Everything changed on the morning of December 7, 1941, and life in San Francisco was no exception. Flush with excitement and tourism in the wake of the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, the city was stunned at the severity of the Pearl Harbor attack, and quickly settled into organized chaos with its new role as a major deployment center for the remainder of the war. "Frisco" teemed with servicemen and servicewomen during and after the conflict, forever changing the face of this waterfront city. Warships roamed the bay, and fearsome gun embankments appeared on the cliffs facing the sea, preparing to repel an invasion that never happened.
In the dark, frenzied years of World War II, the San Francisco Bay Area was the geographic center of a $6.3 billion West Coast shipbuilding industry.
respect of New Deal administrators. ... One in Richmond began in December 1940 under the management of Kaiser's Todd-California Shipbuilding Corporation.
Artillery at the Golden Gate tells the story of the "concrete soldiers," the US Army coast artillerymen who manned the huge seacoast rifles and underwater minefields guarding the San Francisco harbor during World War II. Artillery at the ...
In 1940, as a result of Hitler's plans to eradicate Jews, 10-year old Lizzi left Vienna to seek refuge in America. Two weeks later she began her new life in...
How the diverse populations of urban California joined hands to defeat totalitarianism during World War II.
This important book adds immeasurably to our knowledge of West Coast American music, whilst simultaneously challenging a number of historiographical shibboleths.” —David Nicholls, contributing editor of The Cambridge History of American ...
Pays tribute to the service of Japanese-American soldiers during World War II, focusing on the members of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, many of whom came from U.S. internment camps and fought while their families remained confined at ...
"Artillery at the Golden Gate" tells the story of the "concrete soldiers," the U.S. Army coast artillerymen who manned the huge seacoast rifles and underwater minefields guarding the San Francisco harbor entrance during World War II. Beyond ...