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Navy Medicine
Navy medicine has a long and proud history. Continental Navy ships housed the first sickbays, where ship surgeons, assisted by loblolly boys, practiced their healing craft. Although science and medicine have changed over the last three centuries, Navy medicine’s mission of healthcare and readiness has remained constant.
Notable Navy Medical Personnel
- Benjamin Harrison Adams
- George Wehnes Calver
- Rear Admiral Bartholomew W. Hogan, USN
- John E. Kilmer, Hospitalman, USN
- LT Weedon E. Osborne, USN
- Paul Vaughan
- Guy Sedgwick Vogan
- James Allen Zimble
- Naval Medical Community Medal of Honor Recipients
Oral Histories
- U.S. Navy Nurse in the Pacific Theater during World War II: Recollections of CAPT Ann Bernatitus, NC, USN, (Ret.)
- Oral History of the Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941: Excerpt from Oral History of LT Horace D. Warden, MC (Medical Corps), USN, Medical Officer Aboard USS Breese (DM-18) on 7 December 1941
- Recollections of the Battle of Midway by LT Joseph P. Pollard, MC, USN, Medical Officer on board USS Yorktown (CV-5)
- U.S. Navy Nurse in Saigon, 1963, During Vietnam Conflict
- U.S. Navy Nurse Prisoner of War in the Philippines, 1942-1945
- Recollections of LCDR Samuel Robert Sherman, MC, USNR, Flight Surgeon on USS Franklin (CV-13)
- Appendectomy Performed on Fourth War Patrol of USS Seadragon, 1942
- Support for Normandy June 1944; Recollections of Nurses
Videos
- Wings for the Doctor: Naval Flight Surgeon (1971) – Part 1
- Wings for the Doctor: Naval Flight Surgeon (1971) – Part 2
- Wings for the Doctor: Naval Flight Surgeon (1971) – Part 3
- Navy Medicine at War: Final Victory (2009)
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- Navy Medicine Website
- WWII Navy Medical Facilities
- Influenza-Related Medical Terms
- Influenza of 1918 (Spanish Flu) and the US Navy
- USNS Mercy Sets Sail for Pacific Partnership 2010
- T-AKE Ship Class Grows: USNS Matthew Perry Delivered to MSC, USNS Charles Drew Launched
- Hospital Ships Fact File
- 60 Years of Navy Medical Research Helps Save Lives Today
- Carlos Andreson (1905-1978) – art depicting medical subjects at naval hospitals
- Register of Patients at Naval Hospital Washington DC 1814
- Navy Nurse Corps General Uniform Instructions 1917
- Establishment of Navy Nurse Corps
- Surgeons of the War of 1812
- Surgeon's Mates of the War of 1812
Documentary Histories
- Captain Frank L. Pleadwell, Medical Inspector, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 9/13/1917
- Surgeon General of the Navy Doctor William C. Braisted, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/12/1918
Finding Aids
- Naval Medicine
- Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
- Records of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, 1824-1970
- Nurses in the U.S. Navy: Bibliography and Sources
Navy Hospital Ships
- Intrepid (Ketch), 1803-1804
- Ben Morgan, 1861-1865
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- Home, 1863-1865
- Idaho I (Steam Sloop), 1866-1874
- Relief (II), 1908-1910
- Relief (VI) (AH-1), 1920-1946
- Solace (I) (AH-2), 1898-1921
- Comfort (I) (AH-3), 1918-1921
- Mercy (I) (AH-4), 1918-1934
- Solace (II) (AH-5), 1941-1946
- Comfort (II) (AH-6), 1944-1946
- Hope (AH-7), 1944-1946
- Mercy (II) (AH-8), 1944-1946
- Bountiful (AH-9), 1944-1946
- Samaritan (AH-10), 1944-1946
- Refuge (AH-11), 1944-1946
- Haven (AH-12), 1946-1957
- Benevolence (AH-13), 1945-1947
- Tranquillity (AH-14), 1945-1946
- Consolation (AH-15), 1945-1955
- Repose (AH-16), 1945-1970
- Sanctuary (AH-17), 1945-1971
- Rescue (AH-18), 1945-1946
- Mercy (III) (T-AH-19), 1986-Present
- Comfort (III) (T-AH-20), 1987-Present
Blog Posts
- First female Navy captain oversaw greatest growth of Nurse Corps
- Remembering USS Relief (AH 1), the Navy’s Floating Fortress of Health
- Alene Duerk: Celebrating the 98th birthday of a Navy icon
- Remembering PhM3c John Andrew Haskins, Hero of Port Chicago
- The Wartime Experiences of Two Women at Iwo Jima and Okinawa
- Navy Doctor Becomes First Physician in Space
- Navy Nurses #OperatingForward 108 Years Later
- Honoring the Legacy of Navy Nurses Worldwide
- Devotion to Duty: Four Nurses Receive Navy Cross in 1920
- Lenah Higbee: A Continuing Legacy and Trailblazer for Navy Women
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Published: Tue Nov 20 09:37:51 EST 2018
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