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.
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The French & Indian War in Western Pennsylvania
World War II POW Camps in Ohio
World War II Rhode Island
Nathanael Greene in South Carolina : Hero of the American Revolution
Revolutionary Delaware : Independence in the First State
Paducah and the Civil War
Yankees & Rebels on the Upper Missouri : Steamboats, Gold and Peace
Long Island City in 1776 : The Revolution Comes to Queens
World War II Indiana Landmarks
World War II Buffalo
The Cape May Navy : Delaware Bay Privateers in the American Revolution
New Mexico in the Mexican-American War