Riverside in Montgomery County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

39th Field Hospital

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., March 5, 2010

1. 39th Field Hospital Marker

Inscription.

Dedicated
to the honor and memory of the
Officers, Doctors, Nurses, and Enlisted Staff
39th Field Hospital
1st, 2nd, and 3rd Air Force Clearing Hospitals
9th Air Force
France – Holland – Belgium – Germany
June 1944 – August 1945

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • Science & Medicine • War, World II.

Location. 39° 46.778′ N, 84° 6.757′ W. Marker is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. Marker (Memorial Wall #2, 017) is in the Memorial Park of the National Museum of the United States Air Force, with museum access off Springfield Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1100 Spaatz Street, Dayton OH 45431, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. 15th Troop Carrier Squadron (here, next to this marker); 13th “Jungle” Air Force (here, next to this marker); USAF Pilot Class 49C (here, next to this marker); The EC-47 ARDF Mission (here, next to this marker); USAF Pilot Class 48-C (here, next to this marker); B/G Edward J Hopkins (here, next to this marker); 9th Photo Recon Squadron

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(here, next to this marker); Marvin T. Koerner, P.E. (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.

Also see . . . 39th Field Hospital Unit History. US Medical Research Centre website entry (Submitted on April 21, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)

Platoon of the 39th Field Hospital under tentage in the field, near St. Lô, France. image. Click for full size.

via US Medical Research Centre, 1944

2. Platoon of the 39th Field Hospital under tentage in the field, near St. Lô, France.

Note the large ground Geneva Convention (Red Cross) marker for aerial recognition.

NMUSAF Memorial Wall #2 image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr.

3. NMUSAF Memorial Wall #2

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr.

4. NMUSAF Memorial Wall #2

NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign image. Click for more information.

Photographed By William Fischer, Jr.

5. NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign

Memorial Park map nd marker listing
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Credits. This page was last revised on August 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 21, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 220 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on April 21, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. 2. submitted on August 9, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3, 4. submitted on April 20, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. 5. submitted on December 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.