Description: World War II Buffalo, New York, Military, Paperback Author Gretchen Knapp brings to life the challenges and contributions of daily life in World War II Buffalo.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.
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MPN: 9781467136952
Book Title: World War II Buffalo
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2017
Topic: United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Military / World War II, Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), History, United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, Pa)
Item Height: 0.3 in
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Genre: Travel, Photography, History
Item Weight: 0.6 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
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Item Width: 6 in
Book Series: Military Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
