The Camp was a 750-bed hospital plant with Nissen-hut construction of stucco and beaverboard, located a few miles from Henley on Thames (Oxfordshire) and Reading, Berks, and formerly occupied for a brief period by troops of a British Armored Division.

In addition to academic instruction, the course included practical demonstrations involving the immersion and operation of all types of government vehicles in both fresh and salt water to a depth of 3+1⁄2 feet.

Concrete walks were built, landscaping and beautification projects were initiated, and a quadrangle was filled in and constructed, in the middle of which was erected a flagpole, the latter requiring later re-erection following its destruction by a low-flying transport plane.

[11] Special Service activities included bi-weekly movies, bi-monthly USO shows; distribution of Army publications; competitive athletic programs of baseball and volleyball; distribution of radios, athletic equipment, and supplies; tours to historic places of interest; training of discussion leaders and organization of an orientation program; publicity for the Armed Forces Institute; language courses in French, Spanish, and German; operation of an Enlisted Men's club, and Officers• Club, and a library of all types of literature; and organization of weekly dances for Enlisted Men.

A second reception was held at the Camp to which approximately a hundred residents of the community were invited, members of the British Home Guard, and mayors of near-by towns in gratitude for their kindness and hospitality during our stay in the vicinity.

[11] on 16 August, the group's organization was:[11] Field Hospitals were employed adjacent to division clearing stations according to instructions from the First United States Army Surgeon's Office.

[11] During the period when the mission of the 68th Medical Group was the evacuation of all division and Corps clearing stations in First Army, additional vehicles were sometimes required to maintain proper coordinated liaison laterally, as well as in depth.

[11] On 27 September, the group headquarters moved indoors for the first time since arriving on the continent, into a former school building at 18 Heidberg Strasse, Eupen, where the protection and advantages afforded by a fairly modern structure more than outweighed the disadvantages caused by the slight increase in the incidence of minor respiratory complaints.

On 19 October, Major General Paul R. Hawley, ETOUSA surgeon, toured Battalion Aid stations and Field Hospitals in VII Corps with Colonel Kintz.

[11] On 21 October, following the surrender of Aachen, a reconnaissance was conducted in order to determine the number and location of German casualties remaining in the city, and to search for buildings suitable for army medical installations.

The "Rest Camp", operated by a small detachment of enlisted, was established in a 16-room Chalet, provided relaxation and amusement on a 3-day rotation plan for all group personnel who cared to attend, and was enthusiastically received by all concerned.

[11] Due to the relative inactivity of the front-line troops deployed along the Siegfried Line, the casualty rate for October was comparatively low, especially during the last ten days of the month.

[11] In connection with the drive, the Germans infiltrated commandos and bombed and shelled the town of Eupen intermittently between 16 —- 21 December during the night hours and strafed the roads sporadically during the day.

[11] At the close of the year, among all the units attached to the group headquarters, exclusive of personnel on temporary duty from other organizations, 3 were listed as KIA and 16 as MIA[11] Statistics for the month of December and total figures for the entire European Campaign, were:[11] No problems in supply were encountered on the Continent, since dumps and depots were generally centrally located when the tactical situation permitted.

The performance of +1⁄4 ton trucks indicated that the average life of the motors installed in this type of vehicle is approximately 24,000 miles under normal conditions encountered in this theater of operations by a headquarters unit.

[11] During the period 1 January to 7 March 1946, the 68th Medical Group was attached to the Seventh United States Army and was operating as a sub-section of the Office of the Surgeon, with its headquarters located in Königstein, Germany.

[12] Operating in what was once the XXIII Corps area, the northern part of the American occupation zone south to a line running Rhine River—Darmstadt—Third United States Army boundary.

The usual mission of summer support for the National Guard and Army Reserve annual active duty for training with elements of the group going to Valley Forge, Fort Indiantown Gap and Camp Breckinridge.

While on this mission the 57th and its five Bell UH-1 Iroquois—the first issued to an air ambulance unit—flew a total of 11,000 miles and carried over 39,000 pounds of supplies in addition to the evacuation of personnel from areas where surface transportation was impossible.

[13] In August, the group headquarters and the 3d Surgical Hospital participated in Operation "SWIFT STRIKE II" which took place in North and South Carolina, involving 701,000 Army and Air Force Troops.

[13] The 68th Medical Group deployed its headquarters at Camp Mackall, North Carolina during the exercise and served with the Friendly Blue Forces on the northern side of the Lynches River, which separated the imaginary countries of Renola and Gustasu.

[13] The group's task organization in 1964 remained unchanged from that of 1963.On 1 December 1964, the 52d Medical Detachment (Intelligence) conducted a unit change of station move to Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

On 23 October 1967 the original III and IV Corps areas of responsibility of the 68th Medical Group was reduced to that portion of III Corps Tactical Zone within the Tactical Area of Operational Interest of the 1st and 9th Infantry Divisions, 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile), 199th Light Infantry Brigade (Separate), 1st Australian Task Force, Royal Thai Volunteer Regiment, and the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment.

Immediately following pick-up, the evacuation helicopter pilot established contact with the group medical regulator, providing essential information on the patient's condition, whether litter or ambulatory, and other data that was available.

Patients admitted ranged from those with traumatic amputations, extremity wounds, burns, sprains, fractures, and other more serious and war related injuries to malaria, hepatitis, intestinal disorders, and other medical conditions.

As an interim measure, the 36th Evacuation Hospital, Vung Tau, was designated, from existing 68th Medical Group resources, as the facility to provide one-hundred beds in support of the Civilian War Casualty program in III and IV Corps Tactical Zones.

Patients admitted ranged from those with traumatic amputations, extremity wounds, burns, sprains, fractures and other, more serious and war related injuries to malaria, hepatitis, intestinal disorders and other medical conditions.

Personnel turbulence remained active for several months until final staffing documents were approved and subsequent fill action on most military occupational specialties were completed.

Taking many units to zero strength prior to their designation as Keystone (the U.S. withdrawal program) enabled the command to retain sufficient personnel resources to meet changing requirements.

[27] A Silver color metal and enamel device 1+1⁄4 inches (3.2 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Per bend Argent and Sanguine (Maroon), the staff of Aesculapius counterchanged.