Hi, My Name is George Stoken

I served in the 45th Surgical Hospital from day one when we landed off of the U.S.S. GEIGER.
I have some pictures I took with my 35 millimeter camera when I was in the 45th.
I was with the hospital for 11 months 18 days.
I worked in surgery as a 91D20 Operating room technician.

Nurses Capt. Fugowski and LT. Batoog

Gary P. Wratten Road Sign

Nancy Sinatra coming out of a ward

Vietnam General Thieu (not sure of the spelling)

Sunday Lunch

General Westmoreland and Major Lyons

morning roll call

45th Surgical Hospital sign

Nancy Sinatra coming out of the Nurses quarters

Cardinal Spellman

Gee, Crill, Clubb, Mcbride (clean weapons once a week)

General Westmoreland with a patient

Burning the cans

Building shower

Outdoor Lunch

Martha Raye

Vietnamese "workers"

Musty (dog given to us from the Phillipine unit in Tay Ninh)

Nancy Sinatra interviewed in the nurses quarters

Cement Crew

Applying a cast in the O/R

First picture of us in Vietnam after getting off of the U.S.S. Geiger

Building the enlisted men's hooch

Rifle practice at the base of Black Virgin mountain

Inflating and setting up one of the hospital wards.

Base of Black Virgin mountain looking up

Continue to build after a heavy rain storm

We had to do KP back then

Setting up another ward

Filling the outhouse cans with diesel fuel

Westmoreland again with the chief of the nurses (forgot the name)

Attaching a tarp to the finished hooch

Thanksgiving day menu

Christmas day menu

Original list of the 45th Surgical Hospital Personnel Roster

Filling sand bags

Time out for a picture

Sunday afternoon free time mixer

Beer run

Supply tent wind and rain damage

Supply tent wind and rain damage

Building frame before storm

Building frame after storm

Chaplain and 3 O/R nurses entertaining

Some of the troops dressed up for bathing suit contest

U.S.S. GREIGER. Ship that took 45th to Vietnam (30 days on board)

Last site of land for a while

Out in the Pacific Ocean

Not much to do on board but stay on deck

Cao-Dai temple inside looking at the big eye

Pillars inside the temple

Volleyball match between 45th and Pillipine unit

Received 45 letters from school kids in Pittsburgh

Partial Body cast

Surgeons at work

More work by the Surgeons

Cook making up a delicious meal

Another look at the Black Virgin Mountain

45th Surgical Hospital First Christmas card (front cover)

45th Surgical Hospital First Christmas card (inside cover)

Taking some more pictures

Litter patrol every morning

Medical waste for the hospital

building a culvert

another view of Black Virgin Mountain

Picture after a dusty jeep ride

Cecil Clubb in front of Operating Room 1

opening crates for the hospital

life preserver practice on U.S.S. Geiger

trying to find a radio station on board (we did find Hawaii)

Entering harbor in the Philipines

Tugboat in the harbor

Entering the Philipines harbor

not much to do on board ship

all dressed up and ready to go

We did a lot of KP

backetball in leisure time

building more hooch's

applying the tarp

filling sandbags (there was a lot of that)

relaxing leisure time

cookout for some holiday

stirring the cans

KP is a lot of fun

checked out one of the helicopters parked across the road

My view of Nancy Sinatra's appearance (Tay Ninh Rice Bowl)

Front of Coa - Dai Temple

Inside Temple Showing Columns

Boys Outside of Temple

Late Night Snack At Mess Hall

Outside Meal

Helicopters In Formation

Helicopter Flyby with Smoke Streams

Helicopter Flyby with Smoke Streams

Another Black Virgin Picture

Looked at this every Day

Outside Get Together

Outside Cookout

Litter Patrol Dog (MUSTY) In Charge

More Litter Patrol

My Favorite Detail Loved the Smell of Diesel in the Morning

Our Chapel

Just Hanging Around

Montagnard Fighters

Port Courage (F Troop)

Sample of Laundry Slip (Phong-Coc Laundry Service)