Cpl. John Dolin was stationed at the Greenville Army Air Base when he met Margaret. The airfield was completed in May 1942, and in June, it was officially activated as a B-25 Mitchell medium twin-engine bomber training base. The image below is of a B-25 Mitchell bomber at Greenville. Additional photos located in the South Carolina Digital Library of Greenville Army Air Base can be accessed by clicking on the link below the image.
Citation: “Greenville Army Air Base.” South Carolina Digital Library. Accessed December 14, 2022. https://scmemory.org/collection/greenville-army-air-base/#page-content.
Greenville County Library System Digital photographs of Greenville Army Base
The B-25 and Doolittle's Raiders
"About 9,800 B-25s were produced during the war. They saw service in all theatres, though in larger numbers and to greater effect in the Mediterranean and Pacific. They were used by the British Royal Air Force and the Soviet Red Air Force as well as the U.S. Army Air Forces. The B-25’s most spectacular exploit was its use in the April 18, 1942, bombing raid on Tokyo led by Lieutenant Colonel (later Lieutenant General) James Doolittle. These planes were launched from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet, an unprecedented feat for medium bombers. The B-25’s most important contribution to Allied victory was in the Southwest Pacific area, where the 5th Air Force used it with devastating effect in skip-bombing attacks on Japanese shipping and to drop fragmentation bombs by parachute on Japanese airfields. The B-25 was a pleasant aircraft to fly and was easy to maintain under primitive field conditions, a significant factor in the Southwest Pacific. It was used by the Air Force as a liaison aircraft and as light transport into the mid-1950s."
Citation: Guilmartin, John F. "B-25 aircraft." Britannica.com. Feb 25, 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2023. https://www.britannica.com/technology/B-25
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| "The ban was intended to save two things: the wax paper used to preserve the sliced bread and the steel used in slicing machines. However, it was met with harsh backlash. The ban was failing to save as promised, so on March 8, 1943, it was rescinded. According to Mental Floss, the ban was so unpopular that no one in the government wanted to take responsibility for it. The Office of Price Administration blamed the Department of Agriculture, who in turn pointed the finger at the baking industry itself. The official decree had been issued by Food Administrator Claude R. Wickard, though it's unclear whose idea it originally was. All the American people seemed to care about was the ease with which they could again make toast, and the Allies won the war, even without the extra wax paper." |  |
Citation: Nash, E. (2022, December 10). The US once actually banned sliced bread. The Daily Meal. Retrieved March 23, 2023, from https://www.thedailymeal.com/1129524/the-us-once-actually-banned-sliced-bread/
Propaganda poster