Captain John Ralph Loudon M.D. was stationed in the 116th Field Hospital in the Pacific during World War II. Over 1,000 letters, photographs and other documents have been saved from his time served. These are samples from those archives. New posts will be made frequently. This will be in chronologic order so you can follow along. Blog created by John Ralph Loudon's grandson and great-grandchildren Andy Sherrick, John Loudon Sherrick and Anne Sherrick from Springfield Illinois.
September 7, 1943 #2
September 6, 1943 Summary
Summary From Margaret
Every 6 weeks or so Margaret would type a summary of the news and excerpts from Ralph's letters. She would then share the summary with friends and family members to keep them up to date. This is the first of those summaries.
Key Search Words: WWII Letters Summary, Loudon, 116th Station Hospital New Guinea, Lincoln Nebraska, Australia, General MacArthur, Lieutenant Baldorf Chaplain, Captain Hopkins, Metropolitan Opera Hatfield and MacArthur, Japs, Owen Stanley mountain range, Port Moresby, Rabaul, Malaria,
September 5, 1943 #2
Key Search Words: WWII Letters, Loudon, Lincoln Nebraska, Meg Macvicker, Mac Macvicker, Captain Paul Wyne, Ray Kearus First Presbyterian Church, Jerry Folsom.
September 5, 1943
Key Search Words: WWII Letters, Loudon, 116th Station Hospital New Guinea, Australians, Awakening of Australia, Major Theadore Failmezger Chief of Surgery from New Jersy, Major Hendrickson, Captain Tim Sullivan from Sterling Illinois.
September 4, 1943 #1
Key Search Words: WWII Letters, Captain John R. Loudon, 116th Station Hospital New Guinea, Captain Wyne, Japs, Australia, Captain Mothershead, Lt. Clair Campbell from Tecumsch Nebraska, Ray Mardell, Ted Figalkoski from Chicago attended Loyola School, stranded on an island. #WWII, #Letters, #Love
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