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10 Cents Auburn; DeWitt General Hospital
| Issuer | DeWitt General Hospital |
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| Year | 1945-1946 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue on pale yellow paper, the voucher bears the bold header PRISONER OF WAR above a rectangular panel with the word CANTEEN in large block letters. Below, the issuing institution and location are stated in two lines, with the caution NOT GOOD IF DETACHED in the lower left corner. The denomination 10 CENTS appears in a ruled box at the right, with the red serial number printed to its left. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is plain, unprinted pale yellow paper with no text, vignette, or ornamental elements. |
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DeWitt General Hospital in Auburn, California was one of the large Army general hospitals established during World War II to handle the massive casualty load from the Pacific theater. Like many military installations of the period, it operated a semi-closed economy where scrip substituted for coin — partly to prevent currency drainage from the post, partly for simple accounting control over on-base spending.
The Camb#7949 reference places this within the broader Campbell catalog of U.S. military and institutional scrip. Pieces from DeWitt tend to surface infrequently; the hospital was decommissioned in 1946 and most scrip was either redeemed or discarded rather than preserved.