The Hickory Polio Miracle

In the spring on 1944 , World War II was still raging in both Europe and the Pacific.   At the same time, another deadly threat was invading the U.S. state of North Carolina – a dreaded polio epidemic.  Regional hospitals were quickly maxed out with young, sick children.  Desperate parents needed a solution, but whatContinue reading “The Hickory Polio Miracle”