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'l'i:l-if: :, plroll clown rim 1 ilov5'r:ll.'f1 n' 1 T' -.W if 4-new fig 74f gig! .Y WWW 3' . ,......,.....,..1 An inlet captures the sunlight of another splendid day As war approached fisam ladtlxgl the east and west, Congzessqgixegjj 5, moved to increase the size, og? yi if Navy m order so meer fkefprayec ya ed costs of the 'two oeelaniwa ,Q T e Two Ocean Navyfaffgwf 'J' s signed lay F R in 1946, anal, impact was rel: almost rmmeirat, sg? m the area The new lawhezaldw ra not only improvements and? mofyig ermzatron of the exwstmg naval fa of cilmes but also increased work loads of the exrsrmg naval facfhnes The Norfolk area became a wer time boom town during World War II Roughly 55 N0 saxlors came ashore every rughr, strainxng the city s facxhrxes. 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