In June of 1942 Bob Shepard and 67 other medical personnel were transfered from Fort Sam Houston to A.P. Hill, Virginia to await the additional two hundred troops who would accompany them to North Africa. An administrative error sent the men to Camp Stoneman, Califorinia instead, so rather than transport the 200 men to Virginia, Uncle Sam moved the 68 men at A.P. Hill to Camp Stoneman. Thus the 1st Field Hospital began its WWII adventure in the Southwest Pacific theater aboard the U.S.S. Mount Vernon.
T-4 Robert U. Shepard
U.S. Army Medical Tech
Milne Bay, New Guinea 1944
Shepard, Gallaher and Leftoris
Milne Bay, N.G. 1944
Private Shepard at Camp Barkley, TX 1942
A.P. Hill, Virginia 1942
Camp Stoneman, CA 1942
Australia
New Guinea
Philippines
Zamboangan Penninsula
Home! 1945
Plate from a Japanese Zero
A little morale booster from home
Shepard's Good Conduct Ribbon
The 1st Field Hospital: The Experiences of T-4 Robert U. Shepard
D.A. Chadwick with Robert U. Shepard