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A soldier wearing a welding helmet (the same soldier as in the previous picture).
A tent displaying the red cross is visable in the background.
5th General Hospital (Lt. Col. Robert M. Zollinger) came ashore on the 6th of July, after embarking at Southampton.
The 50th General Hospital (Colonel Hubbard T. Buckner) came ashore on the 28th of July after embarking in Scotland.
The Hospitals opened their doors on the 14th of August and two weeks later reached a capacity of 1,000 beds. They were staffed by 68 doctors, 105 nurses and 500 men.