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Author Dresser, Tom.

Title Martha's Vineyard in World War II / Thomas Dresser, Herb Foster and Jay Schofield.

Publication Info. Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2014.

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Location Call No. Status
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  940.5374 DRESSER, THOMAS    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  940.5374 DRESSER    Check Shelf
Description 190 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-188) and index.
Contents The road to war: 1940 -- Protection and fortifications -- The Atlantic Charter: 1941 -- Colonel Lindbergh -- Civilian defense -- War -- The homefront: 1942 -- Plane spotters -- Peaked Hill -- Rationing -- Nursing efforts -- Along the shore -- Rumors -- Aliens and prejudice -- Servicemen -- United Service Organization -- The Van Ryper Model Shop -- Ferryboats Naushon and New Bedford -- Shipbuilding -- The invasions of Martha's Vineyard -- Navy acquisitions: 1943 -- Martha's Vineyard Naval Auxiliary Air Facility -- Plane crashes: 1944 -- Edgar -- The gunnery range -- Submarines and saboteurs -- Prisoner of war Sergeant Joseph H. Sylvia -- D-Day -- End of the war: 1945 -- Postwar.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Massachusetts -- Martha's Vineyard.
Martha's Vineyard (Mass.) -- History -- 20th century.
World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Subject Massachusetts -- Martha's Vineyard. (OCoLC)fst01243069
Added Author Foster, Herbert L.
Schofield, Jay, 1942-
ISBN 9781626193727
162619372X
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