Dedicating the Navy Medical Center

ID: 365 ~ Source: https://www.npr.org/2011/09/02/139641918/change-is-hard-army-navy-hospitals-merge ~ Creator: The United States Navy ~ Date: 1942
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In this photo, FDR is delivering a dedication of the Navy Medical Center in Bethesda. Roosevelt had a hand in selecting the location and conceptualizing the building.

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By Franklin Delano Roosevelt
"Battles cannot be fought and won without cost - and the cost may be heavy in ships and man. The brave and skillful men and women of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery are dedicated to the task of reducing the cost in men, saving lives on deck,…