Valley Forge Army Hospital is a former military hospital in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA. The hospital is near both Philadelphia and Valley Forge. This hospital was also called Valley Forge General Hospital due to the wide range of services provided. A casualty is a victim of an accident, injury or trauma. ... Phoenixville is a borough located in Chester County, Pennsylvania, 28 miles (45 km) northwest of Philadelphia at the junction of French Creek with the Schuylkill River. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates , Government Country  State   County United States  Pennsylvania   Philadelphia Founded Incorporated October 27, 1682 October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 369. ... Recreation of a cabin in which soldiers would have lived at Valley Forge. ...

History

The hospital was built in 1942 to care for the wounded of World War II. It became the largest military hospital in the United States. Eventually, the hospital had about 3,000 patients and about 100 separate buildings. One feature of the hospital was its design to be mostly on one floor with enclosed ramps and hallways linking the many parts. Combatants Allies: Poland, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, France/Free France, United States, China, Canada, India, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Greece, Norway, Honduras, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, Bulgaria, Finland, Romania, Hungary, Burma, Slovakia Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military...

The hospital was planned to be shut down around 1949, but remained open due to the size of military forces during the Cold War, Korean War, and Vietnam War. The final closing came in 1975, although it had stopped functioning as a hospital the previous year. The Cold War was the protracted geopolitical, ideological, and economic struggle that emerged after World War II between the global superpowers of the Soviet Union and the United States, supported by their military alliance partners. ... Combatants Western Allied/UN combatants: South Korea, United States, United Kingdom Communist combatants: North Korea, Peoples Republic of China, Soviet Union Commanders Douglas MacArthur Kim Il-sung, (Peng Dehuai de facto) Strength Note: All figures may vary according to source. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) United States of America South Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand the Philippines Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) Strength ~1,200,000 (1968) ~420,000 (1968) Casualties South Vietnamese dead: 230,000 South Vietnamese wounded: 300,000 US dead...

The site is now occupied by the Valley Forge Christian College. What is now Valley Forge Christian College began in 1931 when Reverend J. Roswell Flower and his wife started a summer Bible school at the campgrounds of Maranatha Park, Green Lane, Pa. ...

Popular culture

The hospital is the setting for the 1951 film Bright Victory. Bright Victory is a 1951 film which tells the story of an American soldier who is blinded in North Africa during World War II, who must learn to live with his disability. ...

External links

• Brief information about the hospital