From the March 8, 2017, MidWeek (DeKalb County, Illinois) "Looking Back."
1942, 75 Years Ago.
Mayor Frank E, Ashelford has appointed R.W. Terrell of the Sycamore High School agricultural department as chairman of the "Victory Garden" campaign here.
"It will be Mr. Terrell's duty to form a committee or similar organization that will take the lead in urging citizens to raise food."
Food For the Wart Effort. --Cooter
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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