cutiger83 Posted April 15, 2016 Share #1 Posted April 15, 2016 Francis Barnard turned 100 years old yesterday. I had the honor of meeting her two weeks ago today at the symposium on military nurses. She is still a fireball at her age! I have never heard of these hospital train nurses. I found it very interesting that they would start on the east coast driving patients from the ETO across the country. Once they got to the west coast, they would pick up more patients from the PTO and drive back across the country. As she stated, it was very hard work that these unsung heroes did taking care of their patients as they were transported back home. ...Kat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry K. Posted April 15, 2016 Share #2 Posted April 15, 2016 Although I don't remember hearing about them, it makes sense there were such trains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mslurvey Posted April 15, 2016 Share #3 Posted April 15, 2016 The below link has a good article about hospital trains in the ETO during WWII. I recently read an article about hospital trains in post war Germany and they ran through the mid 1960's (last link)https://www.med-dept.com/articles/the-hospital-train-in-the-e-t-o-1944-1945/http://railwaysurgery.org/Army.htmhttp://www.usarmygermany.com/Sont.htm?http&&&www.usarmygermany.com/units/Medical/USAREUR_Hosp%20Trains.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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