The contribution of Army doctors, nurses, and medical corpsmen during disaster situations, with an account of the origin and development of the Army₂s relief mission through 1976.

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Nineteenth century: precedents.-- Emerging missions: combating epidemics abroad. -- Establishing the mission: volcanoes, earthquakes, tornadoes, and floods, 1898-1917. -- Disease in the aftermath of war: disaster aid to Poland and Russia after World War I. -- Relief role in transition: assistance at home and abroad, 1918-1939. -- Domestic assistance under civilian coordination, 1945-1976. -- Activism abroad: foreign disaster relief, 1945-1976.