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World War II Buffalo

Title

World War II Buffalo / Gretchen E. Knapp.

Author

Knapp, Gretchen E.,

Publication

Charleston, S.C.: History Press, [2017]
© 2017.

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Description

125 pages : illustrations, facsimilies, map, portraits; 23 cm

Summary

"When President Roosevelt visited Buffalo in November 1940, he found a hardworking city with a large immigrant population manufacturing aircraft for the Allies. Nearby Fort Niagara inducted over 100,000 young men, resulting in an acute labor shortage. American Brass, Bell Aircraft, Chevrolet, Curtiss-Wright, Houde Engineering and Republic Steel reluctantly, then gladly, hired women. More than 300,000 defense workers toiled in hot factories for high wages despite transportation, housing and food shortages. The aircraft plants alone employed 85,000 on forty-eight-hour workweeks. Buffalonians watched the flag raising at Iwo Jima, participated in the Manhattan Project and observed the formal surrender of Japan in Tokyo Bay. Author Gretchen Knapp brings to life the challenges and contributions of daily life during wartime." -- page [4] cover.

Subject

Genre/Form

Military history.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages [123]-125) and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Winds of change -- You're in the Army now -- Rosie the riveter -- Life in wartime -- Bringing in the sheaves -- The children's war -- Growing pains -- For the duration -- Victory -- Postwar blues -- Epilogue.

ISBN

1467136956
9781467136952

LCCN

2017948513

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library