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Coffee County farmers supplied food for the Southeastern Air Training Center at Craig Field, Selma, Alabama in 1941. When the U.S. officially entered World…
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When the U.S. officially entered World War II, the need for food for the American troops increased. Farmers who had received help from the…
When the U.S. officially entered World War II, the need for food for the troops increased everywhere. The Federal Farmers Security Administration (FSA) stepped…
In 1942, during WWII, Childersburg in Talladega, Alabama was overrun with workers at the new defense plant which manufactured high explosives. Housing was at…
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July 7, 1943– What do you think? Was their censorship or simply shortages which caused rationing of newsprint in WWII? Share your answers and…
(Memorial Day seems a good time to remember what life was like in 1942) I Remember December 7th by Dorothy Graham Gast "Pearl Harbor…
During World War II, many people moved to nearby Sylacauga to work in the defense plant. They came from all over the nation and the area was…
As we plan our July 4th festivities, we should never forget how some brave Americans spent July 1, 1943. This story appeared in The…
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Some beautiful songs of World War II - Do you remember these? SONGS OF WORLD WAR II written August 2009By Joyce Ray Wheeler…
John Collier, Jr. was “an American anthropologist and an early leader in the fields of visual anthropology and applied anthropology” was a member of…
When the U.S. officially entered World War II, the need for food for the soldiers increased everywhere. Coffee County farmers supplied food for the…
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