388th Evac Hospital
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Unless otherwise noted - Pictures donated by Clarence O. Stroemer

The 388th Evac Hospital held their 55th and Final Reunion at Camp Atterbury October 11, 12 & 13, 2005 with more than 35 Veterans and wives in attendance.  A tour of the Indianapolis 500 Race Track was held on the 12th.  A visit to the Camp Atterbury Museum, luck at the Job Corps Culinary Arts Department, followed by an extended bus tour of the former Wakeman Hospital, the area of their former barracks and 39th and Schoolhouse Road, and a tour of Camp Atterbury occupied the 13th.

STATEMENT OF SERVICE
388th Evacuation Hospital
SMBL (Semi-Mobile)

-  Constituted 25 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 120th Evacuation Hospital, Semi-mobile.
-  Activated 25 March 1944 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi.
-  Inactivated 26 October 1945 at camp Polk, Louisiana.
-  Re-designated 17 November 1948 as the 388th Evacuation Hospital and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps.
-  Activated 8 December 1948 at Cleveland, Ohio
-  Location changed 28 February 1950 to Toledo, Ohio.
-  Ordered into active military service 11 September 1950 at Toledo, Ohio.
-  Reorganized and re-designated 18 January 1952 as the 388th Evacuation Hospital, Semi-mobile.
-  Reorganized and re-designated 8 June 1953 as the 388th Evacuation Hospital.
-  Released from active military service 17 January 1955 and reverted to reserve status.
-  Inactivated 20 July 1955 at Toledo, Ohio
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II - Central Europe

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388th Evacuation Hospital, SMBL
Guests of Eli Lilly and Company
Indianapolis Indiana
23 May 1951
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5th
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5th
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Baseball Team
Winners of Class "A" League Pennant
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On Bivouac
l-r: Roland Roegner, Jim McCall, Ray Roberts, John Sumbera, Bill Kress and Chet Neihoff
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Medical Care
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"Something did happen - the Corpsman brought me a dog to put his leg in a splint - was interesting."  V.D.H.
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Nurses
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Veronica (Dejno) Haug
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Pavloff & Sweeney - A couple of winners
 

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388th Evac. Hosp. Camp Atterbury, Ind. Jan. 1951
Photo by Daniel Studios

