“That’s done by volunteers?”
“Yes. The WAC works inside. There’s plenty to be done if an enemy plane is sighted. Just plenty.
“This,” she said, changing the subject, “is Boom Town. Six months ago it was open country.”
Norma looked up, then stared. So interested had she become in their talk that she had failed to note that they were now passing before a long row of new red brick buildings.
“This,” She Said, Changing the Subject, “Is Boom Town.”
“The two-story ones are barracks,” her companion explained. “Some of the one-story buildings are Company Headquarters, some are mess halls, and some day rooms.”
“Day rooms?” Norma was puzzled.