title: 93rd Evacuation Hospital (United States)
text: # 93rd Evacuation Hospital (United States)
  
  The 93rd Evacuation Hospital was a make-over of the 61st Surgical Hospital and operated through World War II, Vietnam, and the Gulf War.
  
  ## Service in World War II
  
  The 61st Surgical Hospital was a 100-bed field hospital. It was converted in 1942 to a 400-bed semi-mobile evacuation hospital with a staff of 40 doctors, 43 nurses, and 6 administrative officers and organized as the 93rd Evacuation Hospital (Motorized).
  
  ### Timeline
  
  * 1942–1943 – Training at Fort Meade, Maryland
  * April 1943 – Embarkation at Camp Shanks, Orangeberg, New York
  * April 15, 1943 – Depart for North Africa aboard USS Mariposa
  * April 23, 1943 – Arrival at Casablanca, Morocco
  * May 1943 – Relocated by train to Oran, Algeria at Camp Goat Hill
  * June 1943 – Tizi, Algeria
  * July 1943 – Palm Beach, Algiers, Algeria
  * July 13, 1943 – Gela, Sicily in Operation Husky
  * July 25, 1943 – Pretralia, Sicily
  * August 1943 – San Stephano, Sicily
  * September 15, 1943 – Paestum, Italy
  * October 2, 1943 – Montella, Italy
  * October 1943 – Avellino, Italy
  * October 24, 1943 – January 9, 1944 – Piano de Ciazzo, Italy
  * January 1944 – Naples, Italy
  * January 23, 1944 – Anzio, Italy as part of Operation Shingle
  * January 29, 1944 – Nattuna, Italy with the U.S. 95th Evacuation Hospital
  * April 17, 1944 – Caserta, Italy
  * Additional locations in Italy
  * August 9, 1944 – Naples, Italy and embark
  * August 15, 1944 – Operation Dragoon D-Day H-6 landing St Maxime, France
  * Additional locations in France
  * Ardennes, France - Battle of the Bulge
  * December 19, 1944 – Bischwiller, Germany
  * April, 1945 - Dachau Concentration Camp
  * May 8 - July 8, 1945 - Germany
  * December 12, 1945 - Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, Deactivated
  
  ### Personnel
  
  * Colonel Currier, Commanding Officer
  * Major Thompson, Executive Officer
  * Major Franklin Weimar Fry, Chief of Medicine and Registrar
  * Chaplain McMillan
  * Lt. D'Imperio
  * Major Etter, Evacuation Officer
  * Joseph William Genelius, Medic, Technician Five
  * Jeanne A. Carter Wells, Nurse, First Lieutenant
  * Cleo A. Dupy, Corporal
  * Dr. Quinby DeHart Gurnee
  
  ### Operations and Battles
  
  Operation Husky Operation Shingle Operation Dragoon Battle of the Bulge Colmar Pocket
  
  