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Established in 1943 as
Wakeman General Hospital, it was deactivated at the close of WW2.
During the Korean Conflict, it was re-opened. When re-opened, it
was no longer called Wakeman, but was known as U. S. Army Hospital
Number 8.
Wakeman has been called
"the Largest Hospital in the World", "the
Largest Hospital in the Nation", and "the Largest
Hospital of its Kind in the Nation". Take your
pick. But it was large!! 57 buildings, most all
2-story. Each interconnected by more than 3 miles of covered
walkways. And the covered walkways, were also 2-story, with an
equipment tunnel beneath !! |
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Another Aerial view - 1952 |
Colonel Howard W. Doan
Post Surgeon & C. O. U. S. Army Hospital |
Ping Pong Room
Building 1024 |
Pediatrics Clinic, Building 1009
Major Louis Hackett, Julie Doan - Age 6 weeks, and Mrs. H. W. Doan |
Laboratory - Building 1009 |
Consolidated Mess Hall - Building
1025 |
Admissions and Disposition Office,
Building 1072 |
Physical Therapy - Building 1030 |
Management Office - Building 1007 |
Out Patient Waiting Room - Building 1082 |
Dental Clinic - Building 1009 |
Patients Recreation Room - Building
1024 |
Branch Officer's Club - Building 1006 |
Ward 8A |
Entrance |
Lobby |
"We Gave" - Hdqtrs Combined
Charity Drive
Hq. Det. USAH & Med. Det. USAH
by General Gay, 31st Infantry Division |
Nephrectomy performed in Surgical
Service
(Nephrectomy, or kidney removal, is
performed on patients with severe kidney damage from disease, injury, or
congenital conditions. These include cancer of the kidney (renal cell
carcinoma); polycystic kidney disease (a disease in which cysts, or
sac-like structures, displace healthy kidney tissue); and serious kidney
infections. It is also used to remove a healthy kidney from a donor for
the purposes of kidney transplantation.) |
In sling suspension, Pfc Chester
Gillette operates a small loom to strengthen muscles of shoulder and
forearm. Occupational Therapy Section |
Medical Library |
Waiting Room at the OB-GYN and
Pediatric Clinic |
Microbe Hunter, Cpl. Surrey Williams,
Laboratory Service |
Ointment is compounded by pharmacist,
Pvt. Ronald K. Corrigall |
1st Lt. Rachel H. Adams, WMSC,
measures joint range of motion on Pfc Robert Green, Physical Therapy
Section |
Swimming Pool - Building 1083 |
Swimming Pool - Building 1083
Physical Reconditioning Section |
Jack Lewis |
Pat & Al
To of my Best Friends
Ward 1A
Wakeman General Hospital
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Ward 1A and 1B |
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Eye Clinic - Building 1009
Lt. (JG) Herbert Howard and Cpl. John Frohwein, 28th Infantry Division |
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Pvt. Frank Campo,
2613 Ave D, Brooklyn (26), NY
Camp Atterbury,
Ind. Ward 11-12
Sept. 11, 1946 - Dearest Butch, I'll always
remember you. Love, Bill
Irvin(?) McNear
(or McNeal) 15210N59, Ward 29, Co. G KY 2nd O.T.C. Regt, ASFTC, A.P.G. Maryland
Ward 11-12, Fred M. Sobrn (Sabrn), 1226 Dratt Ave., Cin (5) Ohio
Mr. Jack L. Lewis, Akron (10) Ohio, Box 806 RD #8, Sept 12, 1946
Sept 26, 1946, Ward 11-12 - Dear Butch
(nickname for my grandmother "Pauline"): Remember all
our good times at Wakeman Gen. Hospital and on ward 11-12.
You sure are a sweet girl and someday you will make a man a good
wife. Hope I'll be that lucky to find one
like you. Love, Shorty
Mr. Oscar Radcliff, RFD #3, Jackson, Ohio
Pvt. Robert P. Reed, 15246739, Comp. A, Camp Atterbury,
Indiana, Ward 11-12, Dec 2, 1946
Mr. Robert L. McIntosh, 811 Pennsylvania
Ave., Charleston, W. VA
Jan 12, 1946 - Dearest Pauline, It has been a
pleasure knowing you, I want to take this opportunity to wish
you the best of health, luck, and happiness, as I'm
sure you deserve the best. Always your friend and
"pal", One of the Ward
"1A" Gang. Remember our
"rough" times on this ward. Love, Frieda Hall
July 26, 1946 - Dear Friend, When rocks and
hills divide us and you no more I'll see, Just open up this little
book and try to remember me. Yours till the
ocean wears rubber pants to keep its bottom dry. Buzz 5) Sgt. William Bussart, Ward 11, Wakeman General
Hosp.
Dick L. Lewis, Box 806 R.D. 8#, Akron (10) Ohio. Feb 21, 1947
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