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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.
- Subjects
- New York (State) > Buffalo
- 1900-1999
- Civilian war relief
- World War, 1939-1945 > Civilian relief > New York (State) > Buffalo
- Military history
- Social conditions
- Buffalo (N.Y.) > Social conditions > 20th century
- War work
- Buffalo (N.Y.) > History, Military > 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 > New York (State) > Buffalo
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 > War work > New York (State) > Buffalo
- 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