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Year Erected: 2006
Marker Text: Finney General Hospital, named in honor of Brigadier General John M.T. Finney, was authorized September 30, 1942, and dedicated June 16, 1943, on this site. Finney was one of about sixty Army hospitals across the country built to care for sick and wounded World War II soldiers. Under Colonel Samuel M. Browne, Finney grew to two hundred buildings, including hospital wards, a theater, gymnasium, chapel, bowling alley, and barracks for German prisoners of war. Numerous celebrities visited to entertain patients and staff. Citizens of Thomas County provided support through the American Red Cross’s Gray Ladies Corps, plantation picnics, use of the YMCA, and lodging for soldiers’ families in private homes. Finney General closed on December 15, 1945, having treated more than 20,000 WWII patients.
Erected by the Georgia Historical Society and the Thomas County Historical Society, Inc.
Tips for Finding This Marker: At 400 South Pinetree Boulevard in Thomasville
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