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On April 22, 2019
Bell Ringer: U.S. Army Medical Department Museum Director's Favorite Items
U.S. Army Medical Department Museum Director's Favorite Items Part 1
U.S. Army Medical Department Museum director George Wunderlich showed some of his favorite items in the collection, including models of a Civil War-era ambulance train, a doll made by a POW nurse in World War II, and a 1960 dummy used to train army medical professionals.
Description
U.S. Army Medical Department Museum director George Wunderlich showed some of his favorite items in the collection, including models of a Civil War-era ambulance train, a doll made by a POW nurse in World War II, and a 1960 dummy used to train army medical professionals.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- How were the railway cars designated for the wounded used during the Civil War?
- Why were these railway cars important for the development of humanitarian law?
- How were medic uniforms altered for female nurses?
- Describe the life of prisoners of war under the Japanese control in the Philippines.
- Why was "Dead Ed" the mannequin an integral part of training medical professionals for war?
Participants
Vocabulary
- Humanitarian Law
- Internment Camps
- Prisoners Of War
- Railway Cars