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World War II Buffalo

Title
World War II Buffalo / Gretchen E. Knapp.
Author
Knapp, Gretchen E.
Publication
  • Charleston, S.C.: The History Press, 2017.
  • © 2017.

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Description
125 pages : illustrations, map; 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
  • 1900-1999
  • World War, 1939-1945 > New York (State) > Buffalo
  • World War, 1939-1945 > War work > New York (State) > Buffalo
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Civilian relief > New York (State) > Buffalo
  • HISTORY / Military / World War II
  • HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
  • PHOTOGRAPHY / History
  • PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional
  • Civilian war relief
  • Social conditions
  • War work
  • Buffalo (N.Y.) > History, Military > 20th century
  • Buffalo (N.Y.) > Social conditions > 20th century
  • 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
  • 9781467136952
  • 1467136956
  • 9781540227584
  • 1540227588
LCCN
2017948513
OCLC
  • ocn995273971
  • 995273971
  • SCSB-9129296
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library