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8th Evacuation Hospital collection

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Of unique relevance to the University of Virginia Health System is the 8th Evacuation Hospital Collection. The "8th Evac." was organized and staffed primarily by University of Virginia physicians and nurses during World War II. The collection contains scrapbooks, memoirs, reports, and numerous photographs that recall the experiences of the men and women who provided medical and nursing care in North Africa and Italy during the war.
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John W. McKoan papers 1 folder(s) 27 items This extent refers to the 27 artifacts that were donated along with this collection. Box 38, Folder 018, Artifact Glass Cabinets 071, Artifact Museum Cabinet 35A, Artifact Museum Cabinet 35B, Artifact Museum Cabinet 35C, Artifact Museum Cabinet 35D, Artifact Museum Cabinet 37

The folder in this item contains photographs and governmental documents related to the 8th Evac Hospital and John W. McKoan's activity as General there.

Paintings and Photograph of Major Edwin Shearburn Box HOUSED IN MISC. OVERSIZE COLLECTION, MS, Folder 43, BOX 2

7 unframed paintings, 1 pencil sketch, 1 photograph. Paintings by Major Edwin Shearburn, an officer in the U.S. Army's Eighth Evacuation Hospital Unit who created a series of paintings that documented his life in the unit during World War II. The pencil sketch of Shearburn was created by Sgt. Brumment Echohawk, also of the unit.

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