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THE AMERICAN ARMY HOSPITAL WHITE COURT PARK U.S.ARMY 12TH EVACUATION HOSPITAL 29th APRIL 1943 - 11th JULY 1943
U.S.ARMY 121st STATION HOSPITAL 30th JUNE 1943 - 11th JUNE 1945
OPENED AS A 750 BED, LATER BECOMING A 1354-BED HOSPITAL. GIVING MEDICAL SERVICE TO 35 U.S. 8th AND 9th AIR FORCE UNITS. FOLLOWING D-DAY 6th JUNE 1944. THE MAJORITY OF ADMISSIONS WERE THE SOLDIER CASUALTIES FROM THE BATTLEFIELDS OF EUROPE.
THIS MEMORIAL IS IN HONOUR AND MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS - SURGEONS - NURSES - ENLISTED MEN HOSPITAL SERVICE GROUPS - AMERICAN RED CROSS
'SERVICE ABOVE SELF'
THIS MEMORIAL WAS DEDICATED ON THE 15th AUGUST 1992 TO CO-INCIDE WITH THE 50th ANNIVERSARY. U.S.A.A.F. IN EAST ANGLIA. 1942 - 1992
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