Mike Buckendorf

Tulsa:: the War Years (Images of America) Mike Buckendorf

Still reeling from the hungry days of the Great Depression, America

was ill-equipped when the nation entered the Second World War.

Referred to as the "sleeping giant" by the Japanese, the United States

awoke from its slumber with a vengeance and soon began creating a

veritable tidal wave of production that turned the country into the

"Arsenal of Democracy." Tulsa, Oklahoma, was one of the cities at

the forefront of this massive wartime buildup. From bomber plants

to aviation training schools, to civil defense and the construction of

military bases, to the thousands who served in uniform across Europe

and the Pacific, Tulsa gave everything it had and then some. This was

a different breed of people that nonetheless stood firm in the face of

adversity and came together as a community. Tulsa: The War Years

takes the reader back to the time when people did without for the

greater benefit of all and sometimes sacrificed everything for the sake

of victory.