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The Letterman Army Hospital, established around 1898 and redesignated as the Letterman Army Medical Center (LAMC) in 1969, was a
at the nps.gov Due to its location on the West Coast, the hospital often served as a key stateside point in support of American wars in the Pacific. In 1945, the hospital received more than 73,000 patients from the Pacific Theater of
Presidio Post, September 1998
at the rehabilitated Letterman when the base was transferred to the
Letterman Army Medical Center on Militarymuseum.org
Hospital buildings completed in 1898 1994 disestablishments in California Closed installations of the United States Army Closed medical facilities of the United States Army History of San Francisco Hospitals established in 1898 Hospitals in San Francisco Defunct hospitals in California Presidio of San Francisco {{California-hospital-stub
The Letterman Army Hospital, established around 1898 and redesignated as the Letterman Army Medical Center (LAMC) in 1969, was a US Army
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facility at the Presidio of San Francisco
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in San Francisco, California
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, US. It was decommissioned in 1994. Some of the original 1898 buildings still exist and now house the Thoreau Center for Sustainability. The Letterman Army Medical Center built in the 1960s era was demolished to make way for Letterman Digital Arts Center.
History
The hospital, built in 1898 and named in 1911 for MajorJonathan Letterman
Major Jonathan Letterman (December 11, 1824 – March 15, 1872) was an American surgeon credited as being the originator of the modern methods for medical organization in armies or battlefield medical management. In the United States, Letterman ...
, MD (1824–1872) – known as the "Father of Battlefield Medicine" – was utilized in every US foreign conflict in the 20th century, and remained in service until the army base was decommissioned in 1995.Letterman Historyat the nps.gov Due to its location on the West Coast, the hospital often served as a key stateside point in support of American wars in the Pacific. In 1945, the hospital received more than 73,000 patients from the Pacific Theater of
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
. The hospital had an Italian Service Unit of 40 men to help at the hospital during the war. During the Vietnam War
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, the hospital received wounded American soldiers returning to the mainland.
The building was decommissioned in 1994History ArticlePresidio Post, September 1998
at the rehabilitated Letterman when the base was transferred to the
National Park Service
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and was demolished in 2002. In 2005, Lucasfilm
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opened the Letterman Digital Arts Center
The Letterman Digital Arts Center (LDAC), is an institution located in the Presidio, San Francisco, that has served as the combined home of Industrial Light & Magic, LucasArts, and Lucasfilm's marketing, online, and licensing units since 2005. ...
on the site of the old hospital.
See also
* Public Health Service Hospital (San Francisco) * List of former United States Army medical unitsReferences
External links
Letterman Army Medical Center on Militarymuseum.org
Hospital buildings completed in 1898 1994 disestablishments in California Closed installations of the United States Army Closed medical facilities of the United States Army History of San Francisco Hospitals established in 1898 Hospitals in San Francisco Defunct hospitals in California Presidio of San Francisco {{California-hospital-stub