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Item
Title
D13862-3
Date(s)
- 1942-12-16 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Tacoma in December of 1942 was flooded with newcomers. Some were defense workers, others families of servicemen and some just visitors for the holidays, but all of them needed a place to stay. The USO Travelers Aid Service headquarters was established at the Provident Building to help locate housing. A Travelers Aid volunteer, believed to be Edith Clement, helps Pvt. Walter Kunkle and his wife Jerry, left, and Margelyn Masrud, right, locate overnight accommodations. (T.Times 12/17/1942, pg. 1)
Kunkle, Walter; Kunkle, Jerry; Masrud, Margelyn; Travelers' Aid (Tacoma); World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Tacoma;