World War II Honoree
Civilian on the Home Front
Stephanie Gausselin
Hometown
Chicago, Illinois
WORKED AT A WAR PLANT IN CHICAGO THAT MADE B-29 BOMBER ENGINES FROM 1943 UNTIL THE WAR ENDED. FIRST ON AN AUTOMATIC SCREW MACHINE AND THEN WAS MOVED TO A DRILL PRESS AND LATHE MACHINE. AFTER THAT, WAS SWITCHED TO THE PRECISION DRILL, THIS MACHINE USED SMALL, RAW DIAMONDS AS DRILL BITS TO SMOOTH AND FINALIZE THE HOLES THAT HELD THE PROPELLERS. WAS THE ONLY WORKER WHO OPERATED THE PRECISION DRILL AT THE PLANT.