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Lupus Dei
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January 2016-C I am sure you remember stories of holes in factory roofs, Here is a story about an accidental death. CC20165 Layton death Edna C. Layton Death: November 5, 1942 Inland Manufacturing During his career in the later years of Inland, Club member Ronald Dalhamer acquired a photocopy of what he believed was a page from either their employee magazine, Inlander, or a safety poster. It announced the death of an Inland employee and included a letter authored by a supervisor of the Carbine Assembly Department to her husband expressing employee condolences for the accidental death of his wife at Inland. At the time of her death Edna was approximately 34 years of age. The letter was addressed to Private Leonard Layton, 417th Infantry Regiment,76th Infantry Division, Fort George Meade, MD. The history of the 76th Division indicates from October 1942 until the end of March 1943 the division processed and trained replacements through Fort Meade for the invasion of North Africa and the North African Theater. Friday, November 6, 1942 The Coshocton Tribune The Newark Advocate and American Tribune Newark, Ohio The letterhead is of The Inland Manufacturing Division, Dayton, Ohio Submitted by Jim Mock |
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Car Wash Chris
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I'm a Dayton resident and saw this story in WBI, [ so sad ] it made me think of my grandmother who assembled carburetors for tanks at NCR during the war. What I take from that is back then everyone in this country knew who we were at war with and why and the entire country contributed building carbines or carburetors, ect. Today I feel like just a fraction of the country knows what's going on.[ so sad ]
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David Albert
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That's a really sad story. Thanks for posting this. The efforts and sacrifices made on the home front during WWII are awe inspiring, yet they receive little attention today.
David Albert dalbert@sturmgewehr.com |
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Pyrmontbow
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Ive seen a quote that in 1942, 20 times more production workers were
killed in the US than in combat in that year. I question the multiple
but not that the majority were killed in the manufacturing areas.
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