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FALLS CHURCH, Va. A photo collage highlighting the founding of the Navy Dental Corps of the U.S. Navy Dental Corps. Each year on August 22, Navy Medicine marks the anniversary of the Dental Corps from its beginnings in 1912 to over 1,400 dedicated active duty and reserve dentists representing 17 specialized fields. Collage features a dental operatory used at Naval Hospital Washington, D.C., early members of Navy dentistry, and the sloop of war USS Mohican (1883), a ship that regularly employed enlisted dentists prior to the establishment of the Dental Corps. All photographs except for image of USS Mohican are from the BUMED Archives. The USS Mohican image is from the photographic collection of the Navy History and Heritage Command (NHHC). (U.S. Navy photo collage designed by André B. Sobocinski)
| Date Taken: | 08.15.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 08.15.2025 07:21 |
| Photo ID: | 9258488 |
| VIRIN: | 250815-N-N1526-1001 |
| Resolution: | 2200x1700 |
| Size: | 246.23 KB |
| Location: | FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA, US |
| Web Views: | 49 |
| Downloads: | 3 |
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