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by Paul Kupcha, MD
deployed to Beirut, Lebanon after the barracks bombing. Assigned
month deployment to the Philippines and Japan. After residency in Charleston, assigned to Cherry Point Naval Hospital, NC. Became Director of the Emergency Department and also the hospital Medical Director. After discharge in 1989, moved to the Newark, DE area. While still in the Naval Reserves, I deployed to Saudi Arabia with Fleet Hospital 15 for Desert Shield/Storm. I cherish the years spent with our band of brothers and sisters, and continue to display with honor my service wall.
Hal Kramer
Richard Leader
After college, I had the great fortune of being accepted
to medical school at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (what is now known as the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine). I was commissioned as an Ensign in the
Newport, RI prior to starting medical school. The majority of my clinical rotations were at military hospitals in the Washington, DC area. Upon graduation, I was promoted to Lieutenant and completed a residency in OB/GYN at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD. Following residency, I served as an OB/GYN at U.S. Naval Hospitals in Okinawa, Japan and Camp Pendleton, CA. I began practice in Wilmington, DE in 1998 and stayed in the Naval Reserve, from which I retired as Commander a few years ago. I will always look upon my military service as one of the best experiences of my life and feel forever thankful for the training and opportunities I received.
Dick Leader
Robert H. Radnich
Entered Navy service at Baylor College of Medicine, Senior Year Program, 1967. Following graduation, was assigned to
the Portsmouth Naval Hospital for his internship, 1968-1969. Subsequently, was assigned to the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, for an OB/GYN Residency, 1969-1972. Permanent duty station was the Jacksonville Naval Hospital, 1972-1976. He also served at the Guantanamo Naval Base Hospital and was discharged in 1976 from the Jacksonville Naval Hospital. He enjoyed practicing OB/GYN in the service.
accepted to the Internal Medicine residency at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD and completed this
Iceland, from July 1982 to June 1984. I returned to Bethesda for my GI fellowship from 1984-1986. Upon completion of this fellowship, I served as staff Gastroenterologist at the Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, VA from 1986-1988, and was Chief of GI from 1987-1988. In July 1988, I was granted an honorable discharge from the U.S. Navy and settled in Delaware.
Joe Hacker
George R. Hilty, III
George Hilty is also to be noted as recognized for service
in WW II and Korea during earlier Contemporary Veterans recognitions. His service includes both the Merchant Marine and the U.S. Navy. For the Vietnam Era, he served 1958-1960. After called to active duty in 1958, he was assigned to the Chincoteague Naval Air Station until 1959. In 1959, he was assigned to the from the Reserves was August 30, 1963, at Bainbridge, MD.
George Hilty
Hal P. Kramer
Attended George
Washington School of Health
Sciences, graduating in
1982, then received a naval
scholarship upon admission to
medical school. I had sailed for
years out of Annapolis, MD and
desired to be close to the sea.
I completed a Family Practice
internship at Charleston Naval Hospital, SC, then was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines at Camp Lejeune in 1983. My unit
Bob Radnich
AIR FORCE
Hal Kramer
I graduated from medical school under a USAF Scholarship Program that covered the costs of medical school plus a $300 per month stipend. The required obligation was four years of active duty. During the summers of my freshman and sophomore
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