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        Historical Society of the Phoenixville Area

            204 Church St, Phoenixville, PA 19460

Valley Forge General Hospital
 

        Click to view a Brief History of the Valley Forge General Hospital.

June 1942 Construction	July 1942 Construction
August 1942 Construction	October 1942 Construction
December 1942 Construction	VFGH Barracks Construction
Wounded Soldiers brought to VFGH in 1943	Wounded Soldiers from North Africa and the Pacific brought to VFGH by Train
General Omar Bradley Visit during Korean War	Visit by Connie Mack
Aerial View of Valley Forge General Hospital early 1950s	Administration Building
MPs at VFGH in 1945	VFGH Crest
Administration Building late 1940s	Valley Forge General Hospital c. 1960
Bonanza Visitors in 1964	Celebrity Visitors Justice Owen J. Roberts & Gene Kelly in 1943
Visit to VFGH by the Windsors	Visit to VFGH by the Windsors
Chapel	Chapel
Chapel Interior	Chapel fire in 1950s
Col. Henry Beewkes	Community support
Military Honor Ceremony in 1944	First Commanding Officer Col. Henry Beewkes
Flag Raising	German POW Stockade
German POWs at Valley Forge General Hospital in 1944	German POWs at Valley Forge General Hospital in 1945
VFGH POW Canteen Scrip	VFGH Post PX
Guardhouse and Main Entrance c 1950	Chapel
Hospital Main Entrance c. 1960s	VFGH Staff Member
Occupational Therapy	Officers Mess
Valley Forge General Hospital in 1947	Post Telephone Exchange
Post Greenhouse	Post Theatre
Red Cross Crafts	Quartermaster Laundry
Post Radio Station	Post Entrance
Red Cross Crafts	Red Cross Crafts
Red Cross Crafts	PFC John Knapp, MP at VFGH in 1945
VFGH Fire Truck in Phoenixville Dogwood Parade	VFGH Mens Softball Team
VFGH Mens Softball Team	VFGH Womens Softball Team
VFGH Gymnasium	VFGH Staff Member
Wards, Ambulances & Chapel	VFGH Medical Library
VFGH Post Dining Hall	VFGH Post Library
J.F. K. Memorial Service in November 1963	Patient Recreation
Aerial View of VFGH	VFGH Softball Team
WACS in 1943	VFGH Softball Team
Dogwood Parade	Dogwood Parade
Post Theatre	VFGH Heliport in 1973
Dress Parade in 1960s
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