WW II Philippine Evac Hospital, 1944

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This photo shows 1st Lieutenant Phyllis Hocking as she adjusts the glucose injection apparatus for a GI patient in the 36th Evacuation Hospital, Palo, Leyte, Philippine Islands. The hospital is quartered in the Church of the Transfiguration, as the congregation kneels during Christmas Eve services. Photo date is 24 December 1944.

The U.S. Army Signal Corps seal and photo number are visible toward the bottom of the photo.

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