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 For month ending: 16 March 1945
SUBJECT: After Action Report.
TO:Commanding Officer, 78th Armored Medical Battalion,
APO 258, US Army.
SECTION I PERSONNEL:
During the month of March this company lost one officer and two enlisted men. Officers and enlisted men received typhoid booster shots. All men present for duty were paid for the month of March.
SECTION II INTELLIGENCE:
The IPW team from CCB was called in to question the many prisoners treated in this station. The type of prisoner which attracted most attention from the IPW teams were SS troops.
SECTION III OPERATIONS:
During our rest period in Venlo, Holland, we had a daily schedule consisting of orientation lectures and training on river crossings, and medical subjects. Most movements were in blackout: but we lost no vehicles nor had any serious mishaps.
The following is a list of towns covered by this company plus the number of days spent at each.
Hucklehoven, Germany 1-3 March
Grefrath, Germany 4-5 March
Aldekerk, Germany 6 March
Lintfort, Germany 7-11 March
Venlo, Holland 12-27 March
Stockum, Germany 28 March
Bruckhausen, Germany 29 March
Kirchellen, Germany 30-31 March
SECTION IV SUPPLY:
Medical supplies were always supplied to our headquarters whenever any problem attained to medical supplies arose, we were given priorities, so that we should never be without necessary supplies for the operation of the clearing station. A medical company does not have sufficient transportation to function properly. One two-and-a-half ton truck should be added to the present Table of Equipment.
SECTION V COMMAND:
Our company functioned as a team, doing medical and surgical work to earn the greatest respect of all men treated in the station. The ambulance drivers delivered their patients to the clearing station under such adverse conditions as bombed out roads, necessitating finding new routes during blackout.
One ambulance driver talked his way out of capture, saving the lives of four casualties. Headquarters platoon took care of wiring of the buildings to light the clearing stations. Mechanics kept their vehicles in tip-top shape. The kitchen personnel, at times working for two days without rest. Kept hot coffee and food available at all times for the patients
/s/ Glen Heidepriem
Captain, MC
Commanding.
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