[timewitnesses] [Fwd: Bomb Sights]

From: Ronald Gillen (gillen@nconnect.net)
Date: Wed Apr 04 2001 - 07:20:59 PDT


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Following is something that you might be interested in:

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It is really interesting, about a young
woman (no longer living), Mary Babnik Brown of Pueblo, who donated her long
blonde hair to the government during World War II to be used for crosshairs
in Norden bomb sights,  Her hair, her pride and joy, was below her knees.
It had to be at least 22 inches long to be used.  So, she volunteered to cut
her hair off and donate it to aid the war effort; she was paid with War
Bonds.  It was quite a story, nation-wide, and in 1987, President Reagan and
Nancy sent her a letter on her 80th birthday expressing thanks for her
patriotic effort

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For more information contact my mother who is the editor of the Pueblo
County [Colorado] Historical Society publication called THE LORE.

arlaa@rmi.net

Arla Aschermann

Have a good day------
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Dr. Jerry R. Aschermann                       Professor of Education
Missouri Western State College             St. Joseph, Missouri 64507
Tele: 816-271-4300                                Fax: 816-271-4513
http://www.mwsc.edu/~ascher


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