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Lake City, Florida: A Sesquicentennial Tribute (2009) H. Morris Williams, Dr. Kevin M. McCarthy
Chapter Fourteen: 1940 - 1949
Chapter Fourteen: 1940 - 1949
World War II greatly affected Lake City, as it did the rest of
the country, as many young men went off to war and businesses geared
up to provide
goods and ser-
vices to the
Armed Forces
as well as to
local citizens.
Local resident
Fred Cone
continued as
governor until
1941. After
Governor
Cone left of-
fice in 1941,
Governor and Mrs. Mildred he and Mrs.
Cone during his term of office Cone returned
to Lake City,
where she
served as a volunteer at the Lake City Naval Air Station.
The population of Lake City in1940 was 5,836.
A local poster
during World War II
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