Florida in World War II
Subtitle: floating fortress
By: Nick Wynne and Richard Moorhead
Contributors: Moorhead, Richard, 1943-
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781596299290
Other titles: Florida in World War 2; Florida in World War Two
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: World War II and Its Impact on the Sunshine State; title: Cloudy skies in the Sunshine State : prewar Florida; title: The world at war : the 1930s; title: Pearl Harbor mobilizes the Florida homefront; title: War comes to Florida : U-boats and alien spies; title: "The biggest damned aircraft carrier in the world"; title: Florida takes to the oceans : naval bases; title: The United States Army in the Sunshine State : Camp Blanding; title: "Hell by the sea" : Camp Gordon Johnson; title: Rosie the riveter : war on the homefront; title: Prostitutes, victory girls, and venereal diseases : social problems; title: Nazi and Italian POWs : the Axis foothold in Florida; title: War on two fronts : soldiers of color in Florida; title: Of smaller units and special training; title: War propaganda : American style; title: Victory at last! : Florida returns to normalcy.