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1. 2. Ed Klauza 3. 4.
5. Robert Priskey 6. Norman G.Van Fleteren 7. 8.
9. John Bourassa 10. 11. 12.
13. Landon H. Risteen 14. 15. 16.
17. 18. 19. 20.
21. Billy Hill 22. Emaneul (Art) Link (dec.) 23. Art Cunningham 24. Joseph Lapinski
25. 26. 27. 28. Gerald J. Bachert
29. Marvin Bankes 30. 31. Eugene B ?? 32.
33. 34. 35. William Campbell 36. Carl Dominczak
37. Edwin A. Dober 38. 39. 40.
41. 42. 43. 44. Robert Crowe
45. James Sinnamon 46. Jack Mulhern 47. Jim Falbo 48. Al Forest
49. Don Kurk 50. 51. 52.
53. 54. Gerald Kosky 55. 56. Harold Stoeul
57. 58. 59. 60.
61. 62. 63. 64.
65. George Lacoss 66. 67. 68.
69. 70. 71. 72.
73. 74. 75. 76.
77. 78. 79. 80.
81. 82. 83. 84. Charles Durham
85. 86. George Bodnar 87. Raymond Sadowski 88. Marvin Nowinski
89. 90. 91. 92.
93. 94. 95. 96.
97. 98. 99. 100.
101. 102. 103. 104. Doran E. Wedge
105. 106. 107. Lyle E. Wells 108.
109. Albert Meyer 110. 111. 112.
113. Frank Ponia 114. Gilbert Alfaro 115. 116.
117. Raymond A. Gerhardt 118. Ken Parks 119. 120. Charles E. Smith
121. 122. Joseph Lombardo 123. 124.
125. Bill S. Cimbalik 126. Arnold P. Oberley 127. 128. Jim Gephart
129. 130. R. L. Cleveland 131. 132.
133. 134. 135. 136.
137. Jack Dean 138. Joseph Wongrowski 139. Burt Dennison 140. Casmir Macdzinski
141. Norb Bork 142. Richard Jean 143. Robert Trepps (dec.) 144. Richard Hardy (dec.)
145. Rudolph R. Rutkowski 146. Art Ruszkowski 147. 148.
149. 150. 151. Andrew Budzyn 152. Don Pesterci
153. 154. 155. 156. Jim Downs (dec.)
157. 158. Herb Munzel
159-A. Tom Fearon
159.Richard Opalewski 160. Chester Gieraltowski
161. 162. Robert Perkins 163. 164. Laverne Willson
165. 166. Harold J. Krebs (?) 167. Richard Abrams 168. Orville Goff
169. Albert Price 170. John D. Trongo 171. Charles E. Coon 172. Marion Kowalski (dec.)
173. Clarence O. Stroemer 174. 175. Gerald J. Hogan 176. Lavon (Cy) Kline
177. Warren Huber 178. Donald Boddy (dec.) 179. 180.
181. Eugene Wright 182. 183. Gordon Kleimola 184.
185. 186. 187. 188.
189. 190. 191. Joe Dettilo 192. Charles Ostman
193. 194. Capt. Jackson 195. 196. Jim Corbley
197. E. H. Wright 198. Maj. Harry Mignerey 199. Maj. Robert Manor (dec.) 200. Urban C. Huth
201. Lt. Gould 202. Lt. De Fede 203. 204.
205. 206. 207. Walter C. Smith 208.
209. 210. Roland Roegner 211. 212. Norm Dreger
213. Robert Faba 214. 215. Ted Kapuzinski 216.
217. John Sumbera (dec.) 218. 219. Marlin Mowl 220. Edwin Sagan
221. Herb Martin 222. 223. 224.
225. 226. 227. Max Walter 228.
229. Robert Stein 230. 231. 232. John Garofalo
233. 234. 235. Clyde Shauver 236. Richard Flues
237. Ben Fournier 238. Jack Campey 239. 240.
241. 242. Joe Kasza 243. 244.
245. 246. 247. William Bliss 248. Don Zaluwski
249. Louie Spagnoolo 250. William Kress    

SECOND ARMY
HEADQUARTERS OHIO MILITARY DISTRICT
Fort Hayes, Columbus 18, Ohio

AIDHA 322
23 August 1950
SUBJECT: Orders (No 143-EAD)
TO: See Distribution

1.  By direction of the President and the Secretary of Defense, under authority conferred by the Selective Service Act of 1950 (Public Law 599, 81st Congress), as contained in WCL 37908, 11 August 1950, the following units and members thereof of the Organized Reserve Corps are ordered into active military service of the United States on the dates and at the locations shown, to serve in active military service of the United States for a period of twenty-one (21) consecutive months, or such period as may be authorized by law, unless sooner relieved.

Unit T/O&E
Number  Date
Home Station Effective Date Entry Into Active Military Service
388 Evac Hosp (750-Bed) 8-850  21 Apr 50 Toledo, Ohio 11 Sep 50
408 MG Co. (Presently organized under Colms: 6AA, AB, 6AD; AG;AH;4AI, 2AJ, AL, 4AM, BB, BD, BJ, BL, BP, CC, CF, CI, CM, CP, CS, DB, EB, EE, EH) 41-500  3 Jun 48
6AA, AB, 6AD, AF, AH, 3AI, AJ, AL, 4AM, BB, BD, BG, BJ, BR, CB, CE, CI, 6CL, CM, CP, CS, DA, EA, EE
Lima, Ohio 11 Sep 50

2.  Units are ordered into active military service using the T/O&E under which presently organized.  Required re-designation and/or reorganization of units under T/O&E's as indicated above will be accomplished at the earliest practicable date upon arrival at training station.

