This record group contains correspondence, manuscripts, appointment books, printed material, scrapbooks and memorabilia from the special Hopkins medical units which served during the First and Second World Wars.
In 1917 the War Department sent Hopkins Base Hospital No. 18 to France to treat battle casualties. During the final fierce days of fighting in September and October 1918 the Hopkins Unit worked around the clock providing primary surgical care.
During World War II Hopkins had two units both of which served in the Pacific Theatre of the conflict. The 118th General Hospital operated primarily in Australia and the Phillippines. The 18th General Hospital worked in New Zealand, the Fiji Islands and India-Burma Theatre.