Comments on: 1941 – The Year Eisenhower Became a General Part 2 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/1941-the-year-eisenhower-became-a-general-part-2.htm All things military history! Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:45:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: joan hershberger http://www.armchairgeneral.com/1941-the-year-eisenhower-became-a-general-part-2.htm/comment-page-1#comment-7982 joan hershberger Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:07:32 +0000 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/1941-the-year-eisenhower-became-a-general-part-2.htm#comment-7982 Very interesting. I am currently reading Arkansas papers from 1941 regarding the build-up of troops in Arkansas for the maneuvers which began in southern Arkansas and crossed the border over to Louisiana. It is fascinating to read how important these war games were for the preparation for WWII ... and to talk with local people who remember the summer the troops came to town. While Eisenhower may have joked about the prostitutes in New Orleans, in Arkansas 60-75 prostitutes were rounded up and detained until after the troops left. Known prostitutes were also tested for venereal diseases according to the newspapers reports I am reading. The irony is that the local girls, from mid-teens and up, were encouraged to go to chaperoned dances held for the soldiers at community designated Soldiers Center. Thanks for the informative, site. Very interesting. I am currently reading Arkansas papers from 1941 regarding the build-up of troops in Arkansas for the maneuvers which began in southern Arkansas and crossed the border over to Louisiana.
It is fascinating to read how important these war games were for the preparation for WWII … and to talk with local people who remember the summer the troops came to town.

While Eisenhower may have joked about the prostitutes in New Orleans, in Arkansas 60-75 prostitutes were rounded up and detained until after the troops left. Known prostitutes were also tested for venereal diseases according to the newspapers reports I am reading.
The irony is that the local girls, from mid-teens and up, were encouraged to go to chaperoned dances held for the soldiers at community designated Soldiers Center.
Thanks for the informative, site.

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