Jan. 17, 2014-- THE PENTAGON: 1940.
June 16, 2014-- THE "HUMP OFFICE: 1942-- December 1942 "Switch lists coming in by teletype to the hump office iof the Chicago & northwestern railroad yard in Chicago." Jack Delano, OWI.
JAN. 15, 2014-- DATA ENTRY: 1942-- January 1942, Washington, D.C.. "U.S. Office of Defense. Transportation system of port control and its traffic channel control. using IBM punch card equipment. Photo of a woman typing punch cards. Early computer system.
--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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