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81st Infantry Division Archive
306th Medical Battalion
306th Medical Battalion Chapel
Exterior view of front and left side of chapel and bamboo picket fence, Leyte, Philippines (July-45)
Company D, 306th Medical Battalion
Circled is James C. Griffith.
T/4 Wallace Howell is 4th from right on the first row.
Photograph provided by Kristianne Griffith-Iacono
T/4 Wallace Howell is 4th from right on the first row.
Photograph provided by Kristianne Griffith-Iacono
T/3 Paoloni and PFC Altobello of Company D, 306th Medical Battalion
San Luis Obispo, California.
306th Medical Battalion Parade
Camp Beale, California
Unknown soldiers of the 306th Medical Battalion
New Caledonia
L-R: Warner, Carter, Duplechain, Antonin.
Rifle Range, New Caledonia
Captain Steinberg and Company A.
A break during a road march. New Caledonia
306th Medical Battalion Staff
Chaplain Jones, Captain Staudt, LT. Gregory, Chaplain Laurian, LT. Raymond, LT. Colonel Hill.
Leyte, Philippines
Leyte, Philippines
Post Hospital
Hachinohe Air Base, Japan
PFC Lee Padilla, 38014649, (KIA) served with Company A, 306 Medical Battalion
PFC Padilla was killed in action on October 21, 1944, on Five Brothers Ridge, Peleliu. He is currently resting in the Manila American Cemetery. He is one of two members of the 306th Medical Battalion to be killed in combat during WWII.
Pvt Wilber L. Johnson, 13036772 (KIA), served with Company B, 306th Medical Battalion
PVT Johnson, a litter bearer, assisted in evacuating numerous casualties over challenging terrain (Bloody Gulch, Angaur Island). Repeatedly, he traversed this area under enemy machine guns and mortar fire to administer and evacuate the wounded. While engaged in the evacuation of a casualty, he was mortally wounded by machine gun fire on 23 September 1944. He died of his wounds later that day. He was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action and the Purple Heart for wounds received in action.
PVT Jesse W. Bales, 39734499
PVT Bales served with Company B, 306th Medical Battalion. He died non-battle on 7 August 1945. He died as a result of a swimming accident in
which he fractured his cervical spine with transection of the cord
caused by diving.
which he fractured his cervical spine with transection of the cord
caused by diving.
T/5 Elmer J. Butler
T/5 Burtler served in Company C, 306th Medical Battalion.
PFC Robert E. Mosier, 35765123
PFC Mosier served as a surgical technician in the 306th Medical Battalion. He served from 13 July 1943 to 24 January 1946.
Picture from Find A Grave
Picture from Find A Grave
PFC William B. Bowen, 33676307
PFC Bowen served in Company D, 306th Medical Battalion. He entered the Army on 1 April 1943. He was discharged 4 February 1946.
Picture from Find A Grave
Picture from Find A Grave
306th Med BN and Wounded men on Angaur Island.
Loading wounded men for the hospital near the Phosphate Plant on Angaur Island 7 October 1944.
Medics of the 306th Medical Battalion on Angaur island.
Medics of the 306th Med BN loading and transporting the wounded to the hospital on Angaur Island. 8 October 1944.
306th Medical Battalion Aid Station on Angaur Island
Front Line Aid Station of the 306th Med Bn, Angaur Island, 7 October 1944.
Pharmacy of the 306th Medical Battalion, Leyte
Pharmacy personnel at work in the battalion pharmacy on Leyte, August 1945.
Pharmacy of the 306th Medical Battalion, Leyte
Pharmacy personnel at work in the battalion pharmacy on Leyte, August 1945.
Medical Supply Tent of the 306th Medical Battalion, Leyte
Leyte, August 1945
PFC Grant and T/5 Herman
PFC Grant (Left) and T/5 Herman (Right) of the 306th Medical Battalion in Honshu, Japan. December 1945.
Medical Supply Office, 306th Medical Battalion, Leyte
Clerks of the 306th Med Bn working in the supply office on Leyte, August 1945.
Sorting Supplies, 306th Medical Battalion, Leyte
Members of the 306th Med Battalion sort supplies on Leyte, August 1945.
Cleaning surgical instruments, 306th Medical Battalion, Leyte
Soldiers of the 306th Med BN clean and sterilize surgical instruments on Leyte, August 1945.
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