Daughters of the American Revolution (Greensboro, N.C.)
Subject headings
Greensboro (N.C.) -- History--20th century;World War, 1939-1945
Place
Greensboro (N.C.)
Description
This scrapbook contains hundreds of clippings from the Greensboro Daily News and the Greensboro Record that were notices of enlistments, graduations, promotions, transfers, casualties, furloughs, everyday life and entertainment in war times, military growth and expansion, local patriotic events, personal war stories, status updates for POWs and MIAs. The clippings also include content about women members of the military and efforts of women's organizations on the homefront, as well as campaigns by other groups. Content is divided by month, and several months are separated by a page illustrated with art, including magazine clippings of unknown origins, drawings, and watercolor images. This scrapbook includes an account of a Greensboro resident's experiences from the occupation of Casablanca (April 1943, Page 014), an article on American Indians in the military (April 1943, Page 019), the incentivising of a war bonds campaign with free plane rides (April 1943, Page 026) and by being allowed to pull a cord which would make the booth's display of Uncle Sam hit Hitler over the head with a club (April 1943, Page 021), and the announcement of Mary Nicholson's death (May 1943, Page 047). Also included is an article on a young model plane maker's creations being used by members of the military to increase familiarity with Allied and Axis plane types (June 1943. Page 064), another stating that a High Point soldier was one of the first to enter Bizerte in Tunisia (June 1943, Page 071), a third detailing the use and importance of colorful "zoot suit" uniforms by Marines (December 1943, Page 201), and a photograph and article showing the bloody and tattered Japanese flag sent home by a serviceman (December 1943, Page 204).
Type
Text;Image
Original format
scrapbooks;newsletters;clippings
Original publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
