Civilian Public Service Unit (Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA)
Kalamazoo State Hospital Civilian Public Service Unit, No. 120, Kalamazoo, Michigan, was operated by the Mennonite Central Committee. It was approved 3 November 1943, closed 22 June 1946, had a capacity of 30 men, and assisted in the care of the mental patients. A unit of I-W men was assigned to the Kalamazoo hospital under the new draft law following World War II.
Bibliography
Gingerich, Melvin. Service for Peace: A History of Mennonite Civilian Public Service. Akron, PA: Mennonite Central Committee, 1949: 239.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 137. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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