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Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
D13014-18
Date(s)
- 1942-06-20 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Publicity for Community Chest, showing soldiers' accommodations. With the draft in effect and the increase in enlistment after Pearl Harbor, the local military bases were crowded with men in uniform. As the local "big city," Tacoma offered the weekend bright lights and entertainment. Unfortunately, Tacoma just didn't have enough rooms to house her military guests. Local churches opened their doors as weekend dormitories to the men in uniform. When that space was exhausted, some of the larger homes offered dormitory space.
Dormitories; World War, 1939-1945--Military life--Tacoma;