Iron mountain va to host several celebrations to commemorate its 75th anniversary | va iron mountain health care | veterans affairs
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The Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center (OGJVAMC) will celebrate its 75th anniversary throughout 2025. To mark this occasion, several events for Veterans, employees, volunteers and retirees
will be held. “On behalf of Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center employees, it has been an honor and a privilege to serve Veterans for the past 75 years. We are grateful to our community
partners, staff and volunteers for their continued support,” Medical Center Director John P. Shealey said. On March 14, 1948, construction began on 31.5 acres that had once been the site for
a large sawmill and lumberyard. At a cost of $6.5 million, it was the largest building project ever to date in the Upper Peninsula. The six-story, 265-bed hospital with 360 staff was
dedicated on March 5, 1950. Today, OGJVAMC has 57 beds, employs approximately 830 people at its main campus and clinics, and provides primary, specialty and inpatient care to approximately
22,000 Veterans each year. The facility is the most rural VA in the nation, serving 24 counties across 25,864 square miles. OGJVAMC oversees eight Community Based Outpatient Clinics located
in Gladstone, Hancock, Ironwood, Manistique, Marquette, Menominee and Sault Ste. Marie, MI, and Rhinelander, WI. Veterans and the public are encouraged to visit the Iron Mountain VA Facebook
page for upcoming event information. Retirees, volunteers and employees are invited to several events throughout 2025 being promoted through the Oscar G. Johnson VA Employee Association
Facebook page. For more information, please contact Megan Barglind-Rodman, Public Affairs Specialist at 906-774-3300, ext. 32012.