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Field hospital in N D de Cenilly (July 1944)
Notre Dame de Cenilly was liberated on 27 July 1944 by troops of the US 2nd Armored Division (Hell on Wheels) and a temporary field hospital was set up behind the farm known as La Noslière by Captain Ralph Schwartz of C Company, 48th Armored Medical Battalion.
He was caring for two US and three German wounded when, on 29 July, the hospital was attacked with anti-personnel bombs and many others wounded. Capt Schwartz arranged for all wounded to be moved to a place of safety. For courage under fire he was awarded the Silver Star. For full details see his Silver Star Citation.
After the war, Dr Schwartz practiced pediatrics for close to 60 years: he died in 2004 at the age of 87.
On 6 July 2015, his nephew Dr Andy Schwartz (recently retired orthopaedic surgeon) and his wife Amy visited the farm at La Noslière with Lt Col Ian Gumm (CEO of In the footsteps Battlefield Tours) and were shown the site of the field hospital by Emile Beauquesne, then aged 11, who remembered going up to the hospital with his father who had been taken ill. For full details see Ian Gumm's account Captain Ralph M Schwartz.html
He was caring for two US and three German wounded when, on 29 July, the hospital was attacked with anti-personnel bombs and many others wounded. Capt Schwartz arranged for all wounded to be moved to a place of safety. For courage under fire he was awarded the Silver Star. For full details see his Silver Star Citation.
After the war, Dr Schwartz practiced pediatrics for close to 60 years: he died in 2004 at the age of 87.
On 6 July 2015, his nephew Dr Andy Schwartz (recently retired orthopaedic surgeon) and his wife Amy visited the farm at La Noslière with Lt Col Ian Gumm (CEO of In the footsteps Battlefield Tours) and were shown the site of the field hospital by Emile Beauquesne, then aged 11, who remembered going up to the hospital with his father who had been taken ill. For full details see Ian Gumm's account Captain Ralph M Schwartz.html
There were four tents pitched near the X in the map below:
The hospital was on the left of the large oak, extreme left in the photo below:
Dr Andy Scwartz with Emile Beauquesne