EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) – On December 7th of 1941, the world was turned upside down, and Evansville was soon to follow.
“We believe if it hadn’t been for the efforts of towns like Evansville, this war would’ve lasted a lot longer,” Dona Bone, docent with the Evansville Wartime Museum, said.
In a post-Great Depression era, almost 20 percent of Evansville’s population was looking for jobs…