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…
(Memorial Day seems a good time to remember what life was like in 1942) I Remember December 7th by Dorothy Graham Gast "Pearl Harbor…
Patron+ member story - Click …/ to see how to Become a Patron and unlock this story now. During WWII, several Alabama small towns manufactured high explosives…
July 7, 1943– What do you think? Was their censorship or simply shortages which caused rationing of newsprint in WWII? Share your answers and…
As we plan our July 4th festivities, we should never forget how some brave Americans spent July 1, 1943. This story appeared in The…
In 1940, Aliceville in Pickens County, Alabama was an isolated, rural small town with a population of around 2,000 located in West Central Alabama.…
SONGS OF WORLD WAR II written August 2009 By Joyce Ray Wheeler He says it’s a song they sang when marching. Even after all…
![Life during WWII was very different from today – [vintage film & pictures]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Shipbuilding-wwii-ms-220x174.jpg)
![On September 30, 1945: Aliceville Camp, a prisoner-of-war camp in Pickens County for members of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s Africa Korps, was deactivated.[pics & film]](https://www.alabamapioneers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/German-prisoners-of-war-marching-to-camp-in-Aliceville3-220x141.jpg)
