Public Health Service Hospital (San Francisco, California)

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Built in 1875 and originally called the U.S. Marine Hospital, the Public Health Service Hospital initially tended the needs of merchant seamen. Eventually the hospital also cared for members of the U.S. Coast Guard and other governmental agencies, Native Americans and Vietnam refugees. In addition, important research on plague diseases was conducted here. A new hospital replaced the old in 1932, and two wings were added in the 1950s. After the hospital's closure in 1981, the Military Language Institute used part of the facility from 1982 to 1988.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Language_Institute
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Coordinates:   37°47'19"N   122°28'28"W

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  • I assume the previous poster meant teach, not "team." It is true, however, that the building did house the overflow from DLI in Monterey. Golf Company consisted of the German and Russian students while Hotel Company was made up of Spanish and Korean students. After giving the building to the Dept of Defense (around 1984 I believe)the city of San Francisco and the state of California decided a couple of years later that they wanted it back - ostensibly to turn it into an AIDS clinic. After a dog-and-pony show put on by Senator Pete Wilson and then mayor Diane Feinstein they succeeded. The building was handed back over and once the two professional politicians had divided the political capital gained they apparently forgot about the building and their constituents. Of interest to some: A Korean student once broke down from the stress of study and, shouting "I am not an adverb!" as his name meant in Korean, leapt from the sixth floor. I never heard if he was okay or not.
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