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United States Naval Hospital:
World War II saw the Naval Hospital expand exponentially from 56 buildings with a 1,424 bed capacity in 1941 to 241 buildings with a 10,499 bed capacity on 247 acres in 1945. This increased acreage included 33 acres in the heart of Balboa Park where many of the Exposition buildings were converted to wards and hospital spaces. This wartime expansion supported treatment of 172,000 patients with a peak load of over 12,000 patients on 27 December 1944. |