452nd General Hospital

The 452nd General Hospital was a United States Army medical unit activated during World War II. Organized in 1942, it trained at various camps in the United States before deploying to the European Theater of Operations. The unit provided critical medical care to wounded soldiers during major campaigns, including the Normandy invasion and the advance across France and Germany. After the war, the 452nd played a role in treating occupation forces and local civilians before returning to the United States and being inactivated.