World War II Honoree

Eleanore Dowler

Hometown

Neosho, Missouri

Honored By

John W. Conkling

Relationship

Husband

FROM FEBRUARY 1943 TO AUGUST 1944, SUPERVISED TELEPHONE ATTENDANT PAY STATIONS ON CAMP CROWDER, MISSOURI NEAR NEOSHO. PAY STATIONS WERE LOCATIONS WHERE SOLDIERS COULD PLACE TELEPHONE CALLS HOME THROUGH AN ATTENDANT. FOR THREE MONTHS DURING THE SUMMER OF 1945, SHE WORKED TWO JOBS, THE SECOND BEING ON THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT AT THE MCDONALD DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT FACTORY NEAR CHICAGO. SHE SPOT WELDED AND RIVETED NOSE CONES ON THE FOUR ENGINE B-54 AIRCRAFT UNTIL THE DAY THE WAR ENDED IN 1945, AT WHICH TIME THE PLANT IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN.