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Published 12 days ago

Aroostook County 'Rosie the Riveter' gets Congressional Gold Medal

Summary by Bangor Daily News
NEW LIMERICK, Maine — With $17 in her pocket, 17-year-old Louise London hitched a ride to a Connecticut airplane engine factory. Just months after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, the Monticello native was precisely grinding cams and pistons for war planes like the Navy’s Hellcat during World War II. London  knew that being off even a hair could be deadly for pilots. “I felt a responsibility to the pilots, to give them more security,” she said…

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Aroostook County 'Rosie the Riveter' gets Congressional Gold Medal

NEW LIMERICK, Maine — With $17 in her pocket, 17-year-old Louise London hitched a ride to a Connecticut airplane engine factory. Just months after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, the Monticello native was precisely grinding cams and pistons for war planes like the Navy’s Hellcat during World War II. London  knew that being off even a hair could be deadly for pilots. “I felt a responsibility to the pilots, to give them more security,” she said…

12 days ago·Bangor, United States
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