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World War II Buffalo by Gretchen E. Knapp (Paperback)

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SKU:
123256
UPC:
9781467136952
Width:
6.50 (in)
Height:
9.20 (in)
Depth:
0.30 (in)

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.

  • : 11/27/2017
  • : New York
  • : Military
  • : 38 Black And White
  • : 128
  • 100% made in the U.S.A. by Arcadia Publishing in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.

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