Dozens shared childhood memories of mandatory blackouts and the hardships of food rationing. A former Navy officer contributed a detailed account of his training to operate radar aboard ships in the heat of battle. And one resident donated artifacts salvaged from a merchant ship that was torpedoed by a German submarine off the Georgia coast.
World War II had a pervasive and lasting impact on coastal Glynn County, roughly 70 miles south of Savannah. And now the local historical society is entering the home stretch of a yearslong effort to open a museum that tells the story of how the war reshaped daily life in the community.
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