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Pearl Harbor Shocks Athens On December 7 1941
The Athens scene shifts from holiday plans to war news as Pearl Harbor is attacked. Residents learn of the USS West Virginia and Pearl Harbor losses while local stories recall personal tragedies, community responses, enlistment drives, and industrial shifts unfolding in the Mid-Ohio River Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Charles Baker, Jr
Fairfield County
Athens High School
Harry Lackey
McArthur
John Finsterwald
Hutchinson
Jim Worley
Ben Fulton
Paul Maynard
Bill Sprague
Florence Potter
Arthur Potter
Elmwood Dr
Robert H. Wheat, Jr
R. H. Wheat
Dayton
Fred Luchs
First Presbyterian Church
Chi Omega
S. College St
the Elks Lodge
Roger Connor
Athena
Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
Fibber McGee and Molly
Lucille Ball
Gildersleeve
Ohio Theater
Gene Autry
Mexico Way
Ens
Roderick Eddy
Paul Jones
Ensign Eddy
Charles Eddy
E. State St
West Virginia
Ensign Jones
James Jones
C. E. Beckley
Herrold Ave
Jessie Robbin Bishop
Bishop
U. S
Tokyo
Manila
Marine Corps
Acton
Pacific
Athens Airways
Columbus
John Bricker
Ohio State Guard
Fifth Army
Charles L. Woodworth
Woodworth
Air Corps
Luzon
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ohio River
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Ohio
Mid-Ohio River Valley