California during World War II

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California during World War II was a major contributor to the World War II effort. California's long Pacific Ocean coastline provided the support needed for the Pacific War. California also supported the war in Europe. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, most of California's manufacturing was shifted to the war effort. California became a major ship builder and aircraft manufacturer. Existing military installations were enlarged and many new ones were built. California trained many of the troops before their oversea deployment. Over 800,000 Californians served in the United States Armed Forces. California agriculture, ranches and farms were used to feed the troops around the world. California's long coastline also put the state in fear, as an attack on California seemed likely. California was used for the temporary and permanent internment camps for Japanese Americans. The population grew significantly, largely due to servicemen who were stationed at the new military bases/training facilities and the mass influx of workers from around the U.S. in the growing defense industries. With all the new economy activity, California was lifted out of the Great Depression. Over 500,000 people moved to California from other states to work in the growing economy. California expanded its oil and mineral production to keep up with the war demand.

History

Economics and population growth

See also: California oil and gas industry, Economy of California, and Military production during World War II

A total of 12% of all U.S. Government war contracts were awarded to California companies. A total of 17% of the war materials were made in California. Mining, natural gas, and oil production were active industries in California before World War II, and these rapidly expanded to support the war effort. Like World War I, the mines and mining towns came to life again, due to an increase in demand for gold, copper, and silver. California oil production doubled, the synthetic rubber industry created in California and California agricultural output almost tripled. In 1941 California oil production was 230,263,000 barrels; by the end of the war in 1945 the output was 326,555,000 barrels. Raw material was also shipped to California from Lend lease U.S. Allies. After the attack on Pearl Harbor and America entered the war, there was a quick build of new military bases, airfields, training camps, and other military installations. New military construction projects and the emerging war industries in California brought in tens of thousands of workers from across America. After the war, many stayed in California, with some others returning to their home states. Towns and cities next to military and industrial facilities grew and had an increase in the economy. California's population in 1940 was 6,907,387 and by 1950 it had grown to 10,586,223, a 53.3% increase. California received one eighth of all war orders. With the manpower shortage many women entered the workforce in manufacturing and other jobs held by men in the past. As factories added more shifts, a variety of stores and services increase operating hours. To retain workers, some businesses increased their employee benefits. Many military personnel who were trained in California returned after the war to tour the state, so California's tourist industries began to grow.

Food production

Main article: Agriculture in California

California's mild climate made it ideal for year-round food production. With many men overseas, there was labor shortage at harvest time. The need for extra workers at harvest brought in housewives and students. Some businesses even loaned workers to help with harvest and food packing as needed. The Woman's Land Army of America was one of the organizations helping in food production. Even with the increase in food production there was mandatory food rationing. Civilians were encouraged to plant Victory gardens to help with the food shortage. The slogan "grow your own, can your own", was started at start of the war and referred to families growing and canning their own food in victory gardens. With its mild climate most victory gardens were grown almost year-round. Tires and gasoline were also rationed.Rationing of wool fabric was also required during the war. This is one of the causes of the June 1943 Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles.

Enemy aliens

US Army promotional pamphlet for Japanese-American

Main article: Internment of Japanese Americans

See also: Enemy alien and Japanese-American service in World War II

• After the attack on Pearl Harbor it was feared that some Japanese Americans might be loyal to Japan. On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which authorized the Secretary of War to set some military zones for the internment of Japanese Americans. California had some of the U.S. prisoner of war camps and Japanese Americans internment camps. War Relocation Authority built both temporary and permanent relocation camps. As aliens they had to register in accordance with the law and were required to turn in all weapons and short-wave radios. Japanese Americans first were sent to one of California's 11 temporary relocation camps, like the two in southern California: Pomona assembly center and the Santa Anita assembly center. From these centers many were sent to other states and some were sent to California's Manzanar War Relocation Center, California or the Tule Lake War Relocation Center. Even with internment, a number of American-born Japanese (or Nisei) volunteered to join the U.S. armed services. The Nisei units fought well and are highly decorated units. Nisei joined all the U.S. armed branches, most joined the U.S. Army.

