 Let's look at another sketch entitled Gaynell Ackerman, A-C-H-I-M-O-N. World War II changed the face of my town. Many of the young men went to war, while the older men and women who remained went to work supporting the war effort with their labor. In order to meet the needs which arose from this conflict, a chapter of the American Red Cross was established in my town, Tallahassee.