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Vintage Postcards of Indiana Health FacilitiesGeneral Hospital No. 25%u2014%u2014Fort Benjamin Harrison%u2014%u2014Indianapolis, Indiana%u2014%u2014Established 1918This hospital opened on September 21, 1918, and specialized in treating mental patients, the majority ofwhom were victims of %u201cshell shock.%u201d It closed its doors in September 1919,and patients were moved to the Fort Harrison station hospital.Baer Field Hospital%u2014%u2014Fort Wayne, Indiana%u2014%u2014Established 1941Built at a cost of $10 million as a U.S. Army Air Forces base during World War II, the name Baer Fieldwas later changed to Baer Army Air Field. During the war, over 100,000 military personnelserved here, in more than 100 buildings.Hospitals