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Navy Service and Medical Records
WEBThe Naval History and Heritage command does not have custody of any personnel or medical records. The Civil and Old Military Records Branch, National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20408 (phone 202-357-5444) has custody of records relating to naval officers from 1798 to 1902 and enlisted men from 1798 to 1885. …
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Meaning and Origin of Nautical Terms
WEBAn acronym for underwater echo-ranging equipment, originally for detecting submarines by small warships. Striking the Flag Striking the ensign was and is the universally recognized indication of surrender. Suit. Nautical term, dating from at least the early 1600s, meaning the outfit of sails used by a ship.
The Formative Years of the U.S. Navy Medical Corps, …
WEBThe First Physicians in the U.S. Navy. The U.S. Navy Department was formally established on 30 April 1798.This was years after the Naval Act of 1794 that authorized the first ships of the service and 24 years after the Continental Navy was established by Congress.. Physicians played a vital role in the Continental Navy and its successor U.S. Navy …
A Forgotten Enemy: PHS's [Public Health Service] Fight …
WEBIn the midst of World War I, many of America's newspapers were reporting that the Germans had spread a highly infectious and contagious disease through Bayer aspirin tablets. B.R. Hart, director of New York City's Food and Drug Inspection Station, called on the US Public Health Service Hygienic Laboratory to examine 200 tablets of …
Influenza of 1918 (Spanish Flu) and the US Navy
WEBIntroduction Online Documents Bibliography Influenza-Related Medical Terms Personnel Receiving Awards Photographs of the Epidemic Introduction We are all familiar with the tell-tale signs of the flu: sneezing, coughing, aching, and overall physical weakness. In fact, this is probably no different from what our American ancestors encountered before World …
The Pandemic of Influenza in 1918-1919
WEBThe recurrence of pandemic influenza with the killing power of the 1918-19 pandemic has always been considered a possibility, but the probability of anything so lethal is lessened by the fact that several weapons are now available with which to combat a severe epidemic. The recent emergence of a variant of type A influenza virus which is antigenically …
Philadelphia, Nurses, and the Spanish Influenza Pandemic …
WEBThe Spanish Influenza of 1918 was the greatest, most lethal pandemic the world has ever known. In its 10-month duration between 22 and 40 million people perished worldwide. Estimates place the death toll in the United States at over 675,000 with over 22 million becoming ill. Leading physicians of the time thought the illness a bacterium, but in
First Women Physicians in the U.S. Navy
WEBDr. Cornelia Jane Gaskill received her commission as a Lieutenant (j.g.) in the Women’s Reserve on 1 September 1942.[] She was a 1937 graduate of Cornell University School of Medicine. [] Despite the restrictions on married women serving in the Women’s Reserve, she continued to serve because her husband was a military …
Navy Personnel: A Research Guide
WEBThis research guide provides a general understanding of how to find information on US Navy personnel within the Naval History and Heritage Command and other government institutions. There are many resources available in the command; however, the information may be varied due to the era in which the resource was created. It is generally easier to …
The Golden Thirteen
WEBBrief biographies of the members of the first officer training course for African Americans in the U.S. Navy. In January 1944, there were nearly 100,000 Black Sailors in the United States Navy, but none were officers. That would change when a group of sixteen Black enlisted men were assembled at Recruit Training Center, Great Lakes, in Illinois for …
United States Naval Hospital Ships
WEBHospital ships are children of necessity, mothered and fathered by wars. The United States War with Spain near the end of the nineteenth century found several liners and cargo ships converted for use as floating hospitals. Two of these remained in naval service after this war, or at least their names were retained.
Pearl Harbor Navy Medical Activities
WEBNavy Medical Department Preparedness, 1941 Men of the Navy Medical Department at Pearl Harbor were just as surprised as other Americans when the Japanese attacked on the morning of 7 December 1941, and, like other men of the Navy and Marine Corps at Pearl Harbor, they were momentarily stunned by the blow. From their first …
US Navy in Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001-2002
WEBNaval History & Heritage Command, 2016. Download a PDF Version of 'US Navy in Operation Enduring Freedom' [1MB] On the morning of 11 September 2001, terrorists affiliated with al-Qaeda perpetrated the most devastating attack on the United States since the Japanese strike on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in December 1941.
Public Health Service Hazardous Duty
WEBThe Public Health Service Hazardous Duty Service Award is presented to a service member of the PHS for service in a position that frequently places an officer's safety at risk. This service must be for a prolonged period of time of 200 exposure hours over a 180 consecutive day period. Published: Fri Jun 19 14:44:30 EDT 2020.
Leading by Example: Vice Admiral Raquel Cruz Bono, MC. USN
WEBOver the past year, the Naval History and Heritage Command has published profiles of several female Navy trailblazers. Vice Admiral Raquel Cruz Bono was the first female Navy medical officer to achieve the rank of three-star admiral and was the second director of the Defense Health Agency. She’s a leader who leads by example, serving …
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