Walter Reed Hospital: End of an Era

Walter Reed
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President Eisenhower
Among the many presidents who have been treated at Walter Reed include Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was a patient both during his presidency and after, when he spent the last 11 months of his life in the presidential suite. Here, he enters the hospital for a 1967 routine exam. He is giving the thumbs up to a reporter who had inquired about the GOP's chances in the upcoming presidential election.

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