The Niles-Maine Library District
gratefully acknowledges the generosity and insight shared in this exhibit by Niles resident, collector and historian, Chris Reuscher and his wife Laura.
Further details explaining the uniforms
of World War II can be read on Chris's website
http://www.usww2uniforms.com
“the place to discover and explore United States military uniforms & clothing of the WWII era.”
Charles “Chuck” Jacobs, the first World War II Niles resident, to be interviewed for the Niles Veterans History Project, served as Pharmacist’s Mate 2/C on the Destroyer Escort USS Sims which is depicted on the left in the exhibit backdrop.
Chuck’s interview and those of other veterans can be read upstairs in the Veterans History Corner
and via the library’s website at
https://www.nileslibrary.org/veterans-history-project
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