Mississippi. While they needed runways within striking distance of enemy targets, they also needed many here in the US as aircraft manufacturing was rapidly ramping up and they were building new military installations around the country. His younger brother was already a sergeant in the Air Corp on Dec. 7, 1941, so he ended up being promoted rapidly as new recruits flooded in. By the end of the war, he was a warrant office (W4).
My dad was a 32 year old newlywed when the USA was drawn into WWII. He would have been a prime target for the draft, but they gave him a deferment because he was a construction man with expertise in building runways. They needed him stateside as the aircraft production boomed and the services needed runways.
Contrary to what is being said here, you cannot simply fill in a mail-in ballot, send it in and expect it to be counted. Not only is every return envelope personalized, bar-coded and serialized, but there is a signature check on every one. If my ballot did not arrive, I would demand a replacement which would invalidate the first one and be assigned a new bar code and serial. If the original showed up, not only would it not be counted but there would questions coming my way.
By now, you know that one of the outstanding stars of that movie, the adorable Teri Garr, just passed away. One of my all-time favorites, and the only celebrity I ever wrote a letter to.
“I cried because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet”. Helen Keller.