Box 1a

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Correspondence, rosters and official reports of the 300th General Hospital Unit 1942-46

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Special Order of the Day from Field-Marshal H.R. Alexander, Supreme Allied Commander of the Mediterranean Theatre, to all personnel in the theatre announcing the surrender of the German army in Italy May 2, 1945

Collection Scope and Content Summary From the Collection: Photographs, scrapbooks, unpublished reports, awards, and reunion material relating to the 300th General Hospital Unit, Vanderbilt's Medical Unit in World War II that served in Italy and North Africa. The collection also includes personal items such as scrapbooks from a few members of the unit. In addition, a few items found in the collection, primarily souvenirs, have no direct relation to the unit, but have some connection to Vanderbilt. Most of the information (correspondence, rosters,...

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b&w print: group portrait of male officers of the 300th General Hospital July 1942 with identification and corresponding newsclipping

Scope and Contents note four b&w prints:a. Most of the Nashville male cohort outside hospital in Naples: George Reyer, Charles Trabue, Henry Carney, John Ransmeier, Fowler Hollabaugh, James Kirtley, Robert Finks, Louis Rosenfeld, and Benton Neilb. The bar at the officer's club in the penthouse of the hospital in Naplesc. The Ospidali Sanitoria Principe de Piedmonte, home of the 300th General Hospital in Naples, Italyd. Louis Rosenfeld and Bob Beech after...

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b&w print - June 24, 1943

Not Members of the 300th General Hospital

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Images of George W. Reyer from the Vanderbilt Commodore yearbooks 1915-16 (photocopies used in an exhibit c.1976)

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photocopied images from 1942 newspaper of the farewell banquet for the 300th General Hospital

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b&w print: Benton Neil pouring cool vino from terra cotta jug in North Africa

a digital copy is available

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b&w print - formal portrait - circa 1942

a digital copy is available

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b&w print - candid photograph - circa 1942-45

a digital copy is available

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blue book from the third Reunion of the 300th General Hospital June 8-10, 1984 (Clarksville, Indiana)

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List of former members of the 300th General Hospital with addresses (Nashville area residents)

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newspaper clipping: "Nashville has contributed 120 doctors for service" Christmas Edition 1942

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"Newer, Bigger Vanderbilt Hospital Unit Off to War" 1942; ". . . To Honor Nurses of Vanderbilt Unit" January 17; Stars and Stripes Mediterranean April 22, 1945 (newsprint - very fragile)"

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Vanderbilt Alumnus featuring the article "The Fighting 300th" May/June 1963 (also an article from Contemporary Surgery "Vanderbilt: Surgery's Big Sound in Nashville" September 1975)

Collection Scope and Content Summary From the Collection: Photographs, scrapbooks, unpublished reports, awards, and reunion material relating to the 300th General Hospital Unit, Vanderbilt's Medical Unit in World War II that served in Italy and North Africa. The collection also includes personal items such as scrapbooks from a few members of the unit. In addition, a few items found in the collection, primarily souvenirs, have no direct relation to the unit, but have some connection to Vanderbilt. Most of the information (correspondence, rosters,...

Scope and Contents note folder includes copy of military news bulletin annnouncing victory in Europe May 8, 1945;floorplan of the first floor of the 300th General Hospital in 1943;article on the 300th General Hospital in the Military Surgeon September 1945;a one paragraph summary of the 300th General Hospital's service c.1963;photocopies of 1963 Vanderbilt Alumnus article;(photocopied article "Bill requires draft registration of medical workers" Army Times...

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Souvenirs of War: German dog tag, Army fork, Medals, Shell fragments, Bullets, Shoulder patches (donated by Col. Harry S. Shelley)

Collection Scope and Content Summary From the Collection: Photographs, scrapbooks, unpublished reports, awards, and reunion material relating to the 300th General Hospital Unit, Vanderbilt's Medical Unit in World War II that served in Italy and North Africa. The collection also includes personal items such as scrapbooks from a few members of the unit. In addition, a few items found in the collection, primarily souvenirs, have no direct relation to the unit, but have some connection to Vanderbilt. Most of the information (correspondence, rosters,...