They called it the war effort [electronic resource] : oral histories from World War II Orange, Texas / by Louis Fairchild ; afterword by Thomas Charlton.
Publication details: Denton : Texas State Historical Association, 2012Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxxviii, 507 p. : ill., mapISBN:- 9780876112502
- 9780876112595 (e-book)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Texas -- Orange -- Anecdotes
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Texas -- Orange -- Anecdotes
- Oral history -- Texas -- Orange
- Interviews -- Texas -- Orange
- Orange (Tex.) -- Biography
- Orange (Tex.) -- History -- 20th century -- Anecdotes
- Orange (Tex.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Anecdotes
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- D769.85.T41 O734 2012eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: just the way it was -- This is my town -- Coming to Orange -- Children at a unique time -- Teenagers live forever -- The women: very good, very strong -- Being black in Orange -- Top people in shipyard management -- They got the job done: out in the yards -- Buy anything, sell anything: doing business -- Conclusion: like a hybrid -- Epilogue -- Appendices: Orange 1944 ; Seeing, remembering ; Procedure.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.