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The '''U.S. Army Medical Department Museum''' — or '''AMEDD Museum''' — at [[Fort Sam Houston]], [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], originated as part of the Army's [[Field Service School]] at [[Carlisle Barracks]], Pennsylvania. It moved to Fort Sam Houston in 1946. It is currently a component of the [[U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School]].
The [[museum]] features the history of the [[Army Medical Department (United States)|Army Medical Department]] from 1775 to the present, as well as medical contributions of the Army during times of [[peace]] and [[war]]. General areas covered are significant historical events, scientific and technological advances, development of the medical field service and contributions of key officers and enlisted personnel. Audio-visual presentations introduce the history of the Department. Two large galleries house the medical equipment, [[military uniform|uniforms]], [[medal]]s, [[Army Medical Department (United States)#Badges|insignia]] and artwork that make up the museum's exhibits. Museum holdings include material on medical personnel, [[prisoner of war|POWs]] in [[World War II]]'s [[Pacific War|Pacific Theater]], unit insignia and archival documents and photographs.
The museum has been chosen to preserve historic artifacts from [[Naval Hospital Corps School]] Great Lakes.<ref>[http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/navmedmpte/nhcs-gl/Pages/default.asp Navy Hospital Corps School Great Lakes].</ref> [[2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission|BRAC 2005]] resulted in transferred of Corps School from Chicago to the [[Medical Education and Training Campus]] (METC), also located on Fort Sam Houston.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2004-03-13|title=U.S. Department of Defense Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Home|url=http://www.defense.gov/brac/|access-date=2020-09-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040313174203/http://www.defense.gov/brac/|archive-date=2004-03-13}}</ref>
==Exhibits==
Specific displays of interest include:
*Dr. [[William Beaumont]], the Army surgeon known as the "Father of Gastric Physiology"
* Brigadier General [[George Miller Sternberg|George Sternberg]], MD, the Surgeon General known as the "Father of American Bacteriology"
* MASH ([[Mobile Army Surgical Hospital]]) units in [[Korean War|Korea]]
* [[Medical evacuation|Medical air evac]] in [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]]
* [[Combat Medic]] [[Medal of Honor]] recipients (43 from 1861 to 1970)
* Images of all (but one) of the [[Surgeons General of the United States Army|Army Surgeons General]]
* Aftermath of the 1876 [[Battle of the Little Bighorn]] in Montana
[[File:United States Army Medical Rail Car.jpg|thumb|Hospital train ambulance car]]
Outside the museum are examples of medical vehicles including [[Military ambulance|ambulances]] and a fully equipped [[hospital train]] [[Hospital car|ambulance car]]. A Medical Combat Memorial honors the Army's combat medics.
==See also==
*{{section link|List of ships of the United States Army|Hospital ships}}
==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://armymedicalmuseum.org United States Army Medical Department Museum] official website
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