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Ardith Wingeier Westie has a unique story, but within it, we gain broader insight into the experiences of a working woman, homefront life during World War II and the character of Lansing, Michigan.
Charles J. Straub was a combat weather observer. His mission was to gather weather data directly from the Normandy battlefield.
In August of 1943, the U.S. Army visited several Michigan cities with a traveling cavalcade of military vehicles, weapons and equipment billed as a Salute to Michigan Agriculture, Labor and Industry.
On a cold February day in 1944, two Michigan airmen rolled an experimental aircraft out of a hanger in Northern Ireland.
It has been seventy years since the “Day of Infamy” – December 7, 1941.
On June 6, 1944, Charles “Chuck” Westie prepared for the Normandy invasion. In Lansing, Michigan, his wife Ardith waited for news.
During World War II, Judge Glenn Allen served as an assistant Judge Advocate and as a legal adviser to General George S. Patton.
In 1943, Robert (“Bob”) Craig experienced Naval training on the U.S.S. Prairie State. The Archives of Michigan houses about a dozen letters that he wrote to Selma Bandemer, who lived in East Lansing.
