95th Station Hospital

Maj. Gen. G. X. Cheves presenting the Air Medal to Pvt. Carroll E. Seiple for Meritorious Service as a member of an air dropping crew that helped supply American, British, Indian, and Chinese troops in Burma and China. Pvt. Seiple wa sa patient in the 95th Station Hospital when he received the medal. Kunming, Yunnan Province on December 13, 1944...

Maj. Gen. G. X. Cheves, C/G of SOS in China makes speech to personnel of the 95th Station Hospital at APO 627. Kunming, Yunnan Province on December 13, 1944. Photo by Pvt. S. Israel. Passed by censor William E. Whitten.

Maj. Gen. G. X. Cheves, C/G of SOS in China inspecting personnel of the 95th Station Hospital at APO 627. Kunming, Yunnan Province on December 13, 1944. Photo by Pvt. S. Israel. Passed by censor William E. Whitten.

Jinx Falkenburg, Jim Lewter, and friend, during Jinx's visit to 95th Station Hospital in Kunming, sometime 1943-45. Photo from Jim Lewter.

Nurse LaRetta Matthews Garland at a rest camp in China, in image from Jim Lewter, who was stationed at the 95th Station Hospital in Kunming. Some of Nurse Garland's story below: From autumn 1943 until summer 1945, Lakeland native Lt. LaRetta “Matty” Matthews was “over the Hump,” a nurse with the 95th Station Hospital in Kunming, China. Five thousand miles...