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This article needs heavy cleaning up. It needs to be restructured to fit the Wikipedia Manual of Style, reliable sources need to be cited, etc. -- saberwyn 20:56, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

tHIS ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN BY ME, PAUL THEOBALD WHO IS ONE OF 3 REMAINING SURVIVORS OF THE 1ST 45TH PORTABLE SURGICAL HOSPITAL. THE ARTICLE DOES NOT HAVE A COPYWRITE AND IS WRITTEN WITH NOTES FROM MY PERSONAL DIARY. DIARY WAS WRITTEN DURING MY TIME WITH THE 45TH PORTABLE SURGICAL HOSPITAL i DID CONTRIBUTE SIMILAR MATERIAL TO THE FREESAVORS SITE, I AM 83 YEARS OF AGE AND WANTED TO HAVE SOME OF MY MEMORIES REMEMBERED BY OTHERS. i HAVE NO CONTROL OVER ANY OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE 45TH PSH. IF I HAVE VIOLATED ANY RULES, PLEASE DELETE THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT THE 1ST 45TH PORT ABLE SURGICAL HOSPITAL.THE ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN WITH THE PURPOSE THAT ANY ONE INTERESTED COULD USE THE INFORMATION FREELYPgtheob 19:57, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

This article was written by me, Paul Theobald, from memory with help of my diary which was written in 1943-1945. There is almost nothing that is known about this hospital which was the longest activated portable surgical hospital in the army of the United States.Pgtheob 07:06, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Left a note at User talk:Pgtheob. Conscious 19:57, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

The 45th portable surgical hospital

There are just a few men still alive who made up the ORIGINAL 45th Portable Surgical Hospital and I thought that one of us should put in writing some of the things that happened during the first 2 or 3 years after it was activated at Camp White in 1943. I was trained as a surgical technician at camp Fort Benjamin near Indianapolis. After graduation, I was sent to the specialist pool at Fitzsimmons hospital near Denver Colorado. A month later, I joined the 45th at Camp White where we were being trained for overseas duty. We all were given a leave so that we could go home before we were sent overseas. At that time the hospital had 33 enlisted men and 4 officers. The commanding officer was Captain Whitbeck.

The adjutant was Captain Frank Mainella, a surgeon from Brooklyn New York. The third officer was Captain Dardas from Bay City Michigan. Captain Dardas had been trained as a gynecologist and obstetrician and was designated as the anesthetist. We had a fourth doctor but he was transferred out of the outfit, before we left for overseas duty. We had several replacements for the 4th doctor, but none ever stayed long with the outfit. The one who remained longest was a Dr Katzenelson. He was a medical internist from Brooklyn New York and gave anesthesia. He joined the outfit when we went to China. And then he stayed with the outfit until the end of the war.

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