3. Individual and T/O&E organizational supplies and equipment now on hand will accompany the units upon entry into active military service.

4 a. Personnel assigned to the units listed, including the commander, will be retained in their present positions insofar as practicable so long as the individual's qualifications permit.

   b.  The Commanding Officers of the above units will indorse copies of this order with a statement that individual entered on A/D as a member of the unit on the effective date of entry of the unit into active military service.

5.  The provisions of Tentative AR 140-300 apply.

6.  Authority: Ltr, Hq 2d A, AIABC-Y, dated 12 August 1950, subject: "Ordering Organized Reserve Corps Units into Active Military Service."

BY COMMAND OF BRIGADIER GENERAL BRINK:

S. A. Merritt
Major, AGD, Adjutant

TO: ___________________________________

You are hereby ordered to extended active duty in compliance with paragraph 1, basic letter order.

_______________________________________(Name)

_______________________________________(Grade - Commanding)

HEADQUARTERS FORT HAYES
Columbus 18, Ohio

SPECIAL ORDERS NUMBER 181
14 September 1950

63.  The following named Officers and Enlisted Pers (White) of the 388th Evacuation Hospital - 750 Bed, will proceed from Toledo, Ohio, to Camp Atterbury, Indiana, on or about 22 Sep 50, reporting to the CG thereat for dy not later than 23 Sep 50.  TDN.  TC will furnish T.  TPA is auth providing reporting date at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, is not later than 23 Sep 50.  In accordance w/SR 55-115-1, 25 May 49, TC will determine and issue necessary number of meal tickets required provided tvl is performed by rail.  If tvl is performed by TPA allowance for subs is auth and payment will be made by FD upon compl of journey in accordance w/provisions of AR 35-4810-1, 1 June 48, as amended.  Expenses incident to this movement are chargeable to A 2110425 1-45 P 431-02, 03, 04, 05, 07 S 99-999.  Ref C3, SR 35-210-51.  Reports will be rendered in accordance with paragraph 4b, Circular 152, Headquarters 2d Army 1950.

NAME SERVICE NUMBER
LT COL CHARLES A BOHNENGEL 0 318 511
LT COL CLARENCE S MUSGRAVE 0 240 902
CAPT JAMES M CORBLEY 02 047 278
CAPT WILMA A GREUNKE N 767 279
CAPT URBAN C HUTH 01 546 741
CAPT HELEN S ROLLINS N 741 083
CAPT MORRIS J SHALL 0 263 054
CAPT MARGIE A TYLL N 728 198
CAPT EDWARD D WRIGHT 01 543 160
1ST LT ANTON F DE FEDE 0 983 133
MAJ HARRY F MIGNEREY 0 511 918
CPL SADIE MALKIN WR 506 328
PFC ELVA J BYRER WR 509 049
PFC JACK R CAMPEY ER 35 299 909
PFC ROSE M LA VRAR WR 509 418
PFC CHARLES E OSTMAN ER 35 547 137
PFC WALTER C SMITH ER 15 295 976
PFC ROBERT A STEIN ER 35 553 618
PVT FRANCIS L KUEBBELER ER 15 217 122
PVT JAMES F SCHLAGHECK ER 57 208 098
RCT KENNETH R SASS ER 15 284 000

This is a permanent change of station.  Auth: Ltr, 2nd Army, AIABC-O 370.5, subject: "Movement of NG and ORC Units," dated 12 September 1950. (AICMA)

BY COMMAND OF BRIGADIER GENERAL BRINK:

official:

JEAN P SHUTE
WOJG USA, Asst Adjutant

1951 Willys Overland Jeep Litter Carrier
owned by the Webmaster, Jim West

Was used during the Korean War to ferry wounded, flown in to Atterbury AFB to The US Army Hospital at Camp Atterbury. Carried two patients at a time.  Marked in the logos of the Korean War era  388th Evac.

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