Meade , Maryland from until its deployment to Vietnam and was reactivated again in Germany, where it served from into the s. On 21 September , it was redesignated as the 68th Medical Command and activated at Sembach, Germany. The 18th Medical Regiment was constituted, or added to the roles of the Regular Army, on 18 October Reserve personnel were assigned from New York and New Jersey, and the unit's designated mobilization training station was the Syracuse Mobilization Camp.
On 1 June the regiment would be organized as an Active Army Regiment and redesignated as the 68th Medical Regiment on 3 June The regiment was assigned to the Second Army on 24 September The Camp was a 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. From 1 January to 1 March , the following changes in organization of units took place: Attachments: [ 11 ].
Relieved from Attachment: [ 11 ]. After several minor inter-Battalion changes of attached units, the group organization as of 11 March , was: [ 11 ]. In accordance with Training Circular 1, Headquarters First United States Army, 24 November , intensive training with emphasis on physical conditioning and small unit training began on 1 January in preparation for the forthcoming channel crossing and military operations in France.
Exercises with the 44th and 45th Evacuation Hospitals utilized collecting and ambulance companies and stressed the methods of transportation of patients to and from the evacuation hospitals and the reinforcement of the hospitals with litter bearer and technical personnel.
School for drivers, assistant drivers, and motor officers and non-commissioned officers was conducted in both the practical and theoretical aspects of waterproofing and during the Normandy landings, no vehicle of the group had engine failures. With the aid of personnel of the th Glider Infantry Regiment , st Airborne Division , and selected personnel of the 68th Medical Group, all personnel of the st and nd Medical Companies Collecting were trained in the care of the M rifle, marksmanship, and manual of arms.
