World War II Honoree

Marjorie Louise Currah

Hometown

Shoshoni, Wyoming

Honored By

Mitch, Dan, Roger, Mark, Tom, Dee

Relationship

Sons

FOLLOWING HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION IN 1943, SHE WENT TO TORRINGTON, WYOMING TO RIVETING SCHOOL. WHILE IN RIVETING SCHOOL, THIS CLASS WAS CALLED ON TO HELP BRING IN THE SUGAR BEET HARVEST. SO MANY OF THE MEN IN THE AREA HAD ENLISTED, THAT THERE WHERE NOT ENOUGH HANDS LEFT ON THE HOME FRONT TO HARVEST THE CROP. AFTER COMPLETING RIVETING TRAINING, SHE WENT TO SAN DIEGO TO WORK AT CONSOLIDATED AIRCRAFT. WORKED ON THE ASSEMBLY OF THE PB4Y2. WAS A TRUE 'ROSIE THE RIVETER'.