Stark General Hospital

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Description:

Black and white photograph of several officers seated at long tables with white tablecloths eating a meal at the Officers Club. It appears to be the Christmas dinner service. Notation on reverse reads, "Stark Officers Club."


Stark General Hospital was located on Dorchester Road, Rural Delivery 2 and was officially named in honor of Colonel Alexander N. Stark on February 11, 1941. It accommodated 2,400 beds and was ready for patients on May 18, 1941 specializing in general and orthopedic surgery. As the war progressed it became a fully-functional debarkation hospital for casualties and sick personnel arriving at the Port of Charleston.