Title: Saigon Naval Hospital Photo Collection
Description: Photo album titled “Finis: Headquarters Support Activity Saigon, Station Hospital, 1966”, containing 78 photographs related to the US Navy nurses stationed at the Saigon station Hospital, Vietnam. The album contains a narrative history and photographs of the hospital from 1963 until it was turned over to the Army in March, 1966, with notable descriptions of its facilities and most notable services. Several images from this collection have been cataloged at the item level into the NH number series (NH 93955-NH 93965). Also included is a list of Navy nurses assigned to the station hospital. Specific subject matter is listed below.
Accession#: S-473
Donor:
Copyright Owner: Navy Nurse Corps
Circa: 1963-1966
Format: Black & white photographs
Collection Guide:
Overall and interior views of the Saigon Hospital
Hospital staff (nurses and doctors)
Helicopter (UH-1) evacuation
Treatment of Vietnamese children to repair cleft lips
Bombing of the Brink B.O.Q., Christmas Eve, 1964
Bombing of the Embassy, Saigon, March 30, 1965
Bombing of My Canh Restaurant June 25, 1965
Bombing of US Facility at Hotel Metropol, December 4, 1965
Saigon scenery, including: bicycles, pedicabs, donkey cart, children, street vendors, and sandbagged buildings
USN Nurse Corps 57th anniversary party, 1965
Personnel seen: LT Janice M. Stauffer, LCDR Hellen Roller, and LT Anne Gadoury
For information about the rest of the collection: nhhcphotoarchives@navy.mil
