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Mary Isabel Turn, United States Army Nurse Corps A.E.F.


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Mary Isabel Turn was born in Bushkill, Pennsylvania on November 26, 1889. She was a member of the United States Army Nurse Corps. Turn was sent to France on August 10, 1918 to serve at the U.S. Army Base Hospital No. 54. Camp Hospital No. 54 was established in September, 1918, at Beaulieu, France. The Hospital was located in Château la Roche, a fairly modern, three-story, country estate, built of stone, however, the château had been unoccupied for many years was not in a good state of repair. The area served by the hospital was occupied by the 84th Division. The normal capacity of hospital was 150 beds. On October 2, 1918, Field Hospital No. 333 took over Hospital No. 54, and its designation was changed to Camp Hospital No. 78. The personnel were transferred to the new organization for duty. . The normal bed capacity was 150, but during the epidemic of influenza in October, 1918, six ward tents, capacity of about 20 cots each, were erected on the hospital grounds for convalescent patients. The hospital ceased to function with the departure of the 84th Division on November 30, 1918, and its personnel was reassigned. Mary Isabel Turn Watkins died in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania on January 31, 1963.

 

 

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