5/15/2023 0 Comments Civil war hospital camp marshal![]() News spread quickly of the University’s plan to sponsor a medical unit, and on 4 February 1942, the “Daily Progress” announced the plan to Charlottesville, indicating that the unit would most likely take the form of a 750-bed Hospital. ![]() Blackford took upon himself the task of persuading the administration of the University that the formation of the unit was both desirable and feasible he also assumed the responsibility for recruiting the personnel after permission had been granted from the University and the Surgeon General’s Office. Blackford, of the University’s Medical School felt that the University should not only be able to continue to operate as a Medical School during WW2, but that it should also be capable of providing a medical unit. Both units had been sponsored by the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, and the respective commands drawn from the local population. The 8th Evacuation Hospital can trace its roots back to Base Hospital No. Photograph taken in Casablanca, December 1942. Illustration showing Officers of the 8th Evacuation Hospital in front of the Italian Consulate.
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