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In January of 2000, the Carolina Room staff premiered a new addition to CMStory entitled Gold Star Veterans. It featured men that served in WW II with Mecklenburg County connections who made the ultimate sacrifice. The Home Front exhibit portrays a small sample of what life was like in Mecklenburg County, NC from 1941-1946.
For more information about this subject, please read:
- The Queen City at War by Stephen Dew, University Press of America; Lanham, MD ©2001
- Crown of the Queen City by Jack Claiborne, KPC Custom Publishing; Charlotte, NC ©1999
- Hornet’s Nest by LeGette Blythe & Charles Brockman, W. Loftin Publishing; Charlotte, NC ©1961
Top left photo: Those crowded around this 4,000 lb. bomb were attending an open house at Morris Field on April 6, 1943. Note the names written on the bomb case. Photo courtesy of The Charlotte Observer, April 7, 1943, p. 1A.
Top right photo: Sgt. Robert E. Stead of Camden, NJ married Betty Jean DeBerry of Charlotte. Morris Code, September 22, 1943, p. 9. Photo courtesy of the Carolinas Aviation Commission and Museum.
Center photo: Veterans from the 38th Evac Hospital reunite. They are back row, left to right: Dr. Hunter Jones; Clemontine Lazar; Dr. Bill Matthews; Dr. Bill Pitts. Middle row: Martha Mitchell; Polly Bell White; Clarence Kuester. Seated: Beatrice Hogan; Dr. Laurence Fleming. Photograph by T. Ortega Gaines. The Charlotte Observer, June 4, 1994, p. 1A.
Bottom left photo: World War II veterans at Johnson C. Smith. Photo courtesy of the Inez Moore Parker Archives, Johnson C. Smith University.
Bottom right photo: Former nurses from the Charlotte Sanatorium leaving Charlotte to join the 38th Evac Unit. They are left to right: Hallie E. Almond, Margaret (Tommy) Thompson, Hazel Simmons and Bertha Hough. Photo courtesy of The Charlotte Observer.
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We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the following community members and organizations and apologize to anyone we may have omitted:
- Carolinas Historic Aviation Commission & Museum
- Charlotte Chamber of Commerce
- Charlotte News
- Charlotte Observer
- Davidson College
- Duke Power Magazine
- Crawford Ferguson, III
- First Presbyterian Church of Charlotte, NC
- Andrew J. Goretti
- Inez Moore Parker Archives, James B. Duke Library at Johnson C. Smith University
- Beverly Lawing
- Martha Pegram Mitchell
- Charles Paty
- Dorothy Elizabeth Hood Terry
- UNC-Chapel Hill Alumni Review
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