X-Ray

One of the patients undergoing an X-Ray. The accomodation may have been basic, but the machines used were the best available at the time.

X-Ray Department.

Carl (bottom right) was a technician in the X-ray Department, this is where he developed most of his photographs, in the x-ray developing fluids !
Top row, left to right; O441523 Capt. Carroll P. Tatum (from Fort Worth, Texas), Tec/4 Anthony J. O'Connor 32139281, Tec/5 William P. Kessler 37497997, Tec/4 Harland B. Beckman 39559486, Tec/5 Theodore A. Buergler 35534011.
Bottom row, left to right; Pfc. Clarence W. Gonder 39131932, Lacer, McDaniel.

Hanging Around.

Three of the guys hanging out outside the X-Ray Department.
From left -Wa Hop Chop, 'Speedy' O'Conner and ??

Carl & Bunny.

Carl and his wife Bunny, enjoying some nicer surroundings more recently.

More fun at the utilities hut !

I guess this is a portable toilet as it does not appear in the other photos. Carl McDaniel is standing on the left.
Wilkerson on his knee and Eli Mast on the toilet!

At the back on the left, 36745235 Tec/5 Charles J. Doyle.

Utilities building.

Not sure where the utilities building was on site, but here are a likely looking bunch of lads!
Rear row second from left - T4 32139281 Anthony J. O'Connor (Monroe County, New York).
Front row left - 33718547 Pfc. Carl W. Wilkinson (Washington County, Maryland), right - 36658554 Cpl. Eli J. Mast

Tony Chavez.

Pfc Tony Chavez 38372975 came from Wichita county, Texas. He now lives in Minnesota.

Bridgend Inn

Where we met with Bob and Betty at the Bridgend Inn. Bettys house was on the right. (as a group of friends from the MVT, we paid a visit to the Hospital Camp in April, with our vehicles, mine is first on the right).

At the pub still!

Same wall, same pub, same Bob & Betty. 66 years later.

At the pub..

Bob met Betty when he was waiting for the pub to open opposite where she lived in Govilon.
Wedding day 1944.

Married..

Bob Rivers married Betty Morgan from the nearby village of Govilon in 1944. Bobs best man was Tec/4 James V. Godfrey 34801055 (on the left).

Bob Rivers & Co.

Bob Rivers married a local girl in 1944 and settled in the locality after the war. This picture taken outside the main administration building. This is now the home of a heavy goods vehicle training centre.
Left - Tec/5 Max E. Yost 35146037
Middle - Tec/5 Robert P. Rivers Jr. 34765883
Right - Tec/5 Paul J. McNamee Jr. 15343127

Time for a Cigarette?

Left - S/Sgt. 37125311 Clarence G. Brewster
Right -T4 32139281 Anthony J. O'Connor (Speedy)
These jackets were known as the 'M-1941 field jacket' or the 'Parsons Jacket'.

Leather Jackets and Cardigans.

Second Lieutenent Anne F. Stanewicz, in the cold with a woulded US Aircrewman, making good use of his 'Type D-1 Mechanics Shearling Jacket' (and dressing gown!).

Sun is Shining.

2nd Lieutenent Anne F. Stanewicz N721691 (Nurse, General Duty). Even though the sun is shining its still cold! One of the nurses outside one of the ward building.

Cold tents !

Posing outside one of the tents, nursing and medical staff.
On the left - Tec5 36656203 Tony Palermo
On the right - Pfc 39131608 Flaviano Martinez
Martinez was from the San Francisco are and was from Mexico originaly and did not have US citizenship upon enlistment.

Time for some Dolls!

Snowballs and iceicles ! One of the nurses enjoying the wintery scenes by one of the many tents used for extra accomodation.
All nurses were automacically given officer rank, 2nd Lieutenant or above.

Winter of 1944.

It was a cold one. Cant think it was a warm one in those Nissen huts !?

Pharmacy

Medicines being handed out in the Pharmacy. They seem to be happy about it !! I think that is a helmet on the table, not sure what that is doing there?
Standing up.......Tec/5 Robert Mashburn...........
In front of Mashburn.(short).........Tec/5 Samuel Katz
Extreme left..........Billie Roberts