The war put 3.5 million men into the armed forces, but it mobilized the entire nation — business and industry, farm and factory, men, women, and children. In this chapter you’ll explore how Americans at home supported and endured the war — from civil defense and housing prisoners of war to rationing and buying war bonds. Although the focus is on North Carolina, we’ve also included primary sources on the Japanese-American internment.
Section Contents
- Calling for Sacrifice
- The Manpower Problem
- North Carolina's Wartime Miracle: Defending the Nation
- The Japanese-American Internment
- Rosie the Riveter
- Germans Attack Off of North Carolina's Outer Banks
- Wartime Wilmington
- Prisoners of War in North Carolina
- Rationing
- War Bonds
- Covering the Beat: UNC in the WWII Era