Numbers of Hospitals in Operation at the End of World War Two: Whenever practicable, three or more General Hospitals were grouped at one place into a single administrative and clinical organization known as a Hospital Center (usually with an attached Convalescent Camp). Those set up in the Communications Zones (ComZ) included General Hospitals, Station Hospitals, Hospital Centers, Convalescent Camps and Centers, and Field Hospitals. They were established in the Zone of Interior and in the Communications Zones. The ‘fixed’ military Hospitals, identical in time of war or peace, served for definitive treatment of patients. These Hospitals were established in the combat zone and comprised Convalescent Hospitals, Evacuation Hospitals, Surgical Hospitals, but also Clearing Stations operated by the Clearing Companies of Medical Battalions. In war, ‘mobile’ Hospitals formed a constituent part of the mobile forces and were equipped with sufficient tentage for sheltering patients nevertheless, advantage was taken of any opportunity to occupy and utilize existing buildings. overseas) were designated by numbers rather than by name and location (limited to ZI). All Hospitals in Theaters of Operations (i.e. Mobile Hospitals, such as Surgical, Evacuation, and Convalescent Hospitals were usually assigned to field Divisions and Armies.
‘mobile’ (or semi-mobile) Hospitals were established. In order to furnish as near to the front lines as possible, a higher type of medical treatment than first aid or emergency medical care, Hospitals, either ‘fixed’ or designed for easy movement, i.e. Casualties were given emergency treatment at a series of medical installations established in the forward areas of combat zones. Military Hospitals are provided for the treatment of military personnel while being sick or injured. In time of war Hospitalization and Evacuation are essential to the Armed Forces. First patients were received as from 12 Mar 43. Medical specialties were plastic surgery, ophthalmologic surgery, and blind psychiatry. The construction consisted of a two-story high semi-permanent brick building, with an authorized bed capacity of 2,509. Valley Forge General Hospital, at Phoenixville, Pa., one of the ‘named’ Hospitals. Designated US Army Gen Hosp by WDGO 64, dated 24 Nov 42.
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