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Box 12

 Container

Contains 1 Collection or Record:

War Defense Projects (Proposed and Actual), Creek County, General, Holdenville, Pontotoc County, Pottawatomie County, and Seminole County, 1940-1946

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 11
Identifier: CAC_CC_007_2_12_11_0000
Scope and Contents Quote in letter to John S. Malone on February 21, 1942: "Too many people have been asking too long 'what has my government done for me' instead of 'what have I done for my government.'" Note the similarity between this statement and John F. Kennedy's inaugural address. Topics include Elmer Thomas, United States Army, United States Civil Aeronautics Authority, United States Marine Corps, United States Navy, United States War Production Board, airports in Shawnee (Okla.), aluminum industry and...