Oficer Nurse

2nd Lieutenent Claire H. Ritchie N751003 Nurse, General Duty.

British girls too!

Mac snapped these two ATS girls in Lower Cross Street, Abergavenny.

Nurses Day Out

Not sure where this is, it may be Hereford ? Anyway, nurses were let out too!

Down the River

Bill Lacer and Wa Hop Chop, day out on the river.

Days Out

Given a pass for the day...why not take a trip down the river with some local lasses ?
Bill Lacer and Carl McDaniel.

Messing Around

In the picture:-
Back to picture - Eli Mast
Top right - Carl McDaniel
Top left - Bill Lupton
Bottom back (face only) - Carmen Longo
Left of picture - Max Mitchell

Nursing Staff

6 Nurses of the 279th Station Hospital
On the left is 2nd Lt. Elizabeth J. McEwen N735575, she later married Captain Charles Glascock. Elizabeth was still alive in 2004.

Detachment Commander.

Captain Charles L. Glascock O1547309, detachment commander. Apparently, a bit of a hard liner, but that may be because the stories have come from those busted by him (naughty boys)!!
He passed away in June 1986.

Emmett C. Bentley.

The most senoir non-commissioned officer in the 279th Station Hospital, and only in his early 20's !
He passed away in 1998. His son is an Attorney in Austin, Texas.

Senior NCO's

Left to right;
39161560, T/Sgt. Frank Panian Jr. (Transportation Dept.), originally a native of Utah, he came from Los Angeles, 26 years old and a mechanic before the war.

36175922, T/Sgt. Bruce W. Olver Jr. (Registrar Dept.), enlisted at Ft. Custer, Michegan, was 21 years old and was a driver before the war.

38065715, M/Sgt. Emmett C. Bentley (Headquaters), from Martin county, Texas and was 22 in 1943.
and his brother;
38065569, M/Sgt. John J. Bentley (Medical Supply), who was 24 and was an electrician before enlistment.

X-Ray service.

Head of the X-Ray Service.
O441523 Captain, Carroll P. Tatum.

Postal Department

Left. O1547510, 1st Lieutenent John W. Wood.
2nd Left: Alvin G. Edgell 36451111
3rd from left, 36645103, Pfc. Robert K. Meyer.

On the right, 39616575,Tec/5 Willard Holyk.
Willard Holyk was a married farmhand from Daniels County, Montana and was 21 in 1943.

Laboratory Staff

13175630 Tec/3 William C. Lupton third from left.
From Centre County, Pennsylvania.
NCO of the reserve Corps on active duty, Medical Administrative Corps (MAC).

2nd from left.....34883917 TEC/5 Arthur A. Mc Murray, from Davidson County, Tennessee, aged 22.

Headquaters Staff.

33612153 Tec/5 Max E. Mitchell, 5th from right.
He was 21 and from Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

Detachment office ? what did they do ?

The Detachment Office personnel.
On the left 31002210 S/Sgt. William J. Pratt
he was 24 and from Essex County, Massachusetts.

Time to get paid!

Finance Office.
The Officer on the left has 3 or 4 medal ribbon bars mounted above his left pocket and displays DUI's (distinctive Unt insignia) on his lapels, I have not been able to find out what these DUI's are yet. This officer liked to be smart !

Senior Medical Staff

Some of the medical staff. Colonel Decker in the front middle row.
Nice sunny day!

Carl

Carl, shortly after the war back in the Sates. A keen photographer, he is still busy and spends his time now creating a photo record of the covered bridges in his area.
Check out his Flickr site.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/macswitch/

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.