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Prairie Forge - The Extraordinary Story of the Nebraska Scrap Metal Drive of World War II (Paperback)
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Prairie Forge - The Extraordinary Story of the Nebraska Scrap Metal Drive of World War II (Paperback)
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In the wake of Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt called for the
largest arms buildup in our nation's history. A shortage of steel,
however, quickly slowed the program's momentum, and arms production
fell dangerously behind schedule. The country needed scrap metal.
Henry Doorly, publisher of the Omaha World-Herald, had the
solution. Prairie Forge tells the story of the great Nebraska scrap
drive of 1942-a campaign that swept the nation and yielded five
million tons of scrap metal, literally salvaging the war effort
itself. James J. Kimble chronicles Doorly's conception of a fierce
competition pitting county against county, business against
business, and, in schools across the state, class against
class-inspiring Nebraskans to gather 67,000 tons of scrap metal in
only three weeks. This astounding feat provided the template for a
national drive. A tale of plowshares turned into arms, Prairie
Forge gives the first full account of how home became home front
for so many civilians.
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