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The Awakening of Myra in Wartime Duty
Myra Crane learns the war’s cost through her brother Bert’s casualty list. She recalls Bert’s brave act in childhood and chooses to enlist, joining Uncle Sam’s effort with her mother and Molly preparing a red cross. The scene shifts to shipbuilding progress showing rapid wartime marine output and the rise of fabricated and timber ships under the Emergency Fleet Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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