Norman's Navy Years

1942-1959

Nonfiction, History, Military, Aviation, Naval, Science & Nature, Technology, Engineering
Cover of the book Norman's Navy Years by Sue Schrems, Vernon Maddux, Cleveland County Historical Society, Arcadia Publishing Inc.
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Author: Sue Schrems, Vernon Maddux, Cleveland County Historical Society ISBN: 9781439655245
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc. Publication: February 29, 2016
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing Language: English
Author: Sue Schrems, Vernon Maddux, Cleveland County Historical Society
ISBN: 9781439655245
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Publication: February 29, 2016
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Language: English

In 1944, A.L. Simon, a sailor at the Norman Naval Air Station, illustrated a booklet, "On the Beach," about Navy life in Norman, Oklahoma. The title he chose reflected the irony of the US Navy establishing two bases in a landlocked prairie town in 1942. The initial activation of the Navy bases (from 1942 to 1945) and their reactivation (from 1952 to 1959) greatly increased the employment rate and economy in Norman, offering locals a much-needed boost after the Great Depression of the 1930s. The men who influenced the Navy to choose Norman as the location for Navy installations were T. Jack Foster, of the Norman Chamber of Commerce; Joseph Brandt, president of the University of Oklahoma; and Savoie Lottinville, director of the University of Oklahoma Press.

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In 1944, A.L. Simon, a sailor at the Norman Naval Air Station, illustrated a booklet, "On the Beach," about Navy life in Norman, Oklahoma. The title he chose reflected the irony of the US Navy establishing two bases in a landlocked prairie town in 1942. The initial activation of the Navy bases (from 1942 to 1945) and their reactivation (from 1952 to 1959) greatly increased the employment rate and economy in Norman, offering locals a much-needed boost after the Great Depression of the 1930s. The men who influenced the Navy to choose Norman as the location for Navy installations were T. Jack Foster, of the Norman Chamber of Commerce; Joseph Brandt, president of the University of Oklahoma; and Savoie Lottinville, director of the University of Oklahoma Press.

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