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Title
D13014-12
Date(s)
- 1942-06-20 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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To show their appreciation for the men in uniform serving in wartime, Tacomans banded together to house and feed visiting soldiers from Fort Lewis and McChord during World War II. Beginning in the spring of 1942, some area churches were opened as dormitories on Saturday nights for military personnel. At the First Congregational Church on June 20, 1942, a group of people of all ages gathered in a commercial sized kitchen to prepare and serve breakfast for their military guests. Soldiers were offered as much pancakes, juice and coffee as they wanted for twenty cents. (TNT 7/5/1942, pg. 1; T. Times 5/21/1942, pg. 1)
Dormitories; World War, 1939-1945--Military life--Tacoma; First Congregational Church (Tacoma); Kitchens; Cookery;