Year
in Review interprets Larchmont history year by year.
Larchmonters speak for themselves through news reports, pictures,
and official documents.
Dedicated
to local men and women who gave their lives for freedom in World
War II
David
B. Anderson
Edward V. Berggren
Charles L. Berry
Robert Bishop
Charles J. Boyle, Jr.
John F. Brady
Wilbur R. Buckingham
Ronald A. Cargill
Pasquale
J. Carino
Clement L. Cassell
William B. Croll
Anne Kathleen Cullen
Randall Dobbs
Charles F. Dolan
John W. Ehret
William J. Farrington
Kenneth J. Foster
Robert E. Frye
Thomas B. Hilton
Woodrow W. Johns
Joseph L. Kane
Richard M. Kemper
Mervin A. King
Richard B. Knight
Ivers W. Lawrence
Roger P. Lyon
Walter R. Manny, Jr.
William A. Mather
George W. McElroy, Jr.
Joseph F. Meyers
Charles F. Mitchell
Hamilton F. Morris
Fred P. Motz, Jr.
Luke J. Murtha
Clark A. Neal
Frank J. Roma
Frank A. Russum
Vito C. Sabato
James
G. Schaefer
Richard A. Schmidt
Lawrence S. Scofield, Jr.
Joseph J. Sganga
Richard J. Shea
William Harvey Smith
William Hugh Smith
Vincent L. Stouter, Jr.
Thomas D. Sullivan
John Thomson
Andrew Edward Tuck 3rd
George H. Walker
Kenneth
Whiting
Robert F. Zimmerman
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For
Larchmont, 1942
was a year of transition from peacetime to wartime,
in support of the nation's defense. After the attack
on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the United States
declared war on Germany, Japan and their allies, and
Larchmont felt the impact.
Locally,
young men volunteered and were drafted
into service. Local defenses were put into place, including
air-raid drills and
school evacuation plans,
as Larchmont was designated a "priority
target" in the region. Other local efforts
in support of the war included rationing,
scrapping of metal
needed for armaments, and the entertainment
of soldiers stationed in the area. The local newspaper,
The Larchmont Times, published
an Editorial in August
1942 that captured the sense of the community.
Yet
Larchmont also faced its regular challenges, such as
responding to neighborhood flooding,
selecting a new principal
for Chatsworth School, planning a library expansion,
and dealing with the bankruptcy of a local bank.
Many
of the articles reproduced here are illustrated with
posters obtained from Northwestern
University Library's World War II Poster Collection.
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