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WWII - Tulane Unit 24
WWII - Tulane Unit 24
General Hospital Unit 24 Collection - artifacts and photos of the "Tulane Unit" from its service during World War II
In 1917 the 24th General was activated as a World War I unit and then this same banner of the 24th General Hospital, was reactivated on July 15. 1942. There were 42 medical doctors, eight dentists, 110 nurses, 500 enlisted men and 10 medical administrators. Dr. Walter C. Royals, (M,1917) took command of the unit and a lieutenant colonel. Fort Benning was the 24th General's base of operation until August 8, 1943 when the unit left for Bizerti, Tunsia, where they opened a hospital. They cared for wounded from the invasion of Italy until May 31, 1944. On July 21, 1944 they set up a hospital in Grosseto, Italy where they treated wounded of the Fifth Army until September 15, 1944.
The Matas Library has photographs, flags, and signs from the 24th General Hospital.
Roll call for the 24th General Hospital. Tulanian, November 1967, p.8-9.