Walter Reed

December 7th & 8th, 2012, on The Signal:  

When he was drafted during the Vietnam War, Jim Karantonis trained to be a medic and he was assigned stateside - in the psych ward at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.  The former neuropsychiatric technician joins us to reflect on what he learned from his patients.

Benn Ray of Atomic Books visits with his unique holiday suggestions, including graphic novels, sheet music, a hot new cookbook, and one item that seeks to re-invent the notion of what a book truly is.

A vaccine against HIV-AIDS may sound like a medical dream…but researchers in Baltimore say they have one in sight. We talk to Dr. Robert Gallo, founder of the Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

The legacy of September 11 in America has been perhaps most visible at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington. We’ll hear from a Maryland woman who spent just about every Friday performing music for the wounded soldiers until the hospital was closed last summer.