15, 2011 where Patricia Kinser presented her paper and the donation of her grandfather's paper was celebrated.

The Shock Team is shown sitting on stairs. top row: Mallow, Holsinger, Morris; bottom row: Ward, Kidd. The receiving team is from left to right: Didier, Buonovicino, Wanderer, Horwath, De Ross, Salmon. The third group shot shows top row: Bara, Erk, Johnsmeyer, Padula; bottom row: Johnson, Meckle, Pratt, Glaser.

The photos all show Pietramala in the winter snow. Also included is the crest of Radicosa Pass, tents, Mt Beni, Chapel tent, Christmas wine barrel, town of Pietramala, winterized ward tents

The storm pictures include the wreck of the mess hall. One Christmas picture shows three women; the other shows a man in front of an evergreen tree.

The wedding took place in the American Episcopal Church in FLorence. Chaplain Laird performed the ceremony.

Shows altar, congregants and clergy.

Text of a presentation given in Historical Collections for the Sloane Society by Dr. Reynolds.

Reprint of the article in the Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association, Vol. 125.

The album contains photographs, list of rations for their wedding reception, and some of her parent's memories of serving overseas. Wells served with the 8th Evac as a nurse. Broadfoot was a captain with the Cryptography Unit of the Signal Corps.

7 unframed paintings, 1 pencil sketch, 1 photograph. Paintings by Major Edwin Shearburn, an officer in the U.S. Army's Eighth Evacuation Hospital Unit who created a series of paintings that documented his life in the unit during World War II. The pencil sketch of Shearburn was created by Sgt. Brumment Echohawk, also of the unit.

The folder in this item contains photographs and governmental documents related to the 8th Evac Hospital and John W. McKoan's activity as General there.

There are also 27 artifacts that were donated along with the folder that were cataloged and are stored in a separate location within the department with other artifacts. The materials are in good condition but should be handled with care. The items are:

(1) one uniform with side cap, (1) one helmet, (1) one sabre, (1) one set of cowbells, (2) two photographs, (1) one folder of correspondence, letters, and battle reports spanning 1943-1944, (2) rounds of Western Cartridge Company 1942 ammunition marked "WCC 42," (1) one metal canteen, (1) one metal military flashlight, (1) one can of rations, (2) two metal folding cutlery kits, (1) one thermometer, (1) wooden block with a "J" and "W" on the sides, (1) one pocket nail file with a clip, (1) one metal German military belt buckle with the words "Gott Mit Uns" (confirmed Nazi buckle), (1) one pair of dog tags, (1) one metal ID bracelet, (1) one mother-of-pearl cuff link (other pair missing), (1) one metal cuff link (pair missing), (1) one 1920 koninkrijk der nederlanden coin 1 cent, (1) one iron cross medal, (1) one American Legion heart medal, (14) fourteen pins of various sizes and materials, (9) nine large brass US Military buttons, (11) eleven small brass US Military buttons, (8) eight military bar pins, some with metal stars, (6) six military patches, and (1) one trophy in honor of a fallen soldier from 1943.

This item consists of one 16mm film featuring members of the US Army Signal Corps engaged in training exercises at the 8th Evacuation Hospital in Italy.

This item consists of one (1) 8mm film reel and two (2) digitized copies of the 8 mm film produced by Hilda Franklin and Dick Bell of the U.S. Army 8th Evacuation Hospital Unit. The file depicts the couple's wedding, members of the 8th Evacuation Hospital Unit, and Italian landmarks and scenery.

Biographical / historical:

The 8th Evacuation Hospital was organized and staffed by University of Virginia physicians and nurses during World War II. In February of 1942, University President John L. Newcomb and Dean of the School of Medicine, Harvey E. Jordan, gave permission for the organization of a medical unit for war service designed to be an evacuation hospital for emergency surgical cases. In March of 1942, Dr. Staige D. Blackford was made director of the unit. Dr. E. Cato Drash assisted Dr. Blackford in organizing a staff of over four hundred people for the 750-bed evacuation hospital, including 47 commissioned officers and 52 commissioned nurses. Ruth Beery, a former instructor at the School of Nursing, was made the principal chief nurse. Organization was completed by May of 1942.

The unit went through basic training during the summer of 1942 and was activated on August 19, 1942 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Lincoln F. Putnam. In November of 1942, the men of the 8th Evacuation Hospital shipped out on the U.S.S. Santa Paula and went ashore at Casablanca where they set up a provisional general hospital at the former Italian consulate. Colonel John W. McKoan took over as commanding officer and oversaw the closing of the hospital four months after its establishment. During that time there were nearly 4,200 admissions and thousands of outpatients were treated in outpatient departments and the dental clinic.

On March 14, 1943 the 8th Evacuation Hospital moved to a new location on Anfa Hill where they were joined by 51 nurses and began to function as a convalescent hospital, caring for nearly 1,460 inpatients before being dismantled and parked in early June. The unit moved to a bivouac area at Camp Matifou, Algiers for six weeks until they were assigned to Salerno, Italy. After their arrival in Italy, they learned that all the hospital equipment had been lost, but they quickly managed to procure tents, a telephone system, generator and laboratory equipment. The hospital moved to Caserta and stayed there from October until December of 1943, and then spent three months in Teano functioning as a field hospital for combat operation. In Italy the hospital became very efficient at following the moving front line of the Allied forces. The Allied advance slowed in the fall of 1944 and the 8th Evac. was assigned to a muddy field in Pietramala, a mountainous area north of Florence, where they stayed for six months. The fall was wet and muddy and the winter cold and snowy. During this time the unit treated over 9,000 inpatients, of whom half were injured and wounded.

The end of fighting in Italy in the spring of 1945 meant that some members of the 8th Evac. were sent home, others to the Pacific, and others set up hospitals near Verona and Lake Garda. E. Cato Drash was made commanding officer as the 8th Evac. spent four months at Lake Garda treating almost 5,000 inpatients, mostly for disease. In the fall of 1945 the 8th Evacuation Hospital was demobilized after three and a half years of active duty. Over 48,000 patients, twice as many as were admitted to the University of Virginia Hospital in 1942-1944, were admitted to the 8th Evacuation Hospital in Africa and Italy over the three year period. Of those patients fourteen percent were injured, twenty-two percent were wounded, and sixty-four percent were sick. There were 253 deaths, or about half of one percent. More than 53,000 outpatients were seen in clinics.

The Hospital functioned in the heat of North Africa and southern Italy and in the rain, snow, and cold of the Italian mountains. At times the operating areas were all in use with a hundred men waiting for surgery, and at other times the staff had time on their hands and little to entertain themselves with. The unit received more awards, commendations, and decorations than most similar units and served longer in North Africa and Italy than any other American hospital. The men and women of the 8th Evacuation Hospital served their country well and were excellent representatives of the University of Virginia.

Processing information:

Finding Aid by M. Alison White; 2006, 2012, 2014 revisions by Janet Pearson.

Archivist Amanda Greenwood interfiled this file into the collection on June 29, 2025.

This item was processed as an addition to the 8th Evacuation Hospital Collection (MS-5) on 10/28/2025.

Physical description:

18.25 linear ft. (38 boxes, ca. 18,000 items); correspondence, reports, photographs, 5 boxes of Byrd Stuart Leavell's manuscript, scrapbooks, and other archival material.

Collection