World War II fueled growth in America and Jacksonville. A public vote to sell land to the Navy was the start of Jacksonville’s “Navy Town” status, according to Ron Williamson, the historian for Naval Air Station Jacksonville.
“It was like 98.5 percent of people here wanted the base here in Jacksonville. So, that tells you right there that people love the military here,” Williamson said.
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