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 1924 - 1967 (42 years)
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| 1 | 1929 | - 1929: Stock market crash
Stock market crash - great depression begins
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| 2 | 1941 | - 1941—1945: World War II
US involvement in World War II
- Aug 1941—May 1942: MCAS Cherry Point constructed
First named Cunningham Field, construction on Cherry Point started less than a month before WW II.
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| 3 | 1954 | - 15 Oct 1954: Hurricane Hazel
Hurricane Hazel hits North Carolina - 19 dead - 15,000 homes destroyed
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| 4 | 1962 | - 1962—1975: Vietnam War
US involvement in the Vietnam War
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| 5 | 1965 | - 1965: TGS Lee Creek Operations Begin
Texas Gulf Sulfur begins phosphate operations at Lee Creek Mine.
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