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A small piece of paper reveals considerable knowledge …

Casualty Collection Station Gernsbach Field Post 02379

Name Hoover Robert

Rank American Prisoner of War

Unit ________________________

Received on February 25, 1945

Shot through the side of the chest Pulse

Field post number 02379 belonged to:

2. Kompanie u. 1.-3. Zug Kranken-Transport-Abteilung 693 (German)

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2 Company and 1 -3 Train Wounded Transport Division 693 (English Translation)
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UNIT DESCRIPTION
15 men

• Staff of the wounded transport division would include a commanding medical officer;
• Medical assistant;
• Paymaster;
• Medics and drivers;
• In addition to medical supplies they would have had a car;
• A medium sized truck and a larger truck;

When possible, they would be transported in trains. These trains routinely had:

• 37 cars;
• A locomotive;
• A luggage and equipment car;
• A car for wounded officers, and;
• Several cars holding 11 wounded;
• An operation/pharmacy car;
• A kitchen car;
• A car for the medical staff and other army passengers.

Translation and research provided by: Mr. Wes Phelps, World Languages Teacher,
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Lexington, Kentucky