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Paperback Norman's Navy Years: 1942-1959 Book

ISBN: 1467115649

ISBN13: 9781467115643

Norman's Navy Years: 1942-1959

(Part of the Images of America: Oklahoma Series)

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In 1944, A.L. Simon, a sailor at the Norman Naval Air Station, illustrated a booklet, "On the Beach," about Navy life in Norman, Oklahoma. The title he chose reflected the irony of the US Navy establishing two bases in a landlocked prairie town in 1942. The initial activation of the Navy bases (from 1942 to 1945) and their reactivation (from 1952 to 1959) greatly increased the employment rate and economy in Norman, offering locals a much-needed boost...

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