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April 1, 1946By: John Beilun / Time TravelerWithin days following the declaration ofwar, troop trains began traversing thecountry. The residents of North Platte, Nebraska,population 12,429 received word that their own Company D of theNebraska National Guard would be passing through on December 17 th .When the day arrived, over 500 townspeople gathered at the depot.Their arms and hands were full of cookies, cakes, candies and pies – allfor their boys who were destined for the Pacific.They waited for many hours in the frigid cold before a train finallyarrived. It contained Company D. But, it was from Kansas, and notNebraska.The disappointed crowd turned to leave. However, before they had achance, Rae Wilson, a 25-year-old local drugstore clerk ran up to oneof the cars and began giving away her bundle of treats to the troops.Within minutes, everyone did the same.Rae was so moved by the soldiers’ responses – unexpected glee,thankfulness, tears of joy and a palpable boost in moral – that sheimmediately wrote a letter to the local paper recommending that allfuture troop trains be treated with equal kindness.She followed this up with requests for more cookies, cakes, candiesand pies and commandeered part of the station as a canteen. She alsoformed a committee and established a rotating group of hundreds ofwomen to “man” the platform whenever a troop train arrived.On December 25, the North Platte Canteen officially opened.Trains began arriving at the rate of as many as 23 times a day – fromfive in the morning to as late as midnight.As the magnitude of the job grew, so did those who volunteered tohelp and donate whatever was needed. Besides the initial assortment oftreats, coffee, fruit, and piano playing were added.As time passed, thousands of others joined the North Plattecontingent. They hailed from over 125 communities in Nebraska,Colorado and Kansas.For the next 1,558 consecutive days these volunteers greeted everymember of our armed forces on every troop train that stopped at NorthPlatte.On April 1, 1946, the last train, now homeward bound, came andwent and the canteen was closed. Between then and December 25, 1941,over 55,000 volunteers had brought a moment of happiness to over6,000,000 servicemen and women who had left portions of their heartsin that small Nebraskan town.All of this happened without a dime from the government, butinstead because of America’s greatest generation.36April 2021
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