Current Address and Military Status, 1943 - 1946

The Oregon State Medical Society Records contain bulletins, letters, correspondence, newspaper articles, U.S. Post Office forwarding address cards, telegrams, and V-mail primarily relating to the publication of the Service Bulletin. The material, dating from 1943-1948, is arranged by type, then chronologically.

Series:

I. Publications The Service Bulletin, 1943-1946.

II. Subject Files Index files consist of excerpts from the Service Bulletin. Committee, miscellaneous, news, and record files consist of correspondence, clippings, documents, and miscellaneous notes regarding the war effort and the return of military physicians to civilian practice.

III. Physician Correspondence Files These files include changes of address and rank information, reports of medals and citations, newspaper clippings, and personal correspondence of physicians from 1943-1946. Some of the correspondence includes personal reflections on war, descriptions of areas visited, racial repression/relocation camps, first testing of DDT, and prisoner of war experiences. There is also information on the U.S.S. Comfort (hospital ship), Forty-first Division, Forty-sixth General Hospital, Ninety-first Evacuation Hospital, One Hundred First Airborne Division, and One Hundred Fourth Infantry Division.

IV. Physician Card Files Accumulation file: The purpose of the file was to avoid keeping unnecessary notes on subjects that would not be repeatedly tabulated, and also to avoid overloading the regular address cards (see the Address and Military Status Cards below). Information, such as voter registration data, new addresses, etc., was listed on the cards as it came in on the physicians.

Address & Military Status: Includes current addresses and status of the Oregon military physicians, information on military rank and honors, addresses of various boards and committees, names and addresses of people willing to help on the Service Bulletin (“foreign correspondents”), and reestablishment information.

Non-Current Address & Military Status: Includes physicians given honors, awards, or citations; continued cards for non-current addresses and status; and status of prisoners of war, missing in action, and wounded in action.