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Fort Sam Houston

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Fort Sam Houston U.S. army base, 3,300 acres (1,335 hectares), S Tex., in San Antonio; headquarters of the Fifth Army. San Antonio, long a military center, donated land in 1870 for the site of a permanent military post that was constructed from 1876 to 1890 and named for Gen. Sam Houston. The famous Brooke Army Medical Center, the major training center for army medics and the home of the Army Medical Service School, is located on the post. Author not available, FORT SAM HOUSTON. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
Brooke Army Medical Center
Brooke Army Medical Center an organization of the U.S. Army Medical Department (AMEDD) and located at Fort Sam Houston. It is the principal group responsible for delivering health care to members of the Army under the command of the surgeon general. Read more
San Antonio
...San Antonio River; inc. 1837. The third largest city in Texas, it is one of the nation's largest military centers; Fort Sam Houston and the Air Force Aerospace Medical Center are in the city, and nearby are Lackland and Randolph air force bases... Read more

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