Abstract
World War II was a profoundly transforming experience in the development of the South and the state of Florida. As historian George Tindall has noted of the region, “To a greater degree than the previous war it put people on the move: to shipyards, war plants, training camps, and far-flung battlefields.” Military facilities costing more than four billion dollars came into being throughout the South, and Florida shared fully in this expansion. The war also brought increased prosperity to both rural and urban areas and hastened the demands of black residents for greater political and economic opportunities.
Recommended Citation
Coles, David J.
(1994)
""Hell-By-The-Sea": Florida's Camp Gordon Johnston in World War II,"
Florida Historical Quarterly: Vol. 73:
No.
1, Article 4.
Available at:
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq/vol73/iss1/4
