Letters from Richard Wood and Willis Roxburgh concerning McCloskey General Hospital, Texas

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]

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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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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