A look back at the Wilmington, North Carolina, Star-News during World War II.
MARCH 3RD
The city-county signal control room, the center of civilian defense activities was set to go into operation.
MARCH 3RD
The U.S. Treasury Department asked Congress to double income tax payments from individuals to raise $9.6 billion for war effort.
Prepping for War. --GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
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