Arizona's war town : Flagstaff, Navajo Ordnance Depot, and World War II /

"A clearing in the ponderosa pine forest called Volunteer Prairie met the military's criteria for a munitions depot - open terrain, a cool climate, plentiful water, and proximity to a railroad - and it was also sufficiently inland to be safe from the threat of coastal invasion. Constructin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Westerlund, John S. (John Stephen), 1945-
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2003.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
1900-1999
World War, 1939-1945 > Arizona > Flagstaff.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Arizona > Flagstaff.
HISTORY > General.
Weltkrieg > 1939-1945
Navajo Ordnance Depot (Ariz.) > History > 20th century.
Flagstaff (Ariz.) > History > 20th century.
Arizona > Flagstaff.
Arizona > Navajo Ordnance Depot.
Flagstaff, Ariz.
Navajo.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: An Armed Camp
  • 1. Summer 1941: Flagstaff and Bellemont
  • 2. Wild Times: Building Navajo Ordnance Depot
  • 3. Boxcars Coming: Trains, Bombs, Ammunition, and Igloos
  • 4. Warriors All: Navajo and Hopi Ordnance Workers
  • 5. "Don't Do Anything Stupid!": Austrian Prisoners of War
  • 6. The Fleet's In! Aboard the USS Flagstaff
  • 7. Arman Peterson: The Fighting Arizona Colonel
  • 8. A Town on the Move: Flagstaff at War
  • 9. Conclusion: Crossroads for Change
  • 10. Epilogue: An Old Army Post That Didn't Fade Away.

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