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- Assembly of Patients at Veterans Hospital, February 1944 -
- February 16, 1944
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Assembly of Patients at Veterans Hospital, February 1944
- Assorted Gifts for Veterans at Percy Jones Hospital, March 1945 - In August 1942, the United States Army purchased the former main building of John Harvey Kellogg's Battle Creek, Michigan, sanitarium. It was remodeled and rededicated as Percy Jones Army Hospital. By the end of World War II, the hospital and its associated facilities were the Army's largest medical installation. Reactivated during the Korean War, Percy Jones closed permanently in 1954.
- March 25, 1945
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Assorted Gifts for Veterans at Percy Jones Hospital, March 1945
In August 1942, the United States Army purchased the former main building of John Harvey Kellogg's Battle Creek, Michigan, sanitarium. It was remodeled and rededicated as Percy Jones Army Hospital. By the end of World War II, the hospital and its associated facilities were the Army's largest medical installation. Reactivated during the Korean War, Percy Jones closed permanently in 1954.
- World War II South Pacific Veterans Visit Willow Run Bomber Plant, April 1943 - Employees at Ford Motor Company's Willow Run bomber plant hosted any number of special guests during World War II, from politicians to business leaders to sports teams. But few visitors received a warmer welcome than soldiers returned from the battlefront. This group of Pacific Theater veterans toured Willow Run on April 22, 1943.
- April 23, 1943
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World War II South Pacific Veterans Visit Willow Run Bomber Plant, April 1943
Employees at Ford Motor Company's Willow Run bomber plant hosted any number of special guests during World War II, from politicians to business leaders to sports teams. But few visitors received a warmer welcome than soldiers returned from the battlefront. This group of Pacific Theater veterans toured Willow Run on April 22, 1943.
- World War II South Pacific Veterans Visit Willow Run Bomber Plant, April 1943 - Employees at Ford Motor Company's Willow Run bomber plant hosted any number of special guests during World War II, from politicians to business leaders to sports teams. But few visitors received a warmer welcome than soldiers returned from the battlefront. This group of Pacific Theater veterans toured Willow Run on April 22, 1943.
- April 23, 1943
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World War II South Pacific Veterans Visit Willow Run Bomber Plant, April 1943
Employees at Ford Motor Company's Willow Run bomber plant hosted any number of special guests during World War II, from politicians to business leaders to sports teams. But few visitors received a warmer welcome than soldiers returned from the battlefront. This group of Pacific Theater veterans toured Willow Run on April 22, 1943.
- Entertainment at the Allen Park Veterans Hospital, March 1945 - Clara and Henry Ford donated land in Allen Park, Michigan, for a veterans hospital. Ground was broken in 1937, and the facility opened two years later. Expanded multiple times after World War II, the hospital ultimately was replaced by an all-new facility in nearby Detroit in 1996. The original Allen Park VA Medical Center buildings were demolished starting in 2002.
- March 08, 1945
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Entertainment at the Allen Park Veterans Hospital, March 1945
Clara and Henry Ford donated land in Allen Park, Michigan, for a veterans hospital. Ground was broken in 1937, and the facility opened two years later. Expanded multiple times after World War II, the hospital ultimately was replaced by an all-new facility in nearby Detroit in 1996. The original Allen Park VA Medical Center buildings were demolished starting in 2002.
- An Opportunity for World War Veterans, circa 1945 - Following the end of World War II in 1945, hundreds of thousands of men were discharged from the armed forces and ready to reenter the American workforce. Ford Motor Company, in cooperation with its network of dealers and the American Legion, established a recruitment and training program for veterans interested in working at Ford dealerships.
- circa 1945
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An Opportunity for World War Veterans, circa 1945
Following the end of World War II in 1945, hundreds of thousands of men were discharged from the armed forces and ready to reenter the American workforce. Ford Motor Company, in cooperation with its network of dealers and the American Legion, established a recruitment and training program for veterans interested in working at Ford dealerships.
- Privates Stacey and Kelley, Former Lincoln Plant Employees, Convalesce at Percy Jones Hospital, April 1945 - In August 1942, the United States Army purchased the former main building of John Harvey Kellogg's Battle Creek, Michigan, sanitarium. It was remodeled and rededicated as Percy Jones Army Hospital. By the end of World War II, the hospital and its associated facilities were the Army's largest medical installation. Reactivated during the Korean War, Percy Jones closed permanently in 1954.
- April 07, 1945
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Privates Stacey and Kelley, Former Lincoln Plant Employees, Convalesce at Percy Jones Hospital, April 1945
In August 1942, the United States Army purchased the former main building of John Harvey Kellogg's Battle Creek, Michigan, sanitarium. It was remodeled and rededicated as Percy Jones Army Hospital. By the end of World War II, the hospital and its associated facilities were the Army's largest medical installation. Reactivated during the Korean War, Percy Jones closed permanently in 1954.
- Camp Legion Informational Brochure for WWII Veterans, circa 1945 - Henry Ford opened Camp Legion, near Dearborn, Michigan, in 1938 for sons of dead or disabled World War I veterans. The young men earned steady wages working there seasonally from April-November. The camp's mission was modified in 1944 to include rehabilitation of World War II veterans with disabilities. Veterans learned new skills to help them reenter the workforce.
- circa 1945
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Camp Legion Informational Brochure for WWII Veterans, circa 1945
Henry Ford opened Camp Legion, near Dearborn, Michigan, in 1938 for sons of dead or disabled World War I veterans. The young men earned steady wages working there seasonally from April-November. The camp's mission was modified in 1944 to include rehabilitation of World War II veterans with disabilities. Veterans learned new skills to help them reenter the workforce.
- Notice of a Welding Course Approved Under the G.I. Bill of Rights, "Attention Ex-G.I.'s (White and Colored) Learn a Trade," circa 1948 -
- circa 1948
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Notice of a Welding Course Approved Under the G.I. Bill of Rights, "Attention Ex-G.I.'s (White and Colored) Learn a Trade," circa 1948
- World War II South Pacific Veterans Visit Willow Run Bomber Plant, April 1943 - Employees at Ford Motor Company's Willow Run bomber plant hosted any number of special guests during World War II, from politicians to business leaders to sports teams. But few visitors received a warmer welcome than soldiers returned from the battlefront. This group of Pacific Theater veterans toured Willow Run on April 22, 1943.
- April 23, 1943
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World War II South Pacific Veterans Visit Willow Run Bomber Plant, April 1943
Employees at Ford Motor Company's Willow Run bomber plant hosted any number of special guests during World War II, from politicians to business leaders to sports teams. But few visitors received a warmer welcome than soldiers returned from the battlefront. This group of Pacific Theater veterans toured Willow Run on April 22, 1943.