279th Station Hospital USAMEDD: May 2014

Mac just received this new photo from Bill Lacer. Shows them near the boiler house. Summer '44?
Mac, your still a Pfc while Bill is a T5 !!

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When I moved back to Abergavenny in 2001 I realised that I had visited many battlefields in Europe over the years but had never once thought about the rich history of World War Two events that may have ocurred on my own doorstep. Over the past few years I have been slowly piecing together the evidence of the units, personnel and stories that make this story, and have made aquaintance with many interesting people including some of the actual veterans and civilians who were involved in those interesting times.

It is estimated that at one point there were around 100,000 military personell stationed in the Usk valley around the Abergavenny area.

Two particular US veterans, Carl McDaniel and Robert P Rivers, have given me a wealth of information, stories and photos on their unit, The 279th Station Hospital, so I will attempt here to chronicle some of the information I have in pictorial format.

Not much of the Hospital now remains, but as its only just down the road from me, what is left, holds a fascination for me and I think the story of it is worth telling.

I will try and upload pictures in a chronological order so this site is best viewed by starting from the bottom (very first thread in the archive).

Richard P

279th Station Hospital USAMEDD

Wednesday 14 May 2014

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