The Places
Irondale was the hometown of the Maxwell family. It was, and is, a small town (pop. about 450; then and now) located about 80 miles southeast of St. Louis in Washington County, MO. Nearby towns include Leadwood, Caledonia, Bismark, and Potosi. Irondale had a train station, post office, bank, high school, cafe, 2 general stores, 5 churches, a gas station/garage, a feed store, a funeral home, and a pool hall. Many were employed at the lumber mill and nearby lead mines. The town was best known for it’s Regional Boy Scout Camp with an Olympic size outdoor pool. In area, it was the second largest Boy Scout Camp in the country.
^ The Blue Haven Cafe – Serving home cooked meals since 1946.
v The I.H.S. Yearbook below has typed individual pages that are bound together with screws. Photos are clipped to the pages.
The Irondale High School
The Irondale High School Gymnasium
Irondale Baseball Team ^
Irondale Boy Scout Camp v
Irondale was known throughout the region for having a great Boy Scout Camp .
Irondale, Missouri
Winfred and Clifford’s hometown. Where ‘the Folks’ (Guy and Cressie Maxwell) lived with their youngest sister (Patsy Ann). Their older sister (Margaret) had moved to work in St. Louis, MO.
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Army Air Force Technical School - Sioux Falls, SD
Where Winfred went to school for 18 weeks to become a Radio Operator (R.O.) for the U.S. Army Air Force.
Camp Roberts - CA
Where Clifford went for Basic Training.
Fort Worden -
Port Townsend, Wa
Where Clifford first served as part of the Harbor Defense of Puget Sound.
March Field -
Riverside, CA
Where Winfred went for Phase 2 and 3 bomber training.
Hamilton Field -
San Francisco, CA
Where Winfred’s crew received their B-24 to fly across to England.
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Winfred’s crew’s Port of Embarkation (POE) – Where they left the U.S. flying the Southern Route to England.
Old Buckenham
Norfolk, England
Where Winfred’s crew was first stationed in England with the 453rd Bomb Group.