US Naval Hospital Corps School - Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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B. W. HOGAN Rear Admiral, MC Surgeon General, U. S. Navy FOREWORD Since the Fourth Regiment, United States Marines, came ashore at North Island in 1914 and then moved with its field hospital to Balboa Park, this area has been the site of continuous naval medical activity. During World War 1, the Camp Hospital served a large training camp, expanding its bed capacity to over 800. This facility was established on a permanent basis on 20 May 1919 as the U. S. Naval Hospital, San Diego, with Captain M. D. Curl, MC, USN, as the first medi- cal officer in command. World War II laid vastly increased demands on the facilities and staff. These were met in an outstanding manner. When the war began, the Hospital was caring for some 1,200 patients, at the time of the greatest patient load, there were 12,014 per- sons under treatment, and between the outbreak of war and V-I Day ap- proximately 175,000 patients were cared for with notable success. The Korean Conflict again de- manded a special effort in order to provide the best of professional medi- cal and dental care to great numbers of the wounded and ill servicemen who were landed on the West Coast. The success with which this was accom- plished contributed to an altogether splendid chapter in the history of the Medical Department of the United States Navy. Beginning in 1928, the Hospital Corps School, by training generations of corpsmen, has contributed enor- mously to patient care in the Navy and Marine Corps. During World War ll, rapid expansion was achieved, until in 1945 alone a total of 14,907 corpsmen were graduated. This helped to make possible the maximum War- time strength of 137,460 attained by the Hospital Corps. Today the School provides both Class A basic training and Class C training in pharmacy technicg in the summer of 1958 there will be added Class B advanced train- ing. Since the construction of the first permanent building on the present site in 1922, the physical facilities of the Hospital have been tremendously improved, culminating in the newly completed 1000-bed surgical wing. This is now our largest naval hospital, and in respect to location, buildings, and equipment is generally regarded as one of the finest in the United States. More important, the quality of professional care is unsurpassed any- where, and fully approved resident and intern training programs are in operation. My congratulations and thanks to all those Medical Department person- nel whose ability and unselfish devo- tion have contributed to the splendid results so far achieved, and my sin- cere good wishes for the future prog- ress of the U. S. Naval Hospital, San Diego, and its Hospital Corps School. 75w-11-.3 B. W. HOGAN Rear Admiral, MC Surgeon General. U. S. Navy