Home Front - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Home Front write by Julian M. Pleasants. This book was released on 2018-10-03. Home Front available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. At the outset of World War II, North Carolina was one of the poorest states in the Union. More than half of the land was rural. Over one-third of the farms had no electricity; only one in eight had a telephone. Illiteracy and a lack of education resulted in the highest rate of draft rejections of any state. The citizens desperately wanted higher living standards, and the war would soon awaken the Rip Van Winkle state to its fullest potential. Home Front traces the evolution of the people, customs, traditions, and attitudes, arguing that World War II was the most significant event in the history of modern North Carolina. Using oral history interviews, newspaper accounts, and other primary sources, historian Julian Pleasants explores the triumphs, hardships, and emotions of North Carolinians during this critical period. The Training and Selective Service Act of 1940 created over fifty new military bases in the state to train two million troops. Citizens witnessed German submarines sinking merchant vessels off the coast, struggled to understand and cope with rationing regulations, and used 10,000 German POWs as farm and factory laborers. The massive influx of newcomers reinvigorated markets--the timber, mineral, textile, tobacco, and shipbuilding industries boomed, and farmers and other manufacturing firms achieved economic success. Although racial and gender discrimination remained, World War II provided social and economic opportunities for black North Carolinians and for women to fill jobs once limited to men, helping to pave the way for the civil and women's rights movements that followed. The conclusion of World War II found North Carolina drastically different. Families had lost sons and daughters, fathers and mothers, and brothers and sisters. Despite all the sacrifices and dislocations, the once provincial state looked forward to a modern, diversified, and highly industrialized future.
Selective Service in North Carolina in World War II.
Selective Service in North Carolina in World War II. - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Selective Service in North Carolina in World War II. write by Spencer Bidwell King. This book was released on 1949. Selective Service in North Carolina in World War II. available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The official history of the North Carolina administration of the Selective training and service act of 1940, as amended.
North Carolina's Role in World War II.
North Carolina's Role in World War II. - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook North Carolina's Role in World War II. write by Sarah McCulloh Lemmon. This book was released on 1964. North Carolina's Role in World War II. available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Asheville and Western North Carolina in World War II
Asheville and Western North Carolina in World War II - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Asheville and Western North Carolina in World War II write by Reid Chapman. This book was released on 2006. Asheville and Western North Carolina in World War II available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. World War II served as a rallying call in Asheville and Western North Carolina, putting the citizens back to work. Asheville's two strongest economic sectors, tourism and medicine; its beautiful isolation; and advanced hospitals served the nation's needs during the Second World War. The United States secreted German and Japanese businessmen, federal agencies, and valuable art in these mountains, and recuperating soldiers found solace in the camps and inns. Meanwhile our citizens-black and white men, women, and children-offered themselves up for service. Images of America: Asheville and Western North Carolina in World War II tells their stories, from Pearl Harbor's bombing to the study of the long-term effects of radiation on the Japanese, from the far Pacific to stateside support groups and local sacrifices.
North Carolina and World War II
North Carolina and World War II - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook North Carolina and World War II write by Anita Price Davis. This book was released on 2014-11-24. North Carolina and World War II available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. North Carolina did more than its part during World War II. This Southern state trained more troops than any other state in the nation. Can one still find the military posts and shipyards, the cemeteries and memorials, the convalescent units and R&R facilities today? This volume describes in detail both the state's 20-plus military sites and the eight little-known North Carolina prisoner of war camps. Images and memories tell the story of service personnel and their families who contributed to the war effort at much personal sacrifice. The book reminds readers of how those Carolinians who remained behind did their part through supporting the troops, rationing, salvaging metals, growing Victory Gardens and purchasing War Bonds.
