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The 95th Evacuation Hospital (Smbl) was a 320-bed air conditioned facility offering area medical support to U.S. Military units without organic medical support in the area around Da Nang, Vietnam. The hospital also provided medical care to the Free World Military Assistance Forces and civilian war casualties.
Bach Mai Hospital, largest in Hanoi, famous for its endurance against US bombings during Operation Rolling Thunder, during the Vietnam War. E Hospital; K Hospital - with three campuses is the largest and most comprehensive cancer hospital in the country; Mai Huong Hospital; Saint Paul Hospital; Thanh Nhan Hospital
The United States Army Medical Command, Vietnam (USAMEDCOMV) provided Echelon/Role 3 Health Service Support to units of the United States Army, Vietnam (USAV). It was a Table of Distribution and Allowances organization created by consolidating the staffs of the 44th Medical Brigade and the USAV Surgeon's Office.
The 67th Evacuation Hospital deployed to Qui Nhon, Vietnam in October 1966, and moved to Pleiku in January 1972. The 67th Evacuation Hospital participated in 15 campaigns during the Vietnam War and was decorated with three meritorious unit commendation streamers embroidered Vietnam 1967–1968 and 1970–1972 and 1972-1973. In March 1973, the ...
Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, reorganized and redesignated as the Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center on 19 May 2023 in honor of Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Alexander T. Augusta, the first African-American Medical Corps officer to serve in the United States Army, during the U.S. Civil War.
In 1945, the hospital received more than 73,000 patients from the Pacific Theater of World War II. The hospital had an Italian Service Unit of 40 men to help at the hospital during the war. During the Vietnam War , the hospital received wounded American soldiers returning to the mainland.
Patient flow during the Vietnam War had patients flying into McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey.Army patients would then be moved by Air Force ambulance bus to Walson Army Hospital at the adjacent Fort Dix, where they would be further prepared for movement, typically by Army ambulance buses if they were moving to Valley Forge.
On September 11, 1950, at the beginning of the Korean War, the hospital was established. The command received its first Navy Unit Commendation for treatment of over 5,800 casualties from the Korean War. A second Navy Unit Commendation was awarded for services rendered during the Vietnam War.