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914th Combat Support Hospital

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Constituted 23 July 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 54th Portable Surgical Hospital

Activated 15 August 1943 at Camp Ellis, Illinois

Inactivated 25 February 1946 at Camp Stoneman, California

Redesignated 5 October 1948 as the 914th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps

Activated 19 October 1948 at Augusta, Georgia

Location changed 1 August 1950 to Dublin, Georgia

Inactivated 1 February 1951 at Dublin, Georgia

(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Redesignated 17 September 1993 as the 914th Combat Support Hospital and activated at Columbus, Ohio

914th Combat Support Hospital Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: New Guinea; Bismarck Archipelago; Western Pacific; Leyte; Luzon

Decorations

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

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