344th General Hospital

The 344th General Hospital was a United States Army medical unit activated during World War II. Organized in 1942, the unit trained at Camp Rucker, Alabama, before deploying to the European Theater. During the war, the 344th provided critical medical care to wounded soldiers, operating hospitals in England and later supporting frontline medical operations in France following the D-Day invasion. The unit was instrumental in treating thousands of casualties, contributing significantly to the Allied medical support system before being inactivated after the war.