The 8th Evacuation Hospital
The University of Virginia in World War II
Story of the 8th Evac
- The University of Virginia Hospital in World War I & World War II
- Formation of the 8th Evacuation Hospital: Charlottesville, Virginia & Pageland, North Carolina
- Deployment in Africa & Italy: Operation Torch, Casablanca, Algiers, Sicily, Salerno
- War in Italy: Supporting the Fifth Army from Caserta to Pietramala
- Fifth Army Victory in Italy: From Pietramala to Lake Garda and the U.S.
- The 8th Evacuation Hospital: Supplemental Pictures of Officers and Nurses
- Bibliography/Credits
Personal Recollections of 8th Evac Members
- Dr. John L. Guerrant, Medical Ward Officer & Clinical Laboratory Director
- Dr. Hubert B. Holsinger, Surgeon
- Alice M. Huffman, Nurse
- Frank L. Lowther, Technician Fifth Grade
- Randal Luscombe, Technician Fifth Grade, Utility Shop
- Dorothy Sandridge, Nurse Anesthetist
- Melvin C. Shaffer, Photographer
- William P. Snavely, Assistant Registrar
- Beverley D. Tucker, Technician Fifth Grade, Chaplain’s Assistant
Letters after the War
- Chief Nurse Ruth Beery: Correspondence with Next of Kin of Soldiers Who Died at the 8th Evac
- About Ruth Beery
- About the Letters
- Read the Letters
- See Ruth Beery’s Uniform (Links to the UVA Medical Artifacts Collection in Virgo)
Official Partner of the Veterans History Project
Link to Italian Military History Association, Gotica Toscana*
*The purpose of Gotica Toscana is to record the history and keep alive the memory of WWII by keeping military sites accessible, maintaining records of artifacts, and promoting re-enactor events. For information about past open-air museums and re-enactments and to learn of future events go to http://www.goticatoscana.it/.