Gliderinf Posted May 31, 2007 Share #1 Posted May 31, 2007 How far up the chain of command are feild hospitals attached ? Division Corps Army Group ? What would be most apropriate SSI for Nurses to be wearing = In Normandy - inland from utah In Holland In Bastogne (or therabouts) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeper704 Posted May 31, 2007 Share #2 Posted May 31, 2007 As far as I know, they're situated on Corps and Army level. You see nurses with for example the 1st US Army SSI on their field jackets or even dress uniforms. Erwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve B. Posted June 1, 2007 Share #3 Posted June 1, 2007 I agree with Erwin. Most nurses would be wear an Army or Corps patch. Here is a link to a thread I started in the Uniforms section a few weeks ago. The uniforms have the First Army patch on the right for a "combat patch" and Second Army on the left for current unit of assignment: http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/ind...?showtopic=5164 She was a member of the 118th Evac Hospital which was assigned to First Army. Here is a link to a webpage about the medical activities in the First Army that you might find helpful: http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/ww...45/FUSA1945.htm Hope this helps. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ad82recon Posted June 3, 2007 Share #4 Posted June 3, 2007 Hi Glider Inf..it depends on what the actual hospital was attached to...it would have either been the particular ARMY patch i.e 1st,3rd etc etc or more commonly the ETO advanced Base patch was worn by Nurses. Regards Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gliderinf Posted June 3, 2007 Author Share #5 Posted June 3, 2007 Thanks chaps - weve found 1st Army to be the best bet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve B. Posted June 4, 2007 Share #6 Posted June 4, 2007 I forgot to mention in my earlier post, but I was also loaned her military records which I have scanned. If you are looking for some military nurses' paperwork, including issue documents for her field gear, I might be able to help. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ad82recon Posted June 10, 2007 Share #7 Posted June 10, 2007 Hi Steve send us a copy of that can you please buddy.....Michelle my partner is a WW2 US Army Nurse re enactor and it would be interesting for her. Hope you are OK buddy regards Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve B. Posted June 12, 2007 Share #8 Posted June 12, 2007 Hi Lloyd! I'd be happy to send you whatever you'd like. The entire file is something over 200 pages, so do you have any specifics you are looking for, or just the field gear issue documents? I'd be happy to copy the whole thing to a CD and mail it to you if you'd like. PM me with your mailing address, e-mail, etc, and I'll get it out to you. Take care- Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ad82recon Posted June 13, 2007 Share #9 Posted June 13, 2007 Thank you Steve PM sent Regards Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted June 14, 2007 Share #10 Posted June 14, 2007 Army Nurses could wear a sleeve patch on their left upper sleeve of their service and field jacktes, overcoats, utility coats, raincoats and waists to indicate the Army force to which they were assigned. The Army was divided in three forces, the Army Service Force, the Army Air Force and the Army Ground Force. The patch could be that of a General Headquarters or a special higher-level formation or command. Army Nurses serving with the Ground Forces were formally assigned at the level of army groups or armies, but seldom within corps or combat divisions. To make a complete and accurate survey of all sleeve patches worn by Army nurses, one would have to possess all the unit assignment and attachment orders of all nurses during World War II. This would be an impossible task. Many orders were destroyed or captured by enemy offenses (i.e., Japanese advance in the Philippines, German counterattacks at Anzio and the Ardennes, etc.). Furthermore, many orders were destroyed during the war or accidentally burned during the 1973 loss of personnel records at the St. Louis depository in postwar America. In other words, in most cases, the required orders simply no longer exist Source: www.blitzkriegbaby.de Regards Sofie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeper704 Posted June 14, 2007 Share #11 Posted June 14, 2007 I wonder if one could find records from them at VA offices or similar. Erwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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