MEATWAGONS - MILITARY AMBULANCES

[RAZGY]

60th Anniversary V-Day Pilsen 2005

[1942wc-54]

Here's my 1942 WC-54 Ambulance

[BEAST]

Thought you folks might enjoy seeing this ambulance. Restored WC-54 marked for the 90th Bomb Group. However, you'll notice a few oddities with the markings. This ambulance sits outside a nearby Veterinary hospital and if you look closely you'll notice a Doberman in the star on the door. The ambulance is licensed and I assume it is used in local parades.

 

[BEAST]

Another view with hospital in background.

 

[hardheaded]

Oh, hell no! Don't put me in that!

[KDMEEK]

Ambulance Company 353, 314 Sanitary Train 89th Division. Clarence Wolfe ® man on left named Greer.

[Salvage Sailor]

11th Medical, Hawaiian Division, T.H. 1936

[Salvage Sailor]

Ambulance Company No. 9 circa 1913, Schofield Barracks, T.H.

[BEAST]

Ambulance Company No. 9 circa 1913, Schofield Barracks, T.H.

 

Salvage Sailor, Thank you for the additions! I have seen very few medical related photos from pre- and inter-war Hawaii.

[Salvage Sailor]

 

Salvage Sailor, Thank you for the additions! I have seen very few medical related photos from pre- and inter-war Hawaii.

 

Well, here ya go.....

[Salvage Sailor]

Hawaiian Department Medical Unit on Maneuvers with the 4th Cavalry, 1914 - Note the white OPFOR bandanas

[gwb123]

White bandanas might also be "neutral" or "umpire" in a red vs. blue wargame. It would make sense to have the medics available to either side in case of an accident.

 

That is a great photo showing the vehicle, a mounted horseman and the personal gear.

[Hookemhorns88]

Two images from Ft. Sam Houston in the late '30's or early '40's. The first image features my great-uncle who enlisted in 1937. The second image is of a buddy of his. They were part of the 2nd Infantry Division, 15th Field Artillery, Medical Detachment. My great-uncle is the one who got me started collecting as he gave me a lot of his stuff plus some TR bring backs. He served overseas during the War as a combat medic in the 103rd ID.

Not sure what the model is of these vehicles.

[gwb123]

Medical Section, I/39th Infantry, Baumholder, FRG, about 1982.

[gwb123]

557th Ambulance Company, 3rd Support Command, 68th Medical Group. Germany, 1982 or so.

[gwb123]

Ambulances most likely from C Company, 8th Medical Bn., 8th Infantry Division, 1982 or 1983, somewhere in Germany.

 

You will notice how the red cross markings stand out from the woods and the camouflage nets. From what I understood, the Medical company had a full set of subdued crosses in storage that could be immediately mounted if the balloon had gone up (if the war had started.)

 

The white X indicates the vehicle is "neutral" in a red vs. blue war game. Medical assets were typically used in this fashion to assist either side if needed. We also did not want medical vehicles delayed due to overzealous game play (MP's at checkpoints, for example).

[Salvage Sailor]

 

Salvage Sailor, Thank you for the additions! I have seen very few medical related photos from pre- and inter-war Hawaii.

 

....and another

 

11th Medical Regiment Inter-war Ambulance, Schofield Barracks, T.H. 1930's

[A Gustaf B]

Ambulance Company No. 9 circa 1913, Schofield Barracks, T.H.

 

This photo can not have been taken before 1917, the cars are the newer model of Ford Ts that had the shroud over the radiator. The bodies are some of the earliest used on the Model T and were built by the Babcock company.

Best

Gus

[Salvage Sailor]

 

This photo can not have been taken before 1917, the cars are the newer model of Ford Ts that had the shroud over the radiator. The bodies are some of the earliest used on the Model T and were built by the Babcock company.

Best

Gus

 

Aloha Gus,

 

I've been rechecking the ID on that photo for quite a while now as I also suspected that it was not circa 1913 but a little later. I've yet to find a direct reference to "Ambulance Co. No. 9" at Schofield Barracks, only this reference to the unit at Fort Shafter from the Hawaiian Department organization documents (1911-1914)

 

"A provisional ambulance company existed at Ft. Shafter, T.H. from March to May of 1913."

There was also a medical unit at the Hawaiian Department Hospital, T.H. but no specific details.

 

I also believe that Company No. 9 is circa 1917-1918, not 1913, and I thank you for the second opinion and the ID on the Model T's.

[BEAST]

I ran across this image on FB and thought it needed to be included here.

 

Holiday parade

U.S. Soldiers in the 30th Armored Brigade Combat team conduct the Inaugural Holiday Parade on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2019 at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The Soldiers are deployed to support Operation Spartan Shield in the Middle East and paused to celebrate the holiday. (U.S. Army National Guard photos by Sgt. Devin Lewis)

 

[Salvage Sailor]

White bandanas might also be "neutral" or "umpire" in a red vs. blue wargame. It would make sense to have the medics available to either side in case of an accident.

 

That is a great photo showing the vehicle, a mounted horseman and the personal gear.

 

.....and another

 

The previous Medical Ambulance photo was a motorized medical unit. (posts No 85 & 86)

Here's the mule drawn Ambulance Wagon from the 1914 Hawaiian Department maneuvers

[Salvage Sailor]

Here's the mule drawn Ambulance Wagon from the 1914 Hawaiian Department maneuvers

[Salvage Sailor]

Four mule drawn Ambulance Wagon from the 1914 Hawaiian Department maneuvers

[tractor]

My two dodges

[tractor]

My USMC ambulance jeep