Carolyn R. Larsen Bomberry ”1925 - 1982”

Carolyn R. Larsen Bomberry

Gaily I lived as ease and nature taught, And spent my little life without a thought, And am amazed that Death, that tyrant grim, Should think of me, who never thought of him." René Francois Regnier

2nd LT Carolyn R. Larsen Bomberry, April 4, 1925 - Febuary 14, 1982 Married to Robbie Bomberry Army Nurse,at Ft. Lettermen Hospital During World War II, Letterman was one of the busiest military hospitals in the country, serving casualties from the Pacific Theater. The facility treated 73,000 patients in 1945, the height of its activity. Letterman Army Medical Center In 1968, the Letterman Army Medical Center, a new 550-bed, 10-story hospital was constructed. Between 1971 and 1976, the Army also constructed the Letterman Army Institute of Research immediately adjacent. Letterman continued to treat American casualties through the Vietnam War. Later, its role changed from serving wounded soldiers to serving the military community as a regional medical center. Just before the Army departed the Presidio in 1994, the hospital closed its doors, ending a century of service at the Letterman campus. Rita Bomberry posted: The hospital itself was razed and the National Park Service took over the Presidio on which it stood. In an effort to make it financially self-sufficient, the Presidio Trust entered into a contract with Lucasfilm to develop 23 acres. It is now the home to Letterman Digital Arts Center and a number of Lucasfilm division including Industrial Light and Magic and LucasArt. Resource: FInd a Grave

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