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Sternberg General Hospital or Department Hospital, Manila P was a United States Military Hospital in Manila in the Philippines during the early part of the 20th century. The hospital was renamed after George Miller Sternberg on June 26, 1920.
Two Army nurses, Lt. Floramund A. Fellmeth and Lt. Florence MacDonald, accompanied severely wounded patients from Sternberg aboard the improvised hospital ship ''Mactan'' that departed Manila shortly after midnight of the New Year of 1942 for Australia.
The navy nurses, under the command of Lt. Laura M. Cobb, stayed behind in Manila during the initial invasion to support the patients there. One of them, Ann A. Bernatitus, escaped from Manila to Bataan just before Manila fell. The remaining 11 navy nurses were captured upon the fall of Manila and interned by the Japanese at Santo Tomas.E. Norman, We Band of Angels, pgs. 27-29; E. Monahan and R. Neidel-Greenlee, All This Hell, pg. 60.
The Sternberg Hospital was made of wood buildings and was destroyed during the war. The site today is mostly civil buildings.
Diary Entries of Soldiers at the Hospital
Defunct hospitals in the Philippines United States military hospitals Hospitals in Manila
Notable staff
Notable staff at the hospital include: * Inez HaynesWorld War II
At the outset of World War II, US Army and US Navy nurses were stationed at Sternberg General Hospital in Manila, and other military hospitals around Manila. During theBattle of the Philippines (1941–42) Battle of the Philippines may refer to several wars, military campaigns, and major battles which have been fought in the Philippine Islands, including:
*Spanish conquest
** Battle of Bangkusay Channel
** 1582 Cagayan battles
** Tondo Conspiracy
* ...
, eighty-eight US Army nurses escaped, in the last week of December 1941, to Corregidor and Bataan.
Two Army nurses, Lt. Floramund A. Fellmeth and Lt. Florence MacDonald, accompanied severely wounded patients from Sternberg aboard the improvised hospital ship ''Mactan'' that departed Manila shortly after midnight of the New Year of 1942 for Australia.
The navy nurses, under the command of Lt. Laura M. Cobb, stayed behind in Manila during the initial invasion to support the patients there. One of them, Ann A. Bernatitus, escaped from Manila to Bataan just before Manila fell. The remaining 11 navy nurses were captured upon the fall of Manila and interned by the Japanese at Santo Tomas.E. Norman, We Band of Angels, pgs. 27-29; E. Monahan and R. Neidel-Greenlee, All This Hell, pg. 60.
The Sternberg Hospital was made of wood buildings and was destroyed during the war. The site today is mostly civil buildings.
See also
*Naval Base Manila
file:CoastalPlanManila.jpg, Map of Manila, Naval Base Manila is at Cavite in Manila Bay
Naval Base Manila, Naval Air Base Manila was a major United States Navy base south of the Manila, City of Manila, on Luzon, Luzon Island in the Philippine ...
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Diary Entries of Soldiers at the Hospital
Defunct hospitals in the Philippines United States military hospitals Hospitals in Manila