NIU in World War II-- Part 2: About "Vetville"

Well, actually this was postwar, but definitely a result of the war.

**  Nineteen barracks from Fort McCoy, Wisconsin,  were moved to DeKalb and placed on land at Lucinda and garden roads to accommodate the huge influx of students after the war.

**  A photograph accompanies the article showing the campus in 1949 with the barracks in full view.  The area by the barracks was called"Vetville."

**  Vetville housed not only male students, but often their wives and children.

--GreGen