• Camp Haan was built at near March Air Reserve Base, the camp housed 1,200 Italian prisoners of war (POW). German POWs were also housed at the camp. In all 21 POW camps were built in California. A number of Italian POWs, pledged to help the United States. About 70% to 90% of the Italian POWs volunteered for Italian Service Units (ISU). Due to labor shortage the Italian Service Units helped on Army depots, arsenals, farms and hospitals, there they volunteered to work and received better housing, than the standard POW camps. Camp Lamont was used for German POW volunteers to work on crops. Camp Cooke held German POWs, now the site of Vandenberg Air Force Base. The Stockton Ordnance Depot held 1,500 German prisoners from May 1944 till June 1946.

Attacks on California

Shot-down fire balloon reinflated by the US at Moffett Airfield

• On February 23, 1942, the Japanese bombed the Ellwood Oil Field. The Ellwood Oil Field and oil refinery are located in Goleta, California in the Santa Barbara Channel. Japanese submarine I-17 fired 16 shells at the Oil Field from its deck gun before running. This attack along with the Niihau Incident started the fear of the invasion of California. There was speculation that the battle group that attacked Hawaii would come to California next. There were no casualties and little damage in the attack. News of the attack triggered an invasion scare along the West Coast of the United States.
• Fu-Go balloon bombs were the other attack on California and 14 other states. Japanese launched fire bomb balloons across the Pacific Ocean. These high-altitude balloons carried bombs and incendiary explosives. In California 25 fire bomb balloons were found, none caused injuries in California. The balloon bombs were launched in Japan from November 3, 1944, to April 1945. On February 23, 1945, a P-38 Lightning plane shot down a balloon near Santa Rosa, California. On January 10, 1945, an Army P-38 shot down a Fu-Go balloon near Alturas, California
• Ships off the California coast were attacked: SS Agwiworld (escaped), SS Emidio (sank), SS Samoa (escaped), SS Larry Doheny (sank), SS Dorothy Phillips (damaged), SS H.M. Storey (escaped, sank later), SS Camden (sank), SS Absaroka (damaged), SS Montebello (sank), SS Barbara Olson (escaped), SS Connecticut (damaged), SS Fort Camosun (Sank), and SS Idaho [tanker] (minor damage). In the attacks, eight seamen were killed and others injured. After the attack on Pearl Harbor the Imperial Japanese Navy sent five Submarines, I-17, I-19, I-23 I-25 and I-26, to attack ships off coastal California.
• Due to fear California coastal cities turned off lights or blacked out windows at night. Some radio stations went off the air and civil ships were ordered to stay in port. Commercial air travel was grounded. A military defense system was installed up and down the coast, that included blimps, patrol ships, artillery batteries, and aircraft.
• The sense of danger caused the "Battle of Los Angeles." On February 24 and 25, 1942 Los Angeles civil defense thought there was an attack and so 1,440 rounds of U.S. anti-aircraft ammunition was fired at what turned out to be a non-existent enemy. Reports of an unidentified aircraft started blackout and shooting of reported incoming aircraft. There was crazed and inaccurate reporting of the event at the time. The only damage in the city was self-inflicted from anti-aircraft fire coming down. The event exposed the defenselessness of the West Coast, as California was defended by only 16 modern warplanes at the time.
• After the war it was learned that Tokyo had planned a December 24, 1941 attack on San Diego Bay. Japanese submarine I-10 was to be the leader of seven other submarines that were to shell the U.S. Navy at San Diego Bay. The attack was called off with the subs only 20 miles off the California coast.

Ammunition

African American sailors of an ordnance battalion preparing 5-inch shells for packing at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in 1943

California was a major supplier of ammunition for the war. Riverbank Army Ammunition Plant in Stanislaus County and Benicia Arsenal were two of the largest ammunition makers. In San Bernardino the Western Stove Company built incendiary bombs.

The largest World War II accident in California was the Port Chicago disaster. The Liberty ship SS E. A. Bryan exploded on July 17, 1944, while being loaded with ammunition. About 4,600 tons (4,173 tonnes) of explosives had been loaded in the ship's holds at the time. The explosion killed 320 sailors and civilians and injured 390 others.

Hollywood

Main article: Entertainment industry during World War II

Hollywood's motion-picture industry continued to make movies during the war. In addition to entertainment films, Hollywood made training films and films to raise morale. The 1942 film The Arm Behind the Army showed how important home support of the war was.

