World War II Home Front – Mobilization in Alabama

http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-4493 2

3http://mysite.verizon.net/ThunderboltDivision/83html/Bob_Parsens/Sgt_Bob_Parsons.htm

4http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-6519

5http://www.militarymediainc.com/ruckerguide/community.html

6http://www.redstone.army.mil/history/archives/rsa40s/hsv_tmes_3jul41_01.jpg

The Encyclopedia of Alabama states, “At the arsenal, the Army manufactured colored smoke munitions, tear gas, mustard gas, and other chemical warfare agents. The ordnance plant produced grenades, bombs, and chemical artillery ammunition.”

7http://216.226.178.196/u?/photo,5529

8http://www.redstone.army.mil/history/archives/rsa40s/rsawork_283.jpg

9http://www.flagusa2007.com/diana/maxwell1.jpg

10

http://216.226.178.196/u?/photo,8239

President Franklin D. Roosevelt pictured with Gov. Chauncey Sparks, Lieutenant General Yorent and Major General Royce at

Maxwell Field in 1943

11http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-4553

12http://216.226.178.196/u?/photo,4653

13http://216.226.178.1 96/u?/photo,4652

14

http://216.226.178.196/u?/photo,7731

The black airmen who became single-engine or multi-engine pilots were trained at Tuskegee Army Air Field (TAAF) in

Tuskegee Alabama.

15

http://216.226.178.196/u?/photo,7730

From 1941 through 1946, 996 pilots graduated at TAAF, receiving commissions and pilot wings.