From the April 12, 2017, MidWeek (DeKalb County, Ill.) "Looking Back."
1941, 75 Years Ago.
"DeKalb will hold its first test blackout this week. Mayor Hugo J. Hakala, chairman of the Civilian Defense Council for DeKalb, received word from the war department today stating it had granted the city's request to hold a test blackout for that night."
You Never Know When the Enemy Bombers Will Arrive Over DeKalb, Illinois. --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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