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.
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Dekalb, Illinois World War II Naval Activities
While on the subject of the last post, I looked up the naval activities in DeKalb, Illinois, for the war. I went to college there (Northern Illinois University). DeKalb had Naval Cost Inspectors at Interstate Aircraft and Engineering Corporation and the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company (makers of pianos and organs).
There was also a Bureau of Aeronautics representative at Interstate Aircraft and Engineering.
The Navy All the Way Inland at DeKalb. Something You Wouldn't Think. --GreGen
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