World War II Honoree

Stanley Wells Widger, M.D.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Rochester, New York

Honored By

Ms. Jane T. Widger

MEDICAL OFFICER. ORGANIZED AND HELPED ASSEMBLE THE 41ST PORTABLE SURGICAL HOSPITAL. HE WAS A SURGEON AT CAMP WHITE, OREGON IN JUNE 1943. WENT TO THE PACIFIC THEATER IN DECEMBER 1943. SET UP A HOSPITAL AND OPERATED ON CASUALTIES DURING ISLAND INVASIONS IN VARIOUS PACIFIC ISLANDS, PALAU ISLANDS, ON ANGUAR, PELELIU. SERVED IN THE AREA AND THEN RAN A HOSPITAL IN TOKYO UNTIL THE SUMMER OF 1946.