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[https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-war/mobile by PBS] | [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. | 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. | ||
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[https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-war/fighting-for-democracy-african-americans by PBS] | |||
The all-African-American 332nd Fighter Group, known as the Tuskegee Airmen, never lost an escorted bomber to enemy fighters. They would be requested by numerous bomber crews. With the 51st Defense Battalion, the Marines became the last branch of the military to accept a segregated unit. | |||
