Bits of War-- Some stuff about World War II. Right now, I am "catching up" on a notebook I have from 2009 before it gets to be too much history itself.
1. AMMO PLANT CLOSES-- The Kansas Army Ammunition Plant in Parsons, Kansas, closed March 4, 2009 after making its last bomb in December 2008. This is a World War II relic. Starting in 1942, its 7,000 employees turned outbombs and artillery rounds for that war as well as the Korean and Vietnam wars,
It covered 13,727 acres, had 681 buildings and was authorized in May 1939 with construction beginning in 1941. Even back then, the US was really preparing for war.
2. BUFFALO SOLDIERS-- The 92nd Division,the only all-black unit to see action in Europe, fighting in Italy. Nonety-two members received multiple medals with two Medals of Honor and two Distinguished Service Crosses, the nation's second highest award.
Even so, they had to battle Jim Crow laws back in their country.
You Just Wouldn't Think That Someone Who Put Their Life on the Line for Their Country Would Still Have to Put Up with These Laws. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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