A Century of Convalescence

May. 23, 2013 at 11:28am

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Patient rehabilitation baseball, 1919-1920.

Patient rehabilitation baseball, 1919-1920.

May. 8, 2013 at 2:22pm

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May 1909: Walter Reed General Hospital opens in Washington, D.C., with 10 patients.

Above: Oldest known photograph of Walter Reed General Hospital, c. 1909.

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May. 2, 2013 at 10:47am

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Washington, D.C., circa 1919. “Soldiers at Walter Reed.” Displaying their handiwork. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative.

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Apr. 28, 2013 at 11:38am

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Maj. Gen. Millard Harmon awarding Doolittle Raider Charles McClure. Walter Reed Hospital, Washington D.C., June 1942. Ralph Morgan, U.S. Air Force.

Apr. 26, 2013 at 12:04am

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Maj. Gen. Gregory, Quartermaster General, with Lt. Alice Montgomery, Lt. Josephine Etz, and Lt. Leophile Bouchard, of Walter Reed Hospital.

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Apr. 25, 2013 at 11:33pm

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Joseph Kapacziewski jogs on a treadmill at Walter Reed. Kapacziewski suffered severe damage to his right leg and foot from a rocket-propelled grenade in Iraq in 2005 for which he received a Bronze Star.

(Source: USA Today)

11:11pm

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Pvt. Maleskie on the porch at Walter Reed Army General Hospital.

(Source: Flickr / medicalmuseum)

Apr. 24, 2013 at 10:04am

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November 14, 1944

Apr. 23, 2013 at 10:48am

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The fountain in front of Building 1 at Walter Reed, c. 1950s.

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9:20am

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Surgery being filmed at Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, DC. Note the patient is awake and watching the preparation for surgery.