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War era women aid in home front craft and Bert’s courage
Myra confronts wartime duty after a sister in law’s list of casualties stirs her to view Bert’s enlistment as a brave service. Her brother’s plea and a mother’s support steer Myra toward sewing hospital bags and joining Uncle Sam’s call as shipyards race to build fast freighters and fabricated ships with new wood and steel methods, inspired by wartime ingenuity.
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Myra
Molly
Mrs. McCane
Dora
Bob
Rob
Bert
Albert Blake
Sam
Sis
Mrs. Crane
Pacific Coast
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Seattle
Skinner & Eddy Company
Tuckahoe
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
N. J
Skinner & Eddy Steamship
Delaware
New York Shipbuilding
West Lianga
Dabor
Atlantic Seaboard
Newark Bay
Submarine Boat Corporation
Hog Island
American International Corporation
Merchants Shipbuilding Corporation
Bristol
Hurley