Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....SELPH, PVT GEORGE H. 1945
WWII U.S. ARMY GENERAL HOSPITAL UNIT
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CORDELE OLDIER PACIFIC BOUND
 ASSEMBLY AREA COMMAND, FRANCE
 HAVING REPAIRED AND PUT INTO OPERATION A FRENCH CIVILIAN HOSPITAL , A GENERAL
HOSPITAL UNIT OF THE U.S. ARMY IS NOW PREPARING ITSELF AT CAMP PHILADELPHIA FOR
FURTHER DTIES IN THE PACIFIC.
 THE UNIT OF WHICH PVT GEORGE H SELPH RR 4 CORDELE,GA.IS A MEMBER, WAS ACTIVATEDIN
OCTOBER 1944 AT CAMP ELLIS,ILL. ,AND REACHED FRANCE IN FEB. 1945. HERE IT WAS
ASSIGNED TO THIS AREA WHERE,WITH THE HELP OF AN ENGINEER BATTALIONIT SPENT THE
BETTER PART OF A MONTHREPAIRING AND RENOVIATING A CIVILIAN HOSPITAL.
 IN MAY IT OPENED FOR BUSINESS WITH ENLISTED TECHNICIANS ACTING IN LIEU OF NURSE.
THE LARGEST NUMBER OF PATIENTS HANDLED AT A TIME WAS 540.
 BETWEEN THAT TIME THE UNIT CLOSED ITS DOORS IN EARLY JUNE UNTIL IT REACHED CAMP
PHILADELPHIA, ONE OF 16 REDEPLOYMENT CAMPS IN THE ASSEMBLY AREA COMMAND NEAR REIMS,
FRANCE, THE NEEDED NURSES MADE THEIR APPEARANCE.

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