Letter from Richard Wood to Brigadier General Bethea concerning his visit to McCloskey General Hospital, 16 March 1945; letter from Richard Wood to Mrs Bethea thanking her for her hospitality during the visit, 18 March 1945; letter from Willis Roxburgh to Brigadier General Bethea concerning his visit to McCloskey General Hospital with Wood, 18 March 1945. The letters mention the hospital's work with injured soldiers, the occupational therapy it offered, and meetings with 'amputee cases'.
Modern print out of a newspaper article on McCloskey Hospital entitled 'Local center to retrain soldiers as wounds heal', [10 June 1943]
Letters from Richard Wood and Willis Roxburgh concerning McCloskey General Hospital, Texas
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- Dates of Creation[1943-1945]
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- Language of MaterialEnglish
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Administrative / Biographical History
James Bethea served as Commanding Officer of McCloskey General Hospital from 1942-1946. A career army physician, he was transferred there from Brooke Army Hospital in Fort Sam Houston, where he served as Chief Surgical of Services from 1940 to 1942. Bethea was a Colonel of the United States Army in 1942 and was promoted to Brigadier General in 1943.
McCloskey General Hospital was opened in 1942 as an army hospital.
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The archive was gifted to the Borthwick Institute by the family of Brigadier General Bethea.
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James Bethea served as Commanding Officer of McCloskey General Hospital from 1942-1946. A career army physician, he was transferred there from Brooke Army Hospital in Fort Sam Houston, where he served as Chief Surgical of Services from 1940 to 1942. Bethea was a Colonel of the United States Army in 1942 and was promoted to Brigadier General in 1943.
McCloskey General Hospital was opened in 1942 as an army hospital.
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Created by S.A. Shearn, 02.03.2022
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