From the March 1, 2017, MidWeek "Looking Back."
1942, 75 Years Ago.
"Students of the DeKalb Township High School will start immediate production on model airplanes for the use of the army and navy. The production of the model planes, at least a hundred of them, will be rushed in conforming to the needs of the nation's armed forces.
"These planes are to be exact models of the planes used by the United States, Germany, Japan and Italy, and will be used by the U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics in training air and ground personnel."
You Need to Know What They Look Like. --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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