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prevalent—and a report on laboratory procedures. A patient census for
Mauthausen cites treatment of 2,901 admissions during the period May
17–June 15 and provides a breakdown by nationality, diagnosis, and out­
come, recording 365 deaths. G­1 weekly reports for the same period cite staff
strength. Bronze Star Metals were awarded to Lt. Col. John G. Baxter, Maj.
Chester H. Allen, Maj. Charles B. Roesch, 1st Sgt. Willis R. Wood, S.Sgt.
Kenneth D. Caplener, S.Sgt. Earl Willins, and Pfc. Russel C. Everson for mer­
itorious service to the unit at Mauthausen by Headquarters, XII Corps,
General Order No. 49, June 14, 1945 (212­1.3).
A report of the 80th Infantry Division Medical Department, January–June
1945 (380­26), provides an overview of medical conditions prevailing among
displaced persons concentrated in the vicinity of Ebensee at the time of lib­
eration.
An October 25, 1945, operations report of the 30th Field Hospital
(MDFH­30­0.3) describes the establishment of three hospitalization units
at the site of Ebensee sub­camp on May 9, 1945; the establishment of a Typhus
Diagnosis Center in Traun, Austria, on May 16; and the treatment of former
camp inmates to June 23, when all remaining cases were transferred to an
Austrian civilian hospital in Bad Ischl. Attached G­1 Weekly Periodic Reports,
June 17–23, 1945, provide statistics on medical staff strength. Operation
reports of the 171st Medical Battalion, May 1945 (MDBN­117­0.3), provide
details on the deployment of personnel and vehicles, patient statistics, and
medical treatments at hospital facilities in the vicinities of Linz, Lambach,
Ebensee, Wels, and Neubau, Austria. The history of the 121st Evacuation
Hospital (MDEH­121­0.1) documents the establishment of a hospital in Linz,
Austria, on May 8 to treat displaced persons in Linz and Neubau. Photographs
of air ambulances and the hospital in Neubau are included.
III.60 Combat Interviews are a discrete series of eyewitness accounts of sig­
nificant World War II military actions. The 11th Armored Division combat
interviews for April–May 1945 (Entry 427, Folder CI 310, box 24103, loca­
tion: 270/65/6/6) mainly describe troop movements into Austria, with a
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