O’Reilly General Hospital Surgical Technician School
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my father was in the third graduation class of the school for enlisted technicians. I have a picture of his graduation class and would like to know where these men were sent after graduation. I believe my father was sent to England in 1943. Do any records exist of men who graduated from O’Reilly Genral Hospital in 1942?
Mr. Franklin:
If such records exist, I do not know how to find them. However, my own father graduated from O’Reilly sometime in 42 or 43 and was sent to the Pacific as a medical technician.
My father completed training as a surgical technician at O’REILLY in about September of 1942. He indicated it was the first such graduating class there. He served in Africa and Europe with the 9th Infantry Division’s medical clearing company from December 1942 until May of 1945. His company clerk told me my dad had the best training of any of the techs who served in his company.
My own father trained as a technician at O’Reilly, probably sometime that same year. I still have his army medical training textbooks. I can tell from the books that this was serious training. Thank you for your comment.