Bibliograph

DENVILLE IN WORLD WAR II

Type

Label

DENVILLE IN WORLD WAR II

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

DENVILLE IN WORLD WAR II

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Summary

The bucolic small-town life of Denville in the 1940s would change forever with the outbreak of World War II. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the town mobilized, creating the Denville Local Defense Council, designating air wardens to watch the skies and establishing air raid sirens. Schoolchildren gathered around home radios to learn if there were enough supplies to heat the school, and families learned to live within the confines of a ration book. The Denville Salvage Committee proclaimed, "Bomb 'em with Junk!" as it collected waste goods for the war effort. Hundreds of Denville men served valiantly in all theaters of the war, some earning prestigious military accolades and many tragically never returning

Target audience

adult

Classification