MARCH 14, 1942: Harriss Newman, chairman of the New Hanover (Wilmington's county) Defense Council committee on the Evacuation of School Children, announced a reciprocal agreement with the city of Smithville, which in case of attack or imminent threat of attack, New Hanover children would be bused there.
Smithville was further inland.
You can never be too careful.
--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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