History
World War II - Round Rock
Written by Bob Brinkman Friday, 03 October 2008 06:59
During the 1940s, Round Rock was entwined in the large-scale and local impacts of World War II. Hundreds of young men — some who had never left Texas before — volunteered or were drafted to fight for freedom in a war halfway around the world, just as many of their fathers had done a generation earlier. Meanwhile, many women and children served the local community.
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