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41st Combat Support Hospital

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Constituted 21 December 1928 in the Regular Army as the 41st Surgical Hospital

Redesignated 31 May 1943 as the 41st Portable Surgical Hospital

Activated 7 June 1943 at Camp White, Oregon

Inactivated 31 October 1945 in the Philippine Islands

Redesignated 28 November 1967 as the 41st Surgical Hospital

Activated 25 January 1968 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas

Reorganized and redesignated 26 June 1972 as the 41st Combat Support Hospital

41st Combat Support Hospital

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World War II: Western Pacific; Leyte

Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire

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Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for TEXAS 1989 - 1990

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
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