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Details conditions in Alabama and the role of its citizens in a time of military crisis unknown since the Civil War. Alabama and its people played a conspicuous role in World War II. Not only were thousands of servicemen trained at military facilities in the stateat Fort McClellan, Camp Rucker, Camp Sibert, Maxwell Air Field, and Tuskegee Army Air Fieldbut 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.
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Forth to the Mighty Conflict : Alabama and World War II
author
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Cronenberg, Allen.
publisher
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University of Alabama Press
isbn10 | asin
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0817307370
print isbn13
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9780817307370
ebook isbn13
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9780585215341
language
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English
subject
World War, 1939-1945--Alabama, Alabama--History--1819-1950.
publication date
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1995
lcc
:
D769.85.A2C76 1995eb
ddc
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940.53/761
subject
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World War, 1939-1945--Alabama, Alabama--History--1819-1950.
Page i
Forth to the Mighty Conflict
Page ii
(ADDSCO Collection, University of South Alabama Archives)
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Forth to the Mighty Conflict
Alabama and World II
Allen Cronenberg
The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa & London
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Copyright 1995 The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380 All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America
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The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Science-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cronenberg, Allen, 1940 Forth to the mighty conflict: Alabama and World War II / Allen Cronenberg. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8173-0737-0 1. World War, 19391945Alabama. 2. AlabamaHistory18191950. I. Title. D769.85.A2C76 1994 940.53'761dc20 94-7603
I dedicate this book to my mother, Virginia Cobb Cronenberg, who understands the importance of remembering the wartime experience of the men and women of her generation, and to the memory of my father, A. Thomson Cronenberg (190379).
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Contents
Preface
ix
One The Eve of War
1
Two The United States Goes to War
8
Three Alabama Goes to War
19
Four Alabama's Military Camps
36
Five Producing for Victory
47
Six Governing Alabama
60
Seven The War and Society
73
Eight Prisoners of War
94
Nine Liberating Europe
109
Ten Alabama and the War at Sea
125
Eleven Capturing the Pacific
137
Twelve The End of the War
161
Appendix Alabama's War Heroes
167
Notes
175
Bibliography
201
Index
213
Page ix
Preface
This book is about the profound effects of World War II on Alabama and the contributions the people of the state made to Allied victory over the Axis powers. Initially, it was conceived as an extended essay to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of Alabama's role in World War II. It was to be written for the Auburn University Center for the Arts and Humanities, which, under the energetic leadership of Leah Rawls Atkins and with a grant from the Alabama Humanities Foundation, launched a year-long public history program entitled "World War II: A Time Remembered." My appointment as scholar in residence at the humanities center in 199192 enabled me to complete the research for this manuscript and to begin writing. As the project matured, however, it became clear that the subject of Alabama's role in World War II deserved more than a brief essay.
Although World War II was a watershed event, especially for the American South and West, few regional or state histories of the war's impact exist. This study seeks to fill partially that void. Although monuments to the pastlike the patriotic granite tablets and columns standing sentry on the lawns of virtually every county seat in the United Statesare important, this book seeks to transcend the mere memorialization of World War II.
The title of this book, Forth to the Mighty Conflict, comes from the second verse of a zealous Protestant hymn, "Stand Up, Stand Up, for Jesus." To my mind, World War II assumed something of the character of a crusade. Filled with righteousness, nearly all Americans felt obligated to do their share to vanquish the foes. The nation's sense of purpose and solidarity justified the war's burdens and sacrifices. The mighty conflict did not end in 1945. It is not ended yet. Victory over tyranny and inhumanity abroad hastened the onset of equally momentous moral struggles for equality at home.
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