Records, 1940-1994 (bulk 1940-1946).

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Records, 1940-1994 (bulk 1940-1946).

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Records of a medical unit formed in 1940 by doctors at Charlotte Memorial Hospital (now Carolinas Medical Center) to support front-line aid stations during World War II in North Africa and Italy. Contains official reports, a unit history, photographs, correspondence, and maps of encampments. LeGette Blythe used much of this material in his published history of the unit, "38th Evac" (1966), which is documented in this collection with manuscripts, galleys, and page proofs. Also contains materials from an exhibit regarding the Unit in 1994 at the Museum of the New South in Charlotte, North Carolina.

4.25 linear feet (ca. 9,450 items, including 312 photographs and 1 v.)

University of North Carolina, Charlotte, J. Murrey Atkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7566178

University of North Carolina, Charlotte, J. Murrey Atkins Library

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Blythe, LeGette, 1900-1993

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In 1921, William LeGette Blythe, native of Huntersville, N.C., graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he had been a member of the original Carolina Playmakers and a classmate of Thomas Wolfe. After graduation, Blythe became a reporter at the Charlotte News and later joined the staff of the Charlotte Observer . He authored several Biblical novels, biographies of prominent North Carolinians, and symphonic dramas based on Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, N.C. Blythe ...

United States. Army. Evacuation Hospital, 38th

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In 1940, Gen. George Marshall approved formation of the U.S. Army 38th Evacuation Hospital at the request of Charlotte-area doctors and nurses. The 38th Evac was activated in March, 1942 and received military training at Fort Bragg. The unit served in England (August-October, 1942); North Africa (November, 1942-September, 1943); and Italy (through July, 1945). The 38th Evac supported front line aid stations and mobile surgical units, treated disease, and transferred patients to general hospitals...