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North Carolina's Military History: 1914-1945

A guide outlining the impact North Carolina has made on United States military history.

WWI (1914-1918)

Image Credit: Josephus Daniels, half-length
portrait, facing right.
 Photograph by
Harris & Ewing, c1920. Library of Congress,
Prints and Photographs Division. Reproduction
Number: LC-USZ62-36747.

WWII (1939-1945)

Image Credit: Get war information material at your
public library.
 Poster Collection. Series VII, Service
and Relief Organizations Posters. US Works Projects
Administration North Carolina Library Project,
State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC.

Image Credit: USS North Carolina, docked. (N-85-5-15)
General Negative Collection, State Archives of
North Carolina, Raleigh, NC.




 

  • USS North Carolina
    This decommissioned battleship now serves as a living memorial to the conflict in the Pacific during WWII. 
    http://www.battleshipnc.com
    • WWII Mountain Memories: Home Front to the Frontline: Testimonies of WWII Veterans and Civilians from Western North Carolina. UNC-Asheville, Ramsey Library Digital collection includes over 100 interviews and about 200 photographs relating the experiences of Asheville and Buncombe County soldiers who fought in World War II.  http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/WWII/default_wwii.html