From the Feb. 29th Wilmington Star-News "Back Then" column.
FEBRUARY 25, 1942. Potential workers at the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company who have social diseases can still get a job as long as they get the appropriate treatment required by the health department.
Syphilis was an especially bad problem.
I imagine there was a worker shortage at the company as its war orders were definitely on the rise after Pearl Harbor.
Be Safe. Use Protection. --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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