Unit History Flashcards
1918 - 1919
Camp Bragg Base Hospital
The first medical facility to serve Fort Bragg was constructed in September 1918, with two dispensaries and a headquarters. At this time the post was known as Camp Bragg , and the hospital facility was called the United States Army Hospital. The hospital was built as a 500-bed facility located in 22 buildings. Today the area is Bastogne Gables housing.
1932 - 1941
USA Station Hospital One
In June, 1932, a new 83-bed, three-story, fully equipped, and modern hospital was built. It served a post population of 2,200 to 2,500 through most of the 1930s. Through the next few years, the post’s population rose slowly through 1939 when it reached 5,500. USA Station Hospital One closed in 1941. The building is now Headquarters for XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg.
1941 - 1990
USA Station Hospital Number
Two and Three
In February, 1941, the Quartermaster Corps contractors built two cantonment-type hospitals with a bed-capacity of 2,682. The cantonment hospitals had one-story wood frame wards connected by covered walkways. USA Station Hospital Two (1,680 beds) was located north of Reilly Road and Pelham Street. USA Station Hospital Three (1,002 beds) sat to the southwest of Station Hospital Two. In 1949, all the medical facilities were moved into the old hospital area (bordered between Normandy and Reilly) combined with U.S. Army Station Hospital Number Two and became known as U.S. Army Station Hospital.
1958 - 2000
Womack Army Community Hospital
In May, 1955, ground was broken for Womack Army Community Hospital. It was built after the Korean War in 1950-1953, replacing the sprawling Station Hospital of World War II. The hospital honored an enlisted soldier, Private First Class Bryant H. Womack from Mill Spring, North Carolina. PFC Womack posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his actions as a combat medic in Korea.
On August 3, 1958, Womack Army Community Hospital opened with a bed-capacity of 500, in a high-rise building nine stories tall. The Womack Ambulatory Patient Care Annex opened in March 1974. On October 1, 1991, Womack became the Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg. One year later, on September 3, 1992, officials broke ground for a new Womack. The hospital remained the principal medical facility on Fort Bragg for over 40 years.
