The Solano Chronicles: Celebrating Women’s Important Role in World War II
Editor’s note: Brendan Reilly’s “Solano Chronicle” column appears every other Sunday in the Times-Herald. During World War II, thousands of women worked in grueling shipbuilding jobs on Mare Island. Vallejo sculptor Giancherry is determined to ensure their memory lives on with a 10-foot-tall bronze statue on the island, which was once a naval shipyard. Mare … Read more