109th Field Hospital, 1955
(Source: USFA SENTINEL, July 22, 1955)
Lt Col Henry Thompson (center), chief of surgical services,
aided by
his surgical assistants, performs a simulated appendectomy.
Capt Marguerite Irwin, obstetrical nurse, inspects the
humidifier
attached to the incubator of a four-hour-old
baby. Looking on is
Capt Charles K. Cochrane, chief
of the obstetric and gynetics
services at the hospital.
A group of patients await transfer to
a USAREUR hospital
