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World War II Honoree

Civilian on the Home Front

Elva Lee Clark

Hometown

Owensboro, Kentucky

Honored By

Myrtle F. Clark Gibson

Relationship

Sister

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

WORKED AT THE CLAYTON & LAMBERT DEFENSE PLANT ON FRENCH ROAD, DETROIT, MICHIGAN IN 1944 MAKING CASINGS FOR 8 AND 10 INCH SHELL. C&L CASINGS CAME THROUGH THE WAR WITHOUT A SINGLE REPORTED MALFUNCTION IN THE FIELD. ON SEPT.1 1945,SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FORRESTAL WROTE TO C&L,'AMONG THE COMPANIES WHICH GAVE THE NAVY POWER TO BLAST ITS WAY ACROSS TWO OCEANS, YOURS HAS BEEN PRE-EMINENT.'