The War Comes to Plum Street

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Bruce C. Smith The War Comes to The War Comes to Plum Street The War Comes to Bruce C. Smith Indiana University Press Bloomington & Indianapolis This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, IN 47404-3797 USA http://iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931 Orders by e-mail iuporder@indiana.edu ∫ 2005 by Bruce C. Smith All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The war comes to Plum Street / Bruce C. Smith. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-253-34534-0 (alk. paper) 1. World War, 1939–1945—Indiana—New Castle. 2. New Castle (Ind.)—Biography. I. Title. D769.85.I7N487 2005 977.2%64—dc22 2004016273 1 2 3 4 5 10 09 08 07 06 05 For the Moles daughters Gemma, Maxine, Marie, and Wanda ...