Author: James L. Noles, Jr.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738514864
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The story of Camp Rucker, Alabama, during the Second World War illustrates the colossal effort of a quiet nation to shake off its peaceful slumber and mobilize for total war. Camp Rucker's role in that mighty endeavor is told in these pages through vintage photographs from Fort Rucker's Army Aviation Museum. Select passages from the War Department's 1944 pamphlet Army Life complement these images to give a unique glimpse at the life of a U.S. Army training camp during World War II and the men and women who trained there. Today, Camp Rucker is known as Fort Rucker and is home to the United States Army Aviation Center. In 1941, however, it was simply a vast acreage of pine trees, scrub oak, and sub-marginal farmland. But following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the War Department decided to carve out a training camp in this southeastern corner of Alabama. By the spring of 1942, the first freshly mobilized units had entered its gates. In the following three years, Camp Rucker trained thousands of Army soldiers, WACs, and nurses. Many of these young Americans were destined for the battlefields of the Pacific and Europe.
Camp Rucker During World War II
Author: James L. Noles, Jr.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738514864
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The story of Camp Rucker, Alabama, during the Second World War illustrates the colossal effort of a quiet nation to shake off its peaceful slumber and mobilize for total war. Camp Rucker's role in that mighty endeavor is told in these pages through vintage photographs from Fort Rucker's Army Aviation Museum. Select passages from the War Department's 1944 pamphlet Army Life complement these images to give a unique glimpse at the life of a U.S. Army training camp during World War II and the men and women who trained there. Today, Camp Rucker is known as Fort Rucker and is home to the United States Army Aviation Center. In 1941, however, it was simply a vast acreage of pine trees, scrub oak, and sub-marginal farmland. But following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the War Department decided to carve out a training camp in this southeastern corner of Alabama. By the spring of 1942, the first freshly mobilized units had entered its gates. In the following three years, Camp Rucker trained thousands of Army soldiers, WACs, and nurses. Many of these young Americans were destined for the battlefields of the Pacific and Europe.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738514864
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The story of Camp Rucker, Alabama, during the Second World War illustrates the colossal effort of a quiet nation to shake off its peaceful slumber and mobilize for total war. Camp Rucker's role in that mighty endeavor is told in these pages through vintage photographs from Fort Rucker's Army Aviation Museum. Select passages from the War Department's 1944 pamphlet Army Life complement these images to give a unique glimpse at the life of a U.S. Army training camp during World War II and the men and women who trained there. Today, Camp Rucker is known as Fort Rucker and is home to the United States Army Aviation Center. In 1941, however, it was simply a vast acreage of pine trees, scrub oak, and sub-marginal farmland. But following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the War Department decided to carve out a training camp in this southeastern corner of Alabama. By the spring of 1942, the first freshly mobilized units had entered its gates. In the following three years, Camp Rucker trained thousands of Army soldiers, WACs, and nurses. Many of these young Americans were destined for the battlefields of the Pacific and Europe.
Forth to the Mighty Conflict
Author: Allen Cronenberg
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 9780817350277
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Alabama and its people played a conspicuous role in World War II. Not only were thousands of servicemen trained at military facilities in the state but Axis prisoners of war were interned in camps on Alabama soil, most notably at Aliceville and Opelika. More than 45,000 Alabama citizens were killed in combat or died as POWs, some came home injured, and many labored in war factories at home.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 9780817350277
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Alabama and its people played a conspicuous role in World War II. Not only were thousands of servicemen trained at military facilities in the state but Axis prisoners of war were interned in camps on Alabama soil, most notably at Aliceville and Opelika. More than 45,000 Alabama citizens were killed in combat or died as POWs, some came home injured, and many labored in war factories at home.
Soil Survey, Dale County, Alabama
Author: Ralph E. Henry
Publisher:
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Category : Soil surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Category : Soil surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Soil Survey
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Category : Soil surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Category : Soil surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Congressional Record
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1324
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1324
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Strength in Reserve
Author: United States. Department of the Army
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Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Languages : en
Pages : 132
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United States Army Aviation Digest
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Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 56
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Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Strength in Reserve; a Bibliographic Survey of the United States Army Reserve
Author: Army Library (U.S.)
Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Military Construction Authorization, Fiscal Year 1959
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1130
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1130
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World War II and the U.S. Army Mobilization Program
Author: Arlene R. Kriv
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 578
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Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 578
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