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[https://www.pbs.org/weta/reportingamericaatwar/reporters/amanpour/poolsystem.html by PBS] | [https://www.pbs.org/weta/reportingamericaatwar/reporters/amanpour/poolsystem.html by PBS] | ||
During the Gulf War, when this draconian new philosophy of censorship came in, suddenly we found ourselves in these pools. Now, I had been covering the whole buildup, ever since Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait [in 1990], so I really hoped to be able to cover the war as well. Instead, like in roulette, we were picked and put into pools. | During the Gulf War, when this draconian new philosophy of censorship came in, suddenly we found ourselves in these pools. Now, I had been covering the whole buildup, ever since Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait [in 1990], so I really hoped to be able to cover the war as well. Instead, like in roulette, we were picked and put into pools. | ||
=====Mobile, Alabama===== | |||
[https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-war/mobile by PBS] | |||
More than 15,000 people from Mobile served in the armed forces; 300 died in action. Women would hold nearly a quarter of defense-related jobs in Alabama during the war years. A $26-million defense contract transformed the municipal airport into Brookley Field, a major Army Air Force supply depot and bomber modification center that provided 17,000 civilian jobs.To relieve the desperate overcrowding in Mobile, the National Housing Agency provided 14,000 units for white workers– but fewer than 1,000 for blacks. | |||
