SC 167571 – The 2d Battalion, 16th Infantry, that cleared the road and fields of mines, marching through the Kasserine Pass and on to Kasserine and Farriana, Tunisia. 26 Feb 1943. Photo : McGray.
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Category : Battle of the Bulge, Medics & Evacuations
As the combat troops approached the fortifications of the Siegfried Line, enemy resistance stiffened and the tactical situation settled into one of a relatively static front. Opportunity was taken to regroup the medical units of First Army so that this new phase of the campaign might be more adequately covered. An area was secured midway between the army’s north and south boundaries, and the bulk of army medical units, evacuation hospitals, NP hospitals, 91st Medical Gas Treatment Battalion, the 1st Medical Depot Company, and the headquarters of the medical groups were concentrated in this area with all possible speed.
The army surgeon rearranged the army medical units to provide three identical groups. One group operated in each corps zone and was charged with the responsibility for control of army medical service. The composition of the three groups was as follows :
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Omaha Beach, est un livre qui a été sélectionné par Günter. G. Gillot Jr, Directeur de la Collection Historique, Editions Foxmaster, Belgique, pour figurer parmi la prestigieuse série de livres publiés à l’occasion du 50e anniversaire de la libération de l’Europe.
Titre original : Omaha Beachhead
- First Printed : Department of the Army, Historical Division
US Army, 1945
- Reprinted : The BatteryPress, Inc. Nashville Tennessee; USA, 1984
@ Michel M. Clemençon, 1993
@ Foxmaster Publishing Belgium 1993-2010
Route de la Gileppe 43 -B-4845 Jalhay, 1993-2010
@ Cartes : Cartographic Section, Historical Division, US Army
@ Cartes & Dessins : Louis J. Linet Jr, 1993-2010
@ Iconographie Günter G. Gillot Jr (détail en fin d’ouvrage)
Layout & Setup : Rainbow Studio, Günter G. Gillot Jr 1993
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HEADQUARTERS, 99TH INFANTRY DIVISION
Office of the Division Surgeon
A.P.O. 449, c/o Postmaster
New York, New York
28 January 1945
SUBJECT : Medical History, 99th Infantry Division.
TO : The Surgeon General, US Army, Washington, DC
(Through Technical Channels).
The Medical History of the 99th Infantry Division for the calendar year 1944 is submitted in compliance with instructions in paragraph 6, AR 40-1005, Circular Letter No. 168, 1942, No. 81, 1943, Office of the Surgeon General, and Circular Letter No. 143, 1944, Office of the Chief Surgeon, ETO, United States Army.
