LC control no. | n 2016187660 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Corporate name heading | Landstuhl Regional Medical Center |
Variant(s) | LRMC (Landstuhl Regional Medical Center) L.R.M.C. (Landstuhl Regional Medical Center) United States. Army. Landstuhl Regional Medical Center |
Beginning date | 2003-11 |
Located | Landstuhl (Germany) |
Found in | Legacy of lessons learned, 2016: ECIP title page (Landstuhl Regional Medical Center) galley (Landstuhl, Germany; US Army has maintained a hospital presence in Landstuhl since November 28, 1951, when the 320th General Hospital [no publs in LC database] took over operational control from an existing German military hospital; construction soon began on a new facility, which admitted patients on March 9, 1953; following year, the facility was renamed the 2nd General Hospital [no publs in LC database]; in 1994, the hospital was renamed the Landstuhl Army Medical Center [no publs in LC database], and it continued to serve as the primary medical center for casualties of US operations within Europe, southwest Asia, and the Middle East; in November 2003, the hospital was renamed Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC), and subsequently included personnel from all branches of the military) |