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The Eagle - August 2008
The August issue of our Voluntary Service newsletter features an article on the Wichita VA Hospital's 75th anniversary, along with plenty of great pictures!

 

 

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Dole VAMC Celebrates 75th Anniversary

Secretary Peake with a veteran

On November 16, 1933, Wichita Veterans Administration Hospital admitted its first patient at the newly-constructed facility. By the end of December 1933, the VA’s latest medical and surgical hospital, with its 150 beds, was at full capacity. Seventy-five years later in 2008, the Robert J. Dole VA Medical and Regional Office Center observed this long and proud history of providing medical care and support services, by commemorating its 75th Jubilee.

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