Bob Hope volunteered with the United Service Organizations (USO) and entertained troops during World War II and for decades later (1941 to 1991). Hope brought many Hollywood stars with him on his USO tours.

Desi Arnaz was stationed at Birmingham General Army Hospital in Van Nuys, California during the war to entertain the troops there. Arnaz had a bad knee and so was transferred to the US Army Medical Corps. Arnaz also coordinated with the stars that visited the hospital.

Disney famously dedicated a large portion of their business to making propaganda films.

War Bond sales

Main articles: United States World War 2 war bonds, Series E bond, and War savings stamps of the United States

To help pay for the war the U.S. sold war bonds. With its booming economy during World War II, Californians was one of the top of U.S. War Bonds sold. Much of the advertising for war bonds was donated. The spirit of sacrifice was never stronger for the defense of democracy and a way of honoring the sacrifices of American troops. Named after the 1942 Hollywood Victory Caravan, Paramount-produced film promoted bond sales in a 1945, post War. The short film included Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Alan Ladd, William Demarest, Franlin Pangborn, Barbara Stanwyck, Humphrey Bogart, and others. Other heroes like boxing Joe Louis and Joe DiMaggio sold war bonds. Albert Einstein donated the original copies of his manuscript on the theory of relativity for auction to raise money for war bonds.

California National Guard

California National Guard was mobilized and called to active duty in August 1940. The US Army recruited the first group to deploy to the war in Europe. The others troops called up were sent to the Pacific war. Between 1940 and 1941 about 12,000 California National Guard troops were called up to service in federal duty. Some troops were used for the defense of California and Hawaii. California National Guard was used for coast patrols, security guards for the Army Air Force bases, railroad bridges, rail tunnels and major dams. Major training bases are Camp Roberts and Camp San Luis Obispo.

Civil defense

See also: United States civil defense § World War II

Due to the attack on Pearl Harbor and on California civil defense systems were started in California. Office of Civilian Defense was founded on May 20, 1941, and the Office of Civil Defense in May 1941. The Civil Air Patrol was started on December 1, 1941, in which civilian planes and spotters were used in air reconnaissance, search-and-rescue, and transport. After the attacks on California the Coast Guard Auxiliary, became very active in the use of civilian boats and crews for reconnaissance and search-and-rescue. Towers were built along coastal California, staffed with spotters to look for enemy aircraft working with the Ground Observer Corps. In February 1942 the Federal government started War Time, ending in September 1945. With War Time California time was renamed to Pacific War Time with special Daylight Savings times. The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) started on August 5, 1943, used 1,074 civilian women pilots to fly new warplanes from the factories to Army airfields for training and deployment points. WASP pilots also towed targets for live anti-aircraft artillery practice, towed gliders for practice landings, simulated strafing missions, and transported cargo. WASP California headquarters was at Santa Ana Army Air Base, Merced Army Airfield, Minter Field, and Victorville Army Airfield

Railroads

Soldiers arriving at Camp Freda railroad siding

See also: History of rail transportation in California and List of California railroads

American railroads moved 70% of all freight transported in the United States in 1940. During World War II the passenger and freight volume increased vastly. Railroads moved about 90% of the military's cargo need and transported 98% of military personnel. Railroads worked overtime to keep up with demand. It was patriotic to avoid all unnecessary travel, to give space needed for troop movement. Railroad brought troops to California training centers and camps. Railroad brought workers to California's growing defense industry. During World War II rail-line moved to Diesel locomotives and away from the labor-intensive steam locomotives. The Army had special hospital cars built to move wounded soldiers, one operated out of San Francisco.

Research

See also: Technology during World War II and History of military technology

The development of new systems was a key to winning the war. World War 2 brought about many new technologies. Some California colleges and universities joined in the V-12 Navy College Training Program training volunteers for Navy commission. Some California universities also had classes for aeronautical engineering, resident inspectors of ordinance and naval material, and a liaison for the National Defense Research Committee.

• Los Alamos National Laboratory – Top secret Manhattan Project
• California Institute of Technology – aeronautical – wind tunnels – rocketry
• University of California, Berkeley – Manhattan Project
• Stanford University – radar microwave research
• University of California-San Diego – Frequency modulation Sonar to track multiple targets with a single ping and large Sonar crystals.
• University of California, Riverside – V-12 Navy College
• University of California, Los Angeles – V-12 Navy College – Scuba diving
• Occidental College – V-12 Navy College
• Early Penicillin experiments were done at the Kaiser Richmond Shipyards.
• Skunk Works – Planes and jets
• Hewlett-Packard built oscillators for proximity fuze and microwave Signal generator used in radar and counter-radar measures.
• Hedy Lamarr Hollywood actor with George Antheil invented Frequency-hopping spread spectrum for the Navy.

Veterans

See also: Veterans Health Administration California

After the war Operation Magic Carpet started to bring the troops home, some brought home war brides. On October 30, 1944, Governor Earl Warren started the California Veteran's Commission. The Commission worked to help veterans re-entry into civilian life. The Commission working with United States Department of Veterans Affairs, California Military Department, state agencies, local governments, and community groups like: American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Disabled American Veterans. Many Veterans Health Administration facilities were opened in the state. Veteran's Bond Act of 1943 helped veterans to purchase a home or farm. Veterans started families, that is called the baby boom, birth rates increased in the U.S. and California.

Manufacturing

Ship building

War Shipping Administration photo showing early 1944 Victory ship construction at California Shipbuilding Corporation with a May 1945 war tonnage production chart

"I'm Proud of You Folks Too!", US Navy poster, 1944, by Jon Whitcomb

CalShip was the most productive of the Los Angeles shipyards

View of the four Richmond shipyards, fiery crucible of the San Francisco Bay area

See also: Military production during World War II

See also: United States Navy in World War II § Shipbuilding, List of ships of World War II, and Wooden boats of World War II

California became a major builder of ships for the war. Under the Emergency Shipbuilding program, cargo ships like Liberty ships and Victory ships were built in days, not the normal months. Ships that could be repaired overseas greatly reduced repair time, so California shipyards also built floating dry docks like the Large Auxiliary Floating Dry Docks and Medium Auxiliary Floating Dry Docks. As fear of an attack on California seemed likely, the War Department requested some ships be built at an inland ports, so many new ships were built at the Port of Stockton, seventy nautical miles from the ocean. Henry J. Kaiser built day care centers at his shipyards in Richmond. Kaiser Steel was headquartered in Fontana, California. Some of the ships were given to the Allies of World War II through the Lend-Lease act of March 11, 1941. At the end of the war there was a surplus of ships and most shipyards were closed. Surplus ships were either sold or put into the Navy Reserve Fleet, like the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet. California ship yards:

Los Angeles

Major

• California Shipbuilding on Terminal Island, a Bechtel shipyard
  • 306 Liberty cargo ships
  • 101 Victory cargo ships
  • 30 attack transports (Victory hulls)
  • 30 tankers (Liberty hulls)
• Consolidated Steel Corporation in Wilmington and Long Beach
  • 2 P1 attack transports
  • 10 C2
  • 78 C1-B and C1-S-AY1
  • 55 C1-M-AV1
  • 32 attack transports
  • 18 frigates
• Bethlehem Shipbuilding San Pedro on Terminal Island, 26 destroyers
• Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division San Pedro
  • 10 large auxiliaries
  • formerly Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation, change of management during the war
• Western Pipe and Steel, 12 destroyer escorts, 11 cutters, 7 icebreakers, 32 LSM
  • not to be confused with Western's primary shipyard in South San Francisco

Minor

• Hodgson-Greene-Haldeman, Long Beach, Type V ship wood tugboats.
• Fellows & Stewart in Wilmington, Sub chaser and rescue boat
• Harbor Boatbuilding at Terminal Island, Minesweeper, Torpedo Boat, Sub Chaser, & rescue boat
• Wilmington Boat Works in Wilmington, Sub Chaser, Harbor Tug, Rescue boat
• Pacific Boat, Terminal Island, Wood BC Deck Barge
• Patten-Blinn Lumber, Los Angeles, Knockdown Wood BK Barge
• Long Beach Boat, Long Beach Army J Boat
• J. E. Haddock Company, San Pedro, AFDL42 Float dock
• Al Larson Boat Shop in San Pedro, Minesweeper and Sub Chaser
• American Pipe in Los Angeles, Barges
• Standard Steel in Los Angeles, Steel Barge BK
• Ashbridge Boatworks Los Angeles Army J Passenger Boat
• San Pedro Boatworks, San Pedro, Army J Patrol Boat
• Garbutt-Walsh Inc. in San Pedro, covered Barge
• Wilson Company in Wilmington, US Army Tug
• United Concrete Pipe Corporation in Long Beach ships
• Peyton Company in Newport Beach, Sub Chaser and Harbor Tug
• Ackerman Boat in Newport Beach, Sub Chaser and Harbor Tug

San Francisco

Major

• Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
  • Union Iron Works
    • 4 cruisers, 36 destroyers, 12 destroyer escorts
    • 5 C1-B cargo in 1940/1941
  • Alameda Works Shipyard
    • 8 P2 transports
• Richmond Shipyards :
  • Kaiser Richmond No. 1 Yard; Oceans, Libertys, Victorys
  • Kaiser Richmond No. 2 Yard; Liberty, Victory
  • Kaiser Richmond No. 3 Yard; Type C4-class ship
  • Kaiser Richmond No. 4 Yard; Landing Ship, Tanks (LST)s, Tugs
• Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, 31 destroyer escorts, 18 submarines
• Moore Dry Dock Company in Oakland, C2 Cargo
• Western Pipe and Steel Company in San Francisco, Cargo
• Marinship, in Sausalito, a Bechtel shipyard
  • 78 T2 tankers, 15 Liberty ships

Minor

• Oakland Estuary
  • United Engineering Company, 21 fleet tugs
  • General Engineering, 23 steel minesweepers and 4 steel net layers
  • Pacific Coast Engineering
  • Pacific Bridge Company
  • Cryer & Sons, Four Navy coastal cargo ships
  • W. F. Stone & Son, Minesweeper, Tug and Sub Chaser
  • Independent Iron Works, Barge
  • Poole & McGonigle, YFD-19
• Hunters Point Naval Shipyard (repairs only?)
• Kneass Boat Works in San Francisco Five Sub Chaser and a Tug
• Hunt Marine Service in Richmond, patrol boat, tug
• Soule Steel in San Francisco, Barge
• Judson Pacific, San Francisco, Steel BG Gasoline Barge
• Barrett & Hilp in San Francisco, concrete barge
• Anderson & Cristofani in San Francisco Patrol Craft (YP), APc
• California Steel Products in Richmond, Gasoline Barge
• Martinolich Shipbuilding Company, San Francisco, Self-Propelled Barge
• Madden, Lewis in Sausalito, Tug
• Sausalito Shipbuilding in Sausalito, Steel Barges

Other

• Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding Company in Stockton, Net layer, Dry Dock
• Eureka Shipbuilding, Fields Landing tugboats
• Concrete Ship Constructors in National City Type B ship barges
• Barrett & Hilp, Concrete Ships in South San Francisco – barges
• Colberg Boat Works in Stockton, Minesweeper, Tug, Sub chaser
• Stephens Bros. Boat Builders in Stockton, Picket Boat, Tug, Rescue Boat
• Hickinbotham Brothers in Stockton (Guntert and Zimmerman ), Barge, Cargo, Tug
• Kyle and Company in Stockton, Coastal tanker
• Clyde W. Wood in Stockton, Tug, Cargo
• Nicholson, D. W. in Stockton, San Leandro and Oakland, Wood BC Deck barge
• Stockton Steel Fabrications Company in Stockton
• Basalt Rock Company in Napa, Rescue Ship, barge
• Campbell Industries in San Diego, four minesweepers
• Fulton Shipyard in Antioch, Minesweeper, Tug, and Troopship
• Chicago Bridge Eureka, Eureka, AFDM
• National Steel and Shipbuilding Company NASSCO in San Diego, US Army KD Barges
• Lynch Shipbuilding in San Diego, Rescue Tug and Coastal cargo
• San Diego Marine, San Diego, Minesweeper and Sub Chaser
• South Coast Shipbuilding in Newport Beach, Minesweeper, Sub Chaser and Crash boat
• Victory Shipbuilding in Newport Beach, Harbor Tug and Sub Chaser
• Moore Equipment Company in Stockton YSD
• Aetna Iron & Steel in San Diego YSR Barge
• Sacramento Shipbuilders in Sacramento, Barge
• Stanwood Shipyard in Stanwood, BCL Wood Barge
• Krem, Kau & Son, Pittsburg, Army J Passenger Boat
• Steinbrenner, Otto, Sacramento, Wood BC Deck Barge
• Olson Lumber, Alhambra, Knockdown Wood BK Barge
• National Iron Works, San Diego, Knockdown Steel BK Barge

Aircraft manufacturers

B-17Bs at March Field, California

WASP pilot Ruth Dailey climbs into a Lockheed P-38 Lightning

See also: List of aircraft of World War II

Built in California during World War 2 were: B-17 Flying Fortress, Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Douglas C-47 Skytrain, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Douglas A-26 Invader, Lockheed Ventura, Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar, Lockheed P-2 Neptune, Lockheed Constellation, Douglas P-70 Nighthawk, Douglas DC-5, Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Douglas BTD Destroyer, Douglas A-33, Douglas TBD Devastator, Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer, Northrop A-17, Northrop BT, Northrop N-3PB, Northrop P-61 Black Widow, McDonnell FH Phantom, Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Consolidated PB2Y Coronado, Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf, Consolidated B-32 Dominator, Consolidated P-30, North American B-25 Mitchell, North American P-51 Mustang, Vultee A-31 Vengeance, Vultee BT-13 Valiant, Vultee P-66 Vanguard, Vultee V-11, Interstate Cadet, North American T-6 Texan, Douglas A-20 Havoc, Lockheed C-69 Constellation, Consolidated PBY Catalina, Interstate TDR, Timm N2T Tutor, Ryan PT-22 Recruit, Ryan ST and the Waco CG-4 / Timm CG-4A . The Lockheed Hudson built in Burbank was delivered to Canada and then the United Kingdom starting in 1939. By the end of the war California had 70% of the aerospace manufacturing in the United States and had built over 200,000 planes. Hughes H-4 Hercules, Victory Trainer and Bartlett Zephyr were built in California, but not used. The California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California started a School of Aeronautics and other aeronautic research labs in the early 1920s, this helped California become a major aerospace manufacturing center.

Aircraft manufacturers of World War II in California:

• Douglas Aircraft Company in Santa Monica, El Segundo, Long Beach, and Torrance
• Lockheed Corporation in Burbank
• Vega Aircraft Corporation in Burbank
• Northrop Corporation in Hawthorne
• Hughes Aircraft Company in Playa Vista and Culver City
• McDonnell Aircraft Corporation in Long Beach
• Consolidated Aircraft in San Diego (Convair after 1943)
• Ryan Aeronautical in San Diego
• North American Aviation in Inglewood
• Glenn L. Martin Company in Santa Ana, HQ and design only
• Harlow Aircraft Company in Alhambra
• Vultee Aircraft in Burbank and Downey (Convair after 1943)
• Interstate Aircraft in El Segundo
• O.W. Timm Aircraft Company in Van Nuys
• Bartlett Aircraft in Rosemead
• Hiller Aircraft in Berkeley
• Morrow Aircraft Corporation in San Bernardino
• Skunk Works design HQ in Burbank

Vehicles manufacturers

GM California M5A1 tank on display

During World War II all California civilian automobile manufacturing ended.

• General Motors South Gate Assembly built Stuart M-5 and M5A1 light tanks at 500 per month.
• General Motors Oakland Assembly built Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines and munitions.
• Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant in Richmond built 49,399 jeeps. The Ford plant also did completion work on tanks, armored personnel carriers, armored cars and other military vehicles. Ford's Long Beach plant was leased to the Air Force and used as an Air Base.
• Willys-Overland Maywood, California plant was used by Lockheed to build subassemblies for Lockheed Hudson.
• Chrysler of California, Los Angeles, built 12,214 aircraft engines, 4,100 B-17 cabins and 688 PV-2 Harpoon cabins.
• Studebaker Pacific Corporation of Los Angeles built engines for the B-17s and PV-2 Harpoons being built in Burbank.
• Menasco Motors Company in Burbank, built aircraft landing gear for North American, Lockheed, Republic, General Dynamics, and other aircraft manufacturers. Menasco continued this work after the war.
• Firestone Tire and Rubber Company of Los Angeles built 1,550 turrets used on M5 tanks. Firestone also built 3,100 M5 tank tracks.

Engine Manufacturers

Joshua Hendy Iron Works was the biggest supplier of reciprocating engines for Liberty ships in the country. It was also theonly manufacturer of large steam turbine propulsion systems on the West Coast.

• Marine triple expansion reciprocating
  • Joshua Hendy Iron Works in Sunnyvale
• Marine diesel
  • Enterprise Engine and Foundry Co. in San Francisco
  • Atlas-Imperial in Oakland
• Marine steam turbines
  • Joshua Hendy in Sunnyvale

Military installations

Like other states in the desert Southwest, many of the new military installations built were United States Army airbases. California's weather, wide open spaces, railroad connections, and access to ocean made it an ideal location for training pilots, also armored vehicles operators.

See also: List of United States military bases

Desert Training Center

Main article: Desert Training Center

The largest United States Army training installation in the history of the United States was the Desert Training Center. To prepare troops for the battles in the North African campaign, the army had General Patton build many desert training camps in Southern California and a few in Arizona. The camps were built in the Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert. The open space let the Army and Army Air Corps use live fire to train troops, test and develop equipment. Tactical doctrines, techniques, and training methods for combat were developed from this training. From 1 April 1942 to 1 July 1944, the complete training area covered 18,000 square miles. The camp reached from Pomona, California east to almost to Phoenix, Arizona and from Yuma, Arizona northward into the southern tip of Nevada.

California Army Divisional Camps

• Camp Clipper and Camp Essex
• Camp Coxcomb
• Camp Granite
• Camp Ibis
• Camp Iron Mountain
• Camp Pilot Knob
• Camp Young – Desert Training Center Headquarters

California Army Depots

• Camp Freda Quartermaster Depot
• Camp Desert Center
• Camp Goffs – Depot and Infantry training.
• Pomona Ordnance Depot

California Army Airfields

Camp Goffs Army Field Train station, 1943

Camp Goffs Army Field, 1943

• Major airfields
  • Blythe Army Air Base
  • Desert Center Army Airfield
  • Thermal Army Airfield
  • Rice Army Airfield
  • Shavers Summit Army Airfield (now Chiriaco Summit Airport)
• Minor airfields
  • Camp Coxcomb Army Field (abandoned)
  • Camp Essex Army Field (abandoned)
  • Camp Goffs Army Field (abandoned)
  • Camp Ibis Army Field (abandoned)
  • Camp Iron Mountain Army Field

Desert Training Center California Hospitals

• Banning General Hospital (Banning, CA)
• Camp Freda Hospital
• Camp Desert Center Hospital
• Camp Goffs Hospital
• Torney General Hospital
• Needles Station Hospital
• Cherry Valley Hospital

US Army Bases

For World War 2 existing California Army bases were enlarged and many new bases were built. Bases were used for induction, training, deployment, supply depots, hospitals and housing of POWs.

• Fort Irwin
• Fort Ord
• Camp Funston
• Fort Hunter Liggett
• Parks Reserve Forces Training Area
• Presidio of Monterey
• Military Ocean Terminal Concord
• Camp Anza
• Camp Callan
• Camp Kearny
• Salinas Garrison
• Camp Lockett
• Fort Emory
• Oakland Army Base
• Fort Funston
• Fort MacArthur
• Camp Ashby
• Fort Mason
• Fort McDowell
• Fort Miley Military Reservation
• Camp McQuaide
• Camp Stoneman
• Fort Point
• Letterman Army Hospital
• Hoff General Hospital
• Fort Baker
• Fort Bragg
• Camp Tanforan
• Oakland Army Base
• Presidio of San Francisco
• Sacramento Army Depot
• San Carlos War Dog Training Center
• Camp Seeley El Centro
• Camp Pinedale
• Fresno Army Air Forces Training Center
• Santa Anita Ordnance Training Center
• Camp Roberts Army Base Monterey
• Camp San Luis Obispo, (Camp Merriam)
• San Joaquin Depot
  • Sharpe Facility
  • Tracy Facility
  • Lathrop Holding and Reconsignment
  • Lathrop Engineering Depot
• Stockton Ordnance Depot
• Sierra Army Depot in Herlong
• Birmingham General Hospital
• Mitchell Convalescent Hospital
• Camp Ross
• Benicia Arsenal
• Camp Ono for POWs
• Fort Barry
• Fort Cronkhite
• Fort Ord Station Veterinary Hospital
• DeWitt General Hospital
• Camp Kohler
• Camp Shoemaker
• Camp Flint
• