Worth Knowing: Minnesota woman served country as a Rosie the Riveter and dedicated military wife
"The bomber that she worked on was a B-25 bomber, and she worked on the gun turret," son Norm Marcus, of Lafayette, La., said. "She was kind of tiny, especially as she got older. Even though ball turrets were cramped, she was small enough to get in." Born Lenora Mae Slagter on Nov. 19, 1924, she was the daughter of Garrit and Lillian Slagter. She and her siblings grew up on a farm in Prinsburg, Minn., in Kandiyohi County, where one of her chores was to take care of the cows. Marcus began to go by "Lenore" instead of "Lenora" while attending Clara City High School, from which she graduated in ...
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