World War II Honoree

Stewart George Wolf, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Baltimore, Maryland

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

RECEIVED HOUSE STAFF AND RESEARCH MEDICAL TRAINING AT CORNELL-NEW YORK HOSPITAL. SERVED AS A MEDICAL DOCTOR WITH THE RANK OF CAPTAIN IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER WITH THE 9TH GENERAL HOSPITAL WHICH WAS STAFFED WITH CORNELL MEDICAL FACULTY. RAN A 1000 BED HOSPITAL AND WAS STATIONED FOR 2 YEARS ON GOODENOUGH ISLAND AND BIAK ISLAND WHERE HE WAS PROMOTED TO MAJOR. SERVED AS AN INTERNIST AND PSYCHIATRIST AND ALSO AS A CONSULTANT IN NEUROLOGY FOR THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC MILITARY REGION. HE WAS EN ROUTE IN AUGUST 1945 TO ESTABLISH AN ADVANCED HOSPITAL ON LUZON, IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, WHEN THE ATOMIC BOMBS WERE DROPPED ON JAPAN AND THE WAR ENDED.