Evening star., 1945-07-31
|113th Evacuation Unii
Is First U. s. Hospital
Established in Berlin
BY LOUIS r. LOCHNER,
Associated Press war Correspondent,

BERLIN.-The 1l3th Evacuation
Hospital, under Col. Seth Gayle, IT,
Richmond, Va, can boast Of being
the first American hospital to OPP
crate in Berlin.
Within 48 hours after It's SO trucks
started for Berlin with the I'd Ar
mored Division, trailing a road
column that stretched for miles, 1t
already was receiving patients.
The hospital also claims to have
functioned under battle conditions
closer to Berlin than any other
American medical outfit. It was
only rs miles from the battered capi-
tai when the shooting ended.
The going was pretty tough In
those days. In fact, as hospital au-
thorities now see it, they had no
business being SO close to the fight
ing with an evacuation hospital.
When Col. Gayle was accommodating
for suitable hospital location, SIS
troopers killed eight soldiers only so
yards ahead Of him, and his driver
Charles Davis Of Hartford, Conn.,,
got away safely.
Driver Decorated.
Davis was rewarded with q Bronze
Star by Surg. Gen. Norman T.
Kirk when he came to Berlin with
President Truman's party. Surg.
Gen. Kirk also awarded Bronze
Stars to Capt. Holland T. Myers,
Lexington, N. c., and Capt. Donald
Weisman of White Plains, N. Y,
the hospitals executive officer.
I've seen many evacuation hos
pitfalls, but have found none so ex-
cellently equipped. both with medi.
cal specialists and competent nurses
as well as with medical facilities
and operating room equipment
despite the fact the hospital must
content itself with q German school,
building.
Perhaps the best way to illustrate
the point is to describe my own Is.
day experience as q patient. I wa.
hospitalized because my light Amer.
lean teep lost an argument In 9
clash with o Russian heavy truck.
I suffered brain conclusion. Mai
Julian @. Jacobson, San Francisco
requested the head nurse, Capt
Helen l.. A. Lyons, Columbus, Ohio
to see to 1t that was given copiou.
penicillin treatment. After some
two dozen injections all trace OF mi
injury was gone.
Skull x.Rayed.
To make sure my skull wasn't
fractured, 1t. Col. William G. Tay.
lor had me carried to the x-ray
room. where Maj. Herman Nuss.
baum. Camden. N. j., made such
convincing photos Of my unfracturec
Uranium that I can never pleac
that a dent in my skull is responsi.
Bile for an erroneous story.
My right eyehd was thorough,
lacerated. Capt. Raymond L. Shill.
ing, Ashland, Ohio, did such an ar.
tistic job OF stitching and eros,
stitching that it looks normal again
He also treated my eyes to elimi.
nate certain effects OF the injur,
and to completely restore my vision
MY feet developed an unusua
swelling. There was a rather deer
cash in my right leg near the shir
bone. 1t. Col. Harold H. Hamilton
Plymouth, Mass, not only came t.
my ward with whole trayful Of med.
ical gadgets to dress the leg anc
successfully relieve the swelling, bui
for safety's sake summoned from
the nearby American 10lst Genera,
Hospital. Capt. r. w. Hall, Dallas
Tex, a skin specialist.
All in all, I had the comforting
feeling that no matter what new
medical problem arose, this outfi'
was equipped to handle it. The
STAN consists of / colonel, 2 lieu.
tenant colonels, 9 majors, 20 cap.
tains, 8 lieutenants and SO nurses
OF them captain: II first lieu.
tenants and 26 second lieutenants.