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75 years ago, North Platte saw a spike in housing demand from WWII veterans and their families


It remains to be seen whether North Platte will face a major spike in housing demand from a possible beef processing plant.
Even if it does, the few folks who remember World War II might say, “Housing shortage? Well, let me tell you …”
After the war ended on Sept. 2, 1945, North Platte, Nebraska and the nation despaired over where to house their returning service members.
Even without a major war industry, the hometown of the World War II Canteen had to take extraordinary measures to accommodate those wanting to live here.
One was North Platte’s first trailer park, housing veterans and their families on city-leased land in shelters once part of the pursuit of the war’s greatest secret weapon. ....

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