March 1941, 75 years ago.
"One of the largest crowds ever assembled in this city in recent years bade goodbye to the Headquarters Company, 129th Infantry, on Wednesday afternoon at the Chicago and Northwestern depot in Sycamore.
"Nearly 2,000 persons were present to wish the former National Guardsmen good luck in their year of army service at Camp Forrest, Tenn., and the guardsmen were swamped at the station by a great number of relatives, friends and sweethearts who gathered there."
--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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