Title:
Florida in World War II : floating fortress
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Publication Information:
Charleston, SC : History Press, 2010.
Physical Description:
254 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Introduction: World War II and its impact on the Sunshine State -- Cloudy skies in the Sunshine State : prewar Florida -- The world at war : the 1930s -- Pearl Harbor mobilizes the Florida homefront -- War comes to Florida : U-boats and alien spies -- "The biggest damned aircraft carrier in the world" -- Florida takes to the oceans : naval bases -- The United States Army in the Sunshine State : Camp Blanding -- "Hell by the sea" : Camp Gordon Johnson -- Rosie the Riveter : war on the homefront -- Prostitutes, victory girls, and venereal diseases : social problems -- Nazi and Italian POWs : the Axis foothold in Florida -- War on two fronts : soldiers of color in Florida -- Of smaller units and special training -- War propaganda : American style -- Victory at last! : Florida returns to normalcy.
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