Us Official Photographs
29th Portable Surgical Hospital near Yontan Airstrip
1945-08-09
Interior view of main surgery in the 29th Portable Surgical Hospital, located near Yontan Airstrip, which is under operational control of the 5th Air Force. This unit can transport enough equipment to operate for 30 days in 11 Douglas C-47 "Skytrains", leaving a rear echelon to be brought up later. These hospitals are usually set up within a short distance of airstrips to handle emergency cases such as injured crewmen. The 29th Portable Surgical Hospital gave outstanding performances at Wadke, Biak, and Tacloban. Patients are held here until recovered enough to be transported back to a station or general hospital. Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto. 9 August 1945.
