From the August 14, 2012, Wilmington (NC) Star-News "Back Then."
AUGUST 4, 1942: The "Y" gun at the entrance to the New Hanover Count Court House, dropped depth charges on German subs during World War I. It will become scrap metal for the war effort.
AUGUST 5, 1942: Production of many items has been stopped or curtailed. The latest order calls for production to cease on typewriters in all U.S. factories except the ones that are produced for the war effort.
The War Hits Home. --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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