[PDF] When Milwaukee Went To War eBook

Author : Thomas H Fehring P E
Publisher :
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 46,42 MB
Release : 2020-08-22
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When Milwaukee Went to War brings to life the incredible stories behind the many men and women-from all walks of life-who stepped up and proudly worked toward a common goal. Their hard work and sacrifices, along with the investment and innovation by Milwaukee industry led to Victory."Every combat division, every naval task force, every squadron of fighting planes is dependent for its equipment and ammunition and fuel and food . . . on the American people in civilian clothes in the offices and in the factories and on the farms at home." - Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1943 Milwaukee was one of the principal industrial centers of the United States that produced munitions for the war effort. Area companies also produced goods for the troops engaged in the war. The factory workers who helped build the equipment and supplies were a central part of the war effort. They can be credited for helping to achieve victory in Europe and victory over Japan. This book is issued in commemoration of their work and sacrifices.

Author : Richard L. Pifer
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 40,50 MB
Release : 2014-03-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0870204823

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Milwaukeeans greeted the advent of World War II with the same determination as other Americans. Everyone felt the effect of the war, whether through concern for loved ones in danger, longer work hours, consumer shortages, or participation in war service organizations and drives. Men and women workers produced the essential goods necessary for victory—the vehicles, weapons, munitions, and components for all the machinery of war. But even in wartime there were labor conflicts, fueled by the sacrifices and tensions of wartime life. A City at War focuses on the experience of working men and women in a community that was not a wartime boom town. It looks at the stands of the CIO and the AFL against low wartime wages, and at women in unionized factories facing the perceptions and goals of male workers, union leaders, and society itself. Here is a social history of wartime Milwaukee and its workers as they laid the groundwork for a secure postwar future.

Author : Meg Jones
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 1 pages
File Size : 17,61 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1467117625

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Thanks to the city's large industrial base, factories quickly retooled and mobilized for wartime production. Locals sacrificed their lives for the cause. Through past interviews and archival materials, author Meg Jones reveals these and other patriotic stories.

Author : Patricia A. Lynch
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 49,23 MB
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 0738598739

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As the country sought healing and peace after the Civil War, Wisconsin citizens took up Pres. Abraham Lincoln's challenge "to care for him who shall have borne the battle." Their efforts paved the way for the establishment in Milwaukee of one of the original three branches of the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. In May 1867, the first 60 veterans, including a musician from the War of 1812, moved to a single building on 400 rolling acres west of Milwaukee. By the end of the 19th century, the bustling campus boasted its own hospital, chapel, library, theater, and recreation hall, in addition to the grand main building. Subsequent wars and military conflicts created a need for additional buildings and services. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 2011, the campus continues to offer a healing environment for today's patients and stands as a testimony to advances in veteran health care.

Author : Sarah Bialas
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 46,97 MB
Release : 2018-12
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ISBN : 9780985672591

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What's more fun than a day in Milwaukee?A day with your kids in Milwaukee!Travel to many wonderful sights in Milwaukee with a dad and his two boys. Everything is going to be great until the boys start to fightto squabbleto argue!A burger WAR erupts as they vie to determine how to be FAIRabout the burgers.How will they solve this dilemma?Who will come out on top?Peek inside to get a glance at some great sights in Milwaukee and see who wins in the"great Milwaukee hamburger War"

Author : Betty Cowley
Publisher : Badger Books Inc.
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 49,9 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781878569837

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Comprehensive look inside Wisconsin's 38 branch camps that held 20,000 Nazi and Japanese prisoners of war during World War II.

Author : Richard L. Pifer
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 30,42 MB
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0870207830

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The Great War Comes to Wisconsin examines Wisconsin’s response to World War I, the first "total war" of the twentieth century, a war so large that it engaged virtually everyone. Instead of a comprehensive history of the battlefield, this book captures the homefront experience: the political debates over war policy, the worry over loved ones fighting overseas, the countless everyday sacrifices, and the impact of a wartime hysteria that drove dissent underground. It also includes the voices of soldiers from Wisconsin’s famed 32nd Division, through extensively quoted letters and newspaper accounts. Immerse yourself in the Wisconsin experience during World War I—a conflict that demonstrated America’s great capacity for sacrifice and generosity, but also for prejudice, intolerance, and injustice.

Author : Annegret Fauser
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 19,82 MB
Release : 2013-05-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 0199948038

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Classical music in 1940s America had a cultural relevance and ubiquitousness that is hard to imagine today. No other war mobilized and instrumentalized culture in general and music in particular so totally, so consciously, and so unequivocally as World War II. Through author Annegret Fauser's in-depth, engaging, and encompassing discussion in context of this unique period in American history, Sounds of War brings to life the people and institutions that created, performed, and listened to this music.

Author : William J. K. Beaudot
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 32,50 MB
Release : 2003
Category : United States
ISBN : 9780811708944

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Winner of Milwaukee County Historical Society's coveted Gambrinus Prize for the best book-length contribution to Milwaukee historiography in 2003 Profiles the courageous 24th Wisconsin Infantry and features the personal stories of members of the 24th, including Arthur McArthur, the father of Gen. Douglas MacArthur Utilizes hundreds of primary sources--letters, diaries, and contemporary newspaper articles Formed in the summer of 1862, the 24th Wisconsin Infantry participated in many major battles of the Western theater, earning a reputation as a brave, hard-fighting unit. Unlike other unit histories, this book makes no attempt, as the author freely admits, to provide "an objective history" of the regiment. Rather, the book digs deeper, following the personal stories of the soldiers themselves, providing hundreds of individual vignettes that, taken together, paint a vivid picture of the life of a Union soldier.