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Percy Jones General observes third annivesary

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dc.date.accessioned 2019-08-27T12:14:47Z
dc.date.available 2019-08-27T12:14:47Z
dc.date.issued 1946-02-17
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/1000000607
dc.description Four installations comprised the Percy Jones Hospital Center. In addition to the Percy Jones General, the complex included the W.K. Kellogg Annex at Gull Lake, the Convalescent Hospital at Fort Custer and the Fort Custer Annex. The War Department released these photos in February 1946 after lifting the wartime ban on photographs of military installations. The Enquirer and News reported in its Feb. 17, 1946, edition that since the hospital's dedication on Feb. 22, 1943, that "approximately 46,500 patients have been admitted and the hospital center has grown to the largest institution of its kind in the world." en_US
dc.format.medium 4x5 BW negative
dc.subject WWII Percy Jones en_US
dc.title Percy Jones General observes third annivesary en_US
dc.type Image en_US
dc.description.envelope PERCY JONES HOSPITAL- Air views. Main Hospital Kellogg Annex Fort Custer Annex
dc.description.photographer Joseph G. Vallow, U.S. Army
dc.description.taxonomy Health|Healthcare Industry|Hospitals|Percy Jones Army Hospital en_US


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Description: The Fort Custer station hospital was absorbed as the Fort Custer Annext of the general and convalescent hospital on Nov. 13, 1944.
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Description: The forerunner of the convalescent hospital was established July 6, 1944, when the reception center area at Fort Custer was converted into an advanced reconditioning section of the general hospital. The area was enlarged and converted into a convalescent facility on Aug. 30, 1944, but the growing importance of convalescent treatment resulted in the hospital being re-designated as the Percy Jones General and Convalescent Hospital on Sept. 13
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Description: First in the series of expansions was on June 22, 1944, when the Gull Lake summer estate was acquired and designated as the W.K. Kellogg Annex.
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