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Civilian Public Service Unit (Livermore, California, USA)Livermore, California was the location of Mennonite Civilian Public Service (CPS) unit No. 150, which served in the United States Veterans' Hospital at that place, an institution for tubercular patients. On 1 December 1945 a total of 117 CPS men arrived at the hospital, but the number declined in the following months because of transfers and demobilization. The unit was closed in December 1946. BibliographyGingerich, Melvin. Service for Peace: A History of Mennonite Civilian Public Service. Akron, PA: Mennonite Central Committee, 1949: 273 f. 
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 378. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website. ©1996-2008 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved. To cite this page:MLA style: Gingerich, Melvin. "Civilian Public Service Unit (Livermore, California, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 07 July 2008 <http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/civilian_public_service_unit_livermore_california> APA style: Gingerich, Melvin. (1956). "Civilian Public Service Unit (Livermore, California, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 07 July 2008 <http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/civilian_public_service_unit_livermore_california> Document Actions |
