Happy Veterans Day! On this day, we honor the service of all military veterans in the United States Armed Forces. Currently at Duke, approximately 2,200 employees and 450 students identify as military veterans.
As we celebrate this federal holiday, we invite you to revisit our digital exhibit Remembering the 65th: Duke’s General Hospital Unit, which documents the staff, activities, and accomplishments of the 65th General Hospital, Duke's World War II unit.
Remembering the 65th features artifacts, photographs, and documents from the Medical Center Archives collections. Items include medical instruments used by hospital staff, an aircrew flak helmet worn by a patient treated at the hospital, original artwork depicting the unit’s doctors and nurses, and a letter from President Ronald Reagan commending the unit. The digital exhibit contains over 40 images as well as oral history excerpts with one of the unit's nurses and a clip of a documentary made by one of the unit's doctors.
