Valley Forge General Hospital

Valley Forge General Hospital is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Phoenixville, Chester County, dedicated 2012.

near 1401 Charlestown Rd., Phoenixville

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Opened in 1943, it was among the nation's largest military hospitals by the end of World War II. Able to treat more than 3,000 patients in over 100 buildings, the facility specialized in the pioneering treatment of war-related eye and burn injuries, introducing innovations in eye surgery, plastic surgery, and rehabilitation. The hospital treated casualties of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam Conflict before closing in 1974.

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1906 · Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1924 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1943 · Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Pennsylvania, 1927, covering the location of Valley Forge General Hospital, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Pennsylvania, 1927, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Valley Forge General Hospital

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