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Grand Tour of the West: Day 1

February 17, 1946

February 1946. World War II is over and wartime production jobs were ending. During the war, Carl and Georgie worked a number of jobs in several places, finishing the war in Pocatello, Idaho. They elected to return to Iowa, where they both had family, but opted to make a grand tour of the west on the way. Georgie wrote a journal of the trip. This is that story.

We left Pocatello Idaho on Sunday morning, February 17, 1946. Had breakfast at the home of our friends the Jacobsen’s. The Andersons, Fran, and John Streckenfinger were also there. Took pictures just before we left.

The Grand Tour of the West – 1946

Carl and Georgie, late 1930’s.

When the US joined WWII in December of 1941, Carl and Georgina (my parents) were living in southeast Iowa. Mom worked for A. Guthrie & Co., an engineering firm, as the executive secretary for the project superintendent, constructing an ordinance manufacturing plant in Middletown, IA. Dad worked for the local Ford garage as a mechanic. They were engaged to marry the following Valentine’s day.

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