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World War II Milwaukee
Contributor(s): Jones, Meg (Author)
ISBN: 1467117625     ISBN-13: 9781467117623
Publisher: History Press
OUR PRICE:   $19.79  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: November 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi
- History | Military - World War Ii
- History | Military - United States
Series: Military
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.75 lbs) 160 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1940's
 
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Publisher Description:
Long before Japanese bombs rained down on Pearl Harbor, Milwaukee was the "Machine Shop to the World." Thanks to the city's large industrial base, factories quickly retooled and mobilized for wartime production. Harley-Davidson produced thousands of military motorbikes, and Falk Corporation churned out gears that turned the propellers on hundreds of ships. Locals sacrificed their lives for the cause--Mayor Carl Zeidler went missing at sea, USS Arizona captain Franklin Van Valkenburgh refused to leave the bridge of his burning battleship and Mildred Harnack joined the Nazi resistance movement and was executed on direct orders from Hitler. Embedded with German and American troops, Milwaukee journalists H.V. Kaltenborn, Louis Lochner and Dickey Chapelle sent dispatches from the front lines. Through past interviews and archival materials, author Meg Jones reveals these and other patriotic stories.

Contributor Bio(s): Jones, Meg: - Meg Jones has been a journalist for more than half her life, working for small daily newspapers in Wisconsin as well as USA Today, where she wrote short blurbs for eight states every day on the "Across the States" page. For the last two decades Meg has been a reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel covering a wide variety of news including many stories about military and veterans' issues.