TUALATIN, Oregon — September 19 marked a very special birthday for Mary Louise Nelson: Nelson, who was born in 1924, was treated to a 100th birthday party at a senior living facility in Tualatin.
Nelson was just 18 years old when she signed up to work at Douglas Aircraft in Santa Monica, California. It was 1942, the first full year of U.S. involvement in World War II.
“I worked in a big hanger; I was what they called a parts expediter,” Nelson told KGW on Thursday. She worked at that facility building B-20 aircrafts for eight months…