Walter Reed Hospital: End of an Era

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President Harding and Soldiers
The hospital is woven deep into the fabric of America's history. It has provided treatment to presidents and kings, but is best known for the treatment it has provided to the Army's most severely wounded soldiers. In this photo, President Warren G. Harding greets survivors of World War One at the hospital in 1921.

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