This is a personal story of life with the 79th Field Hospital told through letters, photos, news clippings, and memorabilia collected by the late Lt. Gilbert Kohlenberg. Told by his widow, Mary Jane Kohlenberg, Lt. j.g. USN (ret.), the story follows Company Commander Lt. Kohlenberg as he supervised the field hospital, which was quickly organized to travel with General Patch’s 7th Army as it moved across the European Theater of Operations during World War II.
This is a personal story of life with the 79th Field Hospital told through letters, photos, news clippings, and memorabilia collected by the late Lt. Gilbert Kohlenberg. Told by his widow, Mary Jane Kohlenberg, Lt. j.g. USN (ret.), the story follows Company Commander Lt. Kohlenberg as he supervised the field hospital, which was quickly organized to travel with General Patch’s 7th Army as it moved across the European Theater of Operations during World War II.