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AMEDD Museum honors World Braille Month
January 9, 2023
AMEDD Museum honors World Braille Month

U.S. Army Medical Department Museum receives prestigious re-accreditation
November 25, 2020
(From left) Museum specialist Chris Goodrow, exhibit specialist Lupe Perez, and archivist Carlos Alvarado work on the finishing touches for featured posters on display in the World War I gallery exhibit at the U.S. Army Medical Department Museum at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.

Staff members at JBSA museums keep busy despite lockdown
July 6, 2020
Bill Manchester, director of the Airman Heritage Training Complex at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland

New AMEDD Museum exhibits bring history alive for visitors
January 17, 2020
This scene depicting a medic treating a wounded dispatch rider in a French town after the D-Day invasion in 1944 is one of two new diorama displays at the U.S. Army Medical Department Museum at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston

New AMEDD Museum exhibit honors only U.S. nurse killed by enemy fire in Vietnam
January 25, 2019
1st Lt. Sharon Lane, a U.S. Army nurse, was killed by enemy fire while trying to protect patients at the 312th Evacuation Hospital in Chu Lai, South Vietnam in June 1969. She was the only U.S. military nurse killed by enemy fire during the Vietnam War.

AMEDD Museum upgrades honor legacy and contributions of Army medical community
June 11, 2018
George Wunderlich, U.S. Army Medical Department Museum director, stands next to the new exhibit case holding The Command Sgt. Major Jack Clark Jr. Best Medic Award trophy and plaque displayed in the foyer of the museum. The display includes a bigger case made of dark oak wood, a photograph of Clark, the namesake for the award, and new labeling. The display is one of several exhibit upgrades and improvements, which started last year, that have been made at the museum.

Upgrades enhance visitor experience at AMEDD Museum
November 9, 2017
George Wunderlich, U.S. Army Medical Department Museum director, points to a section of historical photos and prints in the museum’s revamped AMEDD Regimental Room, which is used for various activities from change of command and retirement ceremonies to receptions to training demonstrations. The renovations to the room are part of several improvements being made at the museum to enhance the visitor experience.

Surrounded by history: the U.S. Army Best Medic Competition and medics in World War I
October 20, 2017
(From left) Adrian Martinez, Gus Martinez, Lt. Col. Mike Williams and Jed Elrod demonstrate an aid station on the front lines of France circa 1917-18.

AMEDD Museum marks 100th anniversary of World War I
May 3, 2017
(From left) Lt. Col. Mike Williams, U.S. Army Medical Command Headquarters assistant deputy chief of staff for facilities; retired Sgt. Maj. Dave Windsor; Karl Boller and Scott Woodard, historian at the U.S. Army Medical Department, or AMEDD, Center of History and Heritage, pose in their reproduction World War I medical uniforms and clothing at a living history demonstration May 1 at the AMEDD Museum at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston marking the opening of a temporary exhibit, “Scientific War: Human Price,” on the role of the U.S Army Medical Department in World War I.

AMEDD Museum exhibit explores role of Army medical personnel during World War I
April 13, 2017
Christopher Goodrow, U.S. Army Medical Department Museum, AMEDD Center of History and Heritage museum specialist, tends to a World War I uniform worn by Capt. Douglas Venable, who served in the war. The uniform is one of 55 artifacts that will be included in a temporary exhibit opening April 28 at the AMEDD Museum at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, marking the 100th anniversary of the U.S. entry into World War I and the role of the U.S. Army Medical Department in the war.