From the March 16, 2017, MidWeek (DeKalb County, Illinois) "Looking Back."
1942, 75 Years Ago.
"There are 26,995 worn-out jalopies in automobile graveyards in the state of Illinois. Before long these old cars will be melted into armaments.
"That is good news for everyone, not to mention residents of neighborhoods in which one of the graveyards is located. It is estimated that this amount of scrap material will produce 3,680 American tanks to help Uncle Sam's soldiers win the war."
--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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