Pearl Harbor remembered by Shelby Civitan guests
Six Cleveland County residents recalled where they were on December 7 1941 the attack on Pearl Harbor and how World War II reshaped daily life. Evelyn West described reading the funny papers as news broke and Wilmington blackout drills gunner air raid wardens and shipyard work reshaped routines.
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John F. Kennedy Jr
Pearl Harbor
United States
Shelby Civitans
Cleveland County
Velyn West
Wilmington
Pearl Harbor News From Scruggs Family War Era
J A West Maida Scruggs recalls learning of Pearl Harbor with husband Horace. He was drafted into the Army Air Forces despite flat feet and stationed in Texas where she learned to navigate trains and telephones to stay connected. She worked sewing bands on boxer shorts to live on base as he served, and Horace was discharged on their wedding anniversary.
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Ken Maida Scruggs
Horace
Pearl Harbor
Army
Army Air Forces
Texas
North Carolina
Scruggs
Pearl Harbor memories of J A West and service
Evelyns husband J A West recalls hearing of the Pearl Harbor attack as a high school senior in 1941. Draft delays sent him to Wake Forest and Duke University, then Navy education duty at Pearl Harbor, Guam, and a typhoon voyage aboard an LSM. He says serving was a privilege despite no combat.
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Velyn
J.A. West
Pearl Harbor
West
Wake Forest
Raleigh
Navy
Duke University
Duke
Guam
Man Pleads For Marriage In Wartime Tale
Jean Mauney recalls her husband Fred chasing marriage before he left for Japan. He entered basic training in California, then served two years as a teletype operator overseas, while she was pregnant before his deployment.
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Jean Mauney
Fred
Japan
Mauney
California
Cline Borders Remembers WW II Service and Return
Cline Borders recounts enlisting after Pearl Harbor, basic training in Florida, and a shortened 10 week course due to the Battle of the Bulge. He served with the 79th Division, earned a Purple Heart, and helped push into Czechoslovakia after crossing the Rhine. He married Doris after the war and later pursued farming and ministry.
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Pearl Harbor
Cline Borders
Roosevelt
Army
Shelby
Borders
Florida
Czechoslovakia
Rhine
Doris
Becky Wallace recalls Pearl Harbor impact as a child
Fourth grader Becky Wallace from Boiling Springs recalls hearing Pearl Harbor news on the radio. She says students were too young to engage, but a teacher compiled a list of locally serving service members and the class wrote letters. Her older brother served in the military.
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Pearl Harbor
Becky Wallace
Boiling Springs
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Halifax Media Group
Evelyn West
Sisk -Butler Funeral Home
Siskbutie
the Gazette
Combine Medical
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Phil Paschal
Medicare
Willow Tree Angels
Byers Choice Ltd
Carolers
Snow Village Homes
Pharmacy
Cox RD
Gastonia
Brixx Pizza
Panther
Carolina Merchandize
College Park Pharmacy
Park ST
Belmont
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