388th Evac Hospital
At Camp Atterbury
Photos Courtesy of Clarence Stroemer and Kathy Stroemer Czuba

388th Headquarters
Faces Schoolhouse Road at last Street intersection before leaving Camp Atterbury to the North.
Sgt Robert Stevens, a cook, standing next to a new sign created at Camp Atterbury, after we returned from our exercise at Fort Hood, TX. (Bob passed away from a heart attack about 3 weeks ago- 2003)

We had two very capable mess leaders in Captain Ed Wright from Toledo,Oh and M/Sgt Walter Manka form Hammond, Ill. Kitchen tables and floors were scrubbed three times a day.  No KPs were allowed in  the kitchen area.  For nine months straight, Food Service awarded us with The Best Mess of the month.  The Captain had officers from Camp Headquarters frequently attending our mess.
 

Food Service Student Inspection
 

Food Service school at Camp Atterbury.  This was an Army-Air force school.  When I attended there was a group from Colorado attending.  It was a three month course.  This was taken in summer of 1951.  Cooks worked one day on and one day off.  Usually from noon to noon and off from noon to noon with every other weekend off.  Every day at Food Service, student cook inspections were held.  Cook of the day had the honor of serving the officers.  I made it a number of times and at last it got to be a pain

388th at Fort Hood, Texas
An aerial photo of the 388th Evac Hospital setup at Fort Hood, TX for "Exercise Longhorn".  A six week 5th Army-Air Force maneuver.  A three day convoy trip.		 L to R: Eddie Gledhill, Clarence Stroemer, Ernie Spychalski - all from 388th Evac.Hosp. 5th platoon  - Spring 1951 at Camp Atterbury, IN

 

(l-r) Clarence Stroemer, Eddie Gledhill,
and Marion Kowalski, taken at Camp Atterbury, 1951. 
Pup Tents at Camp Atterbury

More tents
At the Rifle Range

Clarence Stroemer
 
Washing Mess Kits

Joe Datillo and Gladys Stroemer
Clarence Stroemer Relaxing

 

L-R, Top Row:
John Sombera, Bill Bliss, Bill Kress, Warren Huber, Marlin Mowl, bottom - Clyde Shauver, Chester Neihoff

  
Chow at the Rifle Range

Clarence Stroemer and Joe Datillo
Mobile Laundry Unit on Bivouac

Clarence Stroemer
Clarence Stroemer and Marion Kowalski in front of Barracks 1355

G. I. Haircut
5th Platoon

388th Luncheon November 2010

Clockwise are: Helen Mowl (widow of Martin Mowl of the 388th), Boots Abrams, Dick Abrams,(388th) Jack Dean, (388th) Joe Wongrowski (388th) Romaine Wongrowski, Gladys Stroemer (widow of Clarence Stroemer, 388th) and Deloris Dean.

Kathy Czuba, joined us and took this picture.
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