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A37167-9
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- 1948-12-14 (Creation)
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W. C. McKewen was trained as a mechanic and assumed that's what he would do for most of his life. McKewen's life changed during World War II, after he and his Major walked into a booby trap at Bougainville, where he lost his arm. W. C. McKewen was born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas, he came to Tacoma after he was discharged from the Army, here he met and married his sweetheart. W. C. McKewen is now the most efficient coordinator working in the Mueller Harkins Buick dealership control tower. View of W. C. McKewen sitting at his control tower at the Mueller-Harkins building (T. Times, 12/12/48, p. 8).
Artificial limbs; Amputees--Tacoma; Buick automobile; Control rooms--Tacoma; Automobile dealerships--Tacoma; Mueller-Harkins Motor Co. (Tacoma)--Employees ; McKewen, W.C.;