25th Station Hospital Unit

The unit was the first African American group sent overseas and were stationed for a short tour in Liberia in 1943.

The 25th Station Hospital was the first United States Army medical unit of African American service members to deploy overseas during World War II.

[1] The group's chief nurse was First Lieutenant Susan E. Freeman and they were stationed on Roberts Field.

[4] The nurses did not carry weapons and to show this, they all wore Red Cross arm bands.

[1] In April 1944, official from Liberia requested and were granted permission to honor Lieutenant Freeman with the Liberian Human Order of African Redemption.