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14983
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Nazi attacks on shipping along the Atlantic prompted a patriotic group of civilians to assist the overextended Navy. Volunteer pilots from Florida, New Jersey, and the Carolinas banded together to form the Civil Air Patrol. These pilots took it upon themselves to assist the Navy in spotting enemy U-boats along the east coast. Their presence was felt as the war record reflects; 24,000,000 airplane miles, 173 submarines identified and 57 were bombed, 363 stranded survivors of plane crashes or sunk vessels found, and the pilots also reported any mine warfare.
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14679
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The old Atlantic Hotel was a great place in its day and time, and Morehead City has never seemed quite the same since it burned down several years ago.
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15097
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During the early 1940s, ambitious plans were made to transform Bath into a living history town much like Colonial Williamsburg. Bath presented the perfect locale for such a project because it is the oldest incorporated town in North Carolina. By 1941, some of the restoration had already been completed. The state's oldest church building, St. Thomas Episcopal, had just been restored and work begun on restoring the Marsh Home dated to 1744.
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Female marines increased in numbers during World War II. These trained women were not sent abroad to fight but remained at home. Women filled positions at home so men could be relieved of duties on American bases to free-up fighting men. The women were sent to Camp Lejeune to receive training. Afterwards these marines filled traditional female roles (stenographers, telephone operators, etc.) but also began to be placed as carpenters, painters, welders, and more masculine vocations.
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14976
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Camp Lejeune prepared many men and women for the war arena, and during World War I trained man's best friend as well. A war dog unit, made up of 24 canines, and led by Captain Jackson H. Boyd, was groomed for battle. This band of dogs landed with Marines on Bougainville Island November 1, 1943. The marines utilized the dogs' natural abilities to aid delivering of messages, medical services, and to flush out the enemy.
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14675
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Tryon's Palace will be the first historical area to become a State Park. More than half a million dollars will be spent in restoring the building to its original status.
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14842
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New Bern was the nexus of industry for 1940s Craven County fueled by war time naval shipbuilding contracts. Barbour Boat Works ceased manufacturing small recreational craft and focused on shipbuilding for the Navy. Military demands aided other manufacturers like the Cohen, Goldman and Company of New York which opened a textile plant in New Bern to fulfill uniform orders for the Army and Navy. Outside of New Bern city limits, Craven County nurtured one of the largest agricultural areas in the region.
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14944
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Two of the world's largest marine bases are located at New River and Cherry Point. It is at these bases that the Marines get their training for every type of fighting.
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15466
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The youngest solider on either side during the American Civil War was a native North Carolinian, the late George H. Jacobs, of South Mills, who enlisted as a drummer boy in the Confederate army at the age of nine.
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