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.
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Wilmington's WW II Role, By the Numbers-- Part 3: Rommel's Afrika Korps and Housing
Wilmington, North Carolina
550-- German POWs from Rommel's Afrika Korps
3,500-- Estimated number of uniformed soldiers hosted by the USO each week from 1941-1945.
5,495-- Public Housing units constructed to help deal with the population surge.
100,000-- County population by late 1943. Three years later, it was 43,000 in peace time.
Information from Wilbur Jones
--GreGen
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