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This is an 8 page paper discussing the history and services at the Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii. The Tripler Army Medical Center, located for over fifty years on Moanalua Ridge in Honolulu, Hawaii, is not only known for its picturesque location and distinctive pink coral buildings but it is also known for its expansive coverage of over 3 million square miles and a patient base of over 750,000. The military medical presence in Hawaii was initiated in the late 1800s which grew with the U.S. presence in the Pacific especially during the Philippines conflict, the Second World War, the Korean War and the conflict in Vietnam. Since that time, Tripler has consolidated with the other medical facilities in the Pacific and is the focal point for military medical health care in addition to be the center for innovative research, medical education, humanitarian efforts and community programs.
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but it is also known for its expansive coverage of over 3 million square miles and a patient base of over 750,000. The military medical presence in Hawaii was initiated
in the late 1800s which grew with the U.S. presence in the Pacific especially during the Philippines conflict, the Second World War, the Korean War and the conflict in Vietnam.
Since that time, Tripler has consolidated with the other medical facilities in the Pacific and is the focal point for military medical health care in addition to be the center
for innovative research, medical education, humanitarian efforts and community programs. History The Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii has been a presence
since "Waikiki was an uninhabited salt marsh when the first U.S. Army medics arrived here in the late 1800s". The origins of the building which has sat on top of
Moanalua Ridge since 1948 actually began much earlier when in 1907, several wooden structures at Fort Shafter were used as an army hospital. In 1920, the facility was named in
the honor of Brevet Brigadier General Charles Stuart Tripler as a "reminder to his contributions to Army medicine during the Civil War" (Tripler, 2003). During World War II, the 450-bed
facility grew to over 1,000 beds and the addition of a many barracks-style buildings. The design for a new facility began in 1942 and the distinctive "coral pink structure atop
Moanalua Ridge was dedicated on September 19, 1948 and has been a familiar landmark on the south shore of Oahu ever since" (Tripler, 2003).
The first army hospital in Hawaii was actually established in an old dance pavilion on King Street and was opened on August 15, 1889, the same year the Republic
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