MEDAL OF HONOR
The highest military decoration in the United States armed services, often called the Congressional
Medal of Honor. It recognizes valor and bravery in action above and beyond the call of duty.
SICKBAY
WHERE SICK AND INJURED MEN GET TAKEN FOR CARE
COCKPIT
ANOTHER NAME FOR SICKBAY
BRONZE STAR
Heroic/meritorious achievement
Surgeon's mate
Usually a physician but subordinate to surgeon
loblolly
Corpsman forerunners nickname. Became official rate in 1814
JOHN WALL
First Loblolly Boy
John Domyn
First Loblolly POW
Joseph Anderson
first African-American loblolly
Surgeon Steward
First enlisted rate requiring specific qualification 1820-1865
Nurse
junior enlisted medical personnel. 1861-1873
Apothecary
required vast pharmaceutical knowledge
Birthday of Navy Hospital Corps
17June1898
, Cornelius O'Leary
Pharmacist with 38 years of apothecary experience
Robert Stanley
First hospital corpsman to receive medal of honor
WAVES
Women Accepted For Volunteer Emergency Service. Commissioned in Naval Medical Center, Bethesda,
Maryland.
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Flagship of Navy medicine since November 11, 1940
When was the first hospital corps school for WAVES commissioned?
12JAN1944
When was the corpsman rating insignia change from a Red Cross to the caduceus?
1948
John Bradly
Pharmacist mate who participated in flag raising at Mount Suribachi
Most decorated branch in the US Navy?
Hospital Corps
How many MOH in WW2
7
How many MOH in Korean War?
5
How many MOH pre-WW1?
4
How many MOH in WW1?
2
How many medal of honor recipients total in the hospital corps?
22
How many Naval vessels have been named after corpsman?
19