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Standing Ready #2: Provenance and the origins of VHA

Posted on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 2:00 pmApril 15, 2021 Posted in Health, VHA 75th Anniversary by VAntage Point Contributor 670 views

Episode two of Standing Ready: “Provenance: How VHA Came to Be” A discussion of the origins of the …

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We Shall Build an Outstanding Medical Service

Posted on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 8:00 amJanuary 4, 2021 Posted in Health, VHA 75th Anniversary by VAntage Point Contributor 1k views

75 years ago, on Jan. 3,1946, President Harry Truman signed a law establishing VHA’s predecessor, the …

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Reflections on Armistice Day 1945

Posted on Wednesday, November 11, 2020 2:00 pmNovember 10, 2020 Posted in Health by VAntage Point Contributor 3k views

Omar Bradley and doctors met the moment and ushered in sweeping changes resulting in the creation of the …