6News video: Many area men fought in World War II
Several of the recruits volunteered after December 7, 1941. Area women aided the war effort by going to work at the Sunflower Ammunition Plant near Desoto. Even German prisoners of war were put to work building local landmarks such as Danforth Chapel.
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