Key search words: WWII Letters, Loudon, New Guinea, Lincoln Nebraska, Mrs. Bigford, Irving school,
Mr. Depew,
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.
Showing posts with label Photographs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Photographs. Show all posts
November 6, 1943
Key Search Words: World War Two Letters from soldiers, 116th Station Hospital New Guinea, Loudon, Lincoln Nebraska, Australian Officers Club, Hopkins, Wyne, Red Cross, big events in the southwest Pacific.
November 6, 1943
Key Search Words: World War Two letters from home, Lincoln Nebraska, St. Paul Methodist Church, E. Stanley Jones, Hit Parade - “Pistol Packin Mama” Al Dexter, “Paper Doll” The Mills Brothers, “Best Foot Forward” Lucile Ball, Activity in the southwest Pacific.
November 4, 1943
Key Search Words: World War 2 Letters from home, Lincoln Nebraska, 116th Station Hospital New Guinea, Loudon, Medical Clinics Of North America", Mr. Kimball, Handwriting, War Bond, Margaret Fitts, Lake Erie, Al Fitts, Hugh Hopkins, Paul Wyne, Gideon, Jacoby. "Letter From Ne Guinea" by Vern Haugland, Eddie Rickenbacker "Seven Came Through"
November 3, 1943
Key SearchWords: WWII letters from the Pacific, 116th Station Hospital New Guinea, Loudon, Austrian Hospital, native villages "Teeth are stained red or brown from chewing beetle nut which gives them a narcotic drunk",
October 20, 1943 #4
Florin coin ring (picture from the internet)
Key Search Words: World War two letters from the pacific to home, 116th Station Hospital New Guinea, Westly, Carolyn, Captain Hugh Hopkins in hospital with dysentery, Major Conway from Cornell University to replace Westly, florin coin ring.
Photographs
Photographs
World War II
116th Station Hospital New Guinea
1943
Key Search Words: WWII Photographs, 116th Station Hospital New Guinea, treating natives, Loudon, Mission Boys, London Missionary Society.
Maps and Photographs
Courtesy Joseph and Lois Dunkle.
James F. Dunkle Sr. served as a medical technician at the 116th Station Hospital, New Guinea during WWII.
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