(Transcribed from an original copy of Hospital Orders #20.  A scan of the original document can be viewed in the Photo Gallery )

RESTRICTED

HEADQUARTERS

196th STATION HOSPITAL

A P O 923

8 October 1945

HOSPITAL ORDERS )

:

NO………20 )

1.      By the authority of General Order No. 138, Hq AFPAC,  APO 500, dated 28 August 1945, the following named officers and enlisted men of this organization are entitled to battle credit for participation in the Bismark Archipelago Campaign and are authorized to wear a bronze star on the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon.

[list of officers and enlisted men]

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RESTRICTED

H. O. 20, Hq 196th Station Hospital, APO 923, 8 October 1945 (continued)

[list of officers and enlisted men, continued]

GEORGE ALDREDGE, JR.

Captain, Medical Corps,

Commanding

(Transcribed from an original copy of Hospital Orders #16.  A scan of the original document can be viewed in the Photo Gallery )

196th Station Hospital

Hospital Ship Maetsuycker

A P O 927

4 September 1945

HOSPITAL ORDERS )

:

NO………..16 )

1. By authority of General Order No. 95, Headquarters AFPAC, APO 500, dated 6 August 1945, the following officers and enlisted men now on duty with this organization are entitled to battle credit for participation in the Southern Philippines Campaign, and are authorized to wear a bronze star on the Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon.

[list of officers and enlisted men]

EUGENE GURALNICK,

Major, Medical Corps,

Commanding

(Transcribed from an original copy of Hospital Orders #9.  A scan of the original document can be viewed in the Photo Gallery )

HEADQUARTERS

196th Station Hospital

Hospital Ship Maetsuycker

APO 75

22 May 1945

HOSPITAL ORDERS)

:

No…………9

1.      By authority of General Order No. 23, Headquarters USAFFE,  APO  501, dated 5 February 1945, the following named officers, nurses, and enlisted men now on duty with this organization are entitled to wear the Philippine Liberation Campaign Ribbon with one bronze star on the ribbon for:

a.       Thirty days service in the Philippine Islands or adjacent waters during the period 24 December 1944 to 22 May 1945.

b.      Service aboard the Hospital Ship Maetsuycker during enemy air attacks at San Pedro Bay; Leyte, Philippine Islands on 24, 25, 26, and 27 December, 1944.

[list of officers, nurses, and enlisted men]

EUGENE GURALNICK,

Major, Medical Corps,

Commanding

(Transcribed from an original copy of Hospital Orders #6.  A scan of the original document can be viewed in the Photo Gallery )

HEADQUARTERS

196th Station Hospital

Hospital Ship Maetsuycker

A P O 75

29 April 1945

HOSPITAL ORDERS)

:

No…………6

1.      By authority of General Order No. 64, Headquarters USAFFE, dated 30 March 1945 the following officers and enlisted men now on duty with the organization are entitled to battle credit for participation in the New Guinea Campaign, and authorized to wear a bronze star on the Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon, under provisions of Circular 6, Headquarters USAFFE, dated 6 June 1944.

[list of officers and enlisted men]

EUGENE GURALNICK,

 Major, Medical Corps,

Commanding