From the March 20th Wilmington (NC) Star-News.
Taken from the newspaper at the time. This series of columns gives an interesting perspective on the impact of the war on the homefront.
MARCH 4, 1942-- Beach towns of Carolina Beach and Wrightsville (near Wilmington) were ready to eliminate bright lighting if requested to do so by Governor Broughton, Mayors R.C. Fergus and D.H. Herrin said.
Bright lights could silhouette or illuminate friendly ships to the German U-boats prowling off shore.
MARCH 7TH 1942-- With thousands of military personnel descending on Wilmington, Pepsi-Cola began printing 144 different insignias on the bottoms of bottle caps to help local recognition.
The Wilmington Star also printed a guide to military insignia.
It Was Total War. --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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