Amazing Color Photos Of America Preparing For World War II
Library of Congress
We've written about the Library of Congress' incredible collection of color photos from the early 1940s before. We decided to take another look, this time highlighting how the country mobilized for World War II.
Industry was humming with the help of this carbon black plant worker in Sunray, Texas
Men and women prepared for jobs in the Army by learning things like how to create camouflage maps based on aerial photographs
Trains needed to run then more than ever and the "hump master" at the Chicago railroad yard controlled movements of locomotives from his post at the hump office
Meanwhile, the frontier was still alive and well in this shepherd in Madison County, Montana
Rural places, like the living quarters and "juke joint" for migratory workers in Belle Glade, Florida, didn't change much during this time
Kids, like ones at the Farm Security Administration labor camp in Robston, Texas, were left to their own devices
Members of the "girlie" show at the Vermont state fair demonstrate a good time could still be had
America needed to manufacture for the war effort with the help people like John Kelseh, a blacksmith in Blue Island, Illinois
Many women took different roles, like this aircraft worker in Burbank, California
And Elizabeth Little, mother of two, who is seen spraying small parts for the U.S. Army Air Corps in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Even high school students received training for specific contributions to the war effort, like learning about propeller characteristics
Men like Jesse Rhodes Waller, A.O.M., third class, prepared for a fight by installing and testing 30-caliber machine guns on Navy planes at a base in Corpus Christi, Texas
"Women in white" like Mildred Webb learned to operate cutting machines, and after about eight weeks as an apprentice they would be eligible for a civil service job
Other women workers riveted A-20 bombers at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant at Long Beach, California
Women helped assemble a lot of the planes that soldiers flew, including the wing of a B-17F heavy bomber shown here
Women in the workforce, like riveter Mrs. Virginia Davis, eventually became supervisors
New types protective clothing were invented, like clothing and gas masks for chemical warfare
Marines at Parris Island, South Carolina, trained to become pilots on the planes built by their peers
So much was new that instructors were explaining the operation of a parachute as student pilots were just learning how to fly in Fort Worth, Texas
Students were keen to learn as much as they could the first time around
The bombs, like the one held here by J.D. Estes, were getting bigger and heavier
Soldiers practiced shooting the 30-caliber Browning machine gun on a pedestal for anti-aircraft protection
While others operated azimuth instruments to measure the angle of splash in sea-target practice
Some M-4 tank crews had their laughs as they trained at Fort Knox, Kentucky
Others were more serious
This Coast Guardsman was already serving his country as he stood guard over new items like a 78-foot torpedo boat in New Orleans, Louisiana
Furnaces like this one near Muscle Shoals, Alabama were working overtime
Everywhere, Americans were learning
While the world kept turning (albeit slowly in places like Natchitoches, Louisiana)
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