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58th Portable Surgical Hospital

The 58th Portable Surgical Hospital was activated August 15, 1943 and left Camp Ellis October 25, 1943 for India. On the way they performed an appendectomy on board a Liberty Ship. (From the Story of Camp Ellis pg. 92) In 1944 they were in Myitkyina, Burma (Link)

Painting of a hospital using parachutes at the right time and place to be the 58th. ( Link )

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