From the Sept. 10, 2012, Wilmington (NC) Star-News "Back Then" column.
Taken from the newspaper 70 years ago.
SEPTEMBER 10, 1942--
The Red Cross Canteen Corps has been serving meals over the past three months at the Atlantic Coast Line Station to soldiers arriving for assignment to Camp Davis. The soldiers go through three pounds of coffee and 10 dozen doughnuts every day. Also, twelve cases of Coca-Cola (all that rationing allows) are used every week. (Kind of surprising that there would be rationing for Coke for soldiers. Of course, this was not sugar-free Coke.)
SEPTEMBER 16, 1942--
Two war bond rallies were being planned featuring movie stars John Payne and Jane Wyman. The Cape Fear Country Club was holding a bond luncheon. To attend attend, you had to buy a $1.50 ticket and have purchased a $500 war bond. An afternoon rally was being held at the New Hanover High School auditorium.
SEPTEMBER 8, 1942--
One of the three members of the US Army Air Force who died in the plane crash in the Panama Canal Zone was Sgt. George W. Walker, son of Mrs. Alice Walker of Wilmington. He was a graduate of New Hanover High School where he was a member of the ROTC unit.
Back Then. Impact On the Homefront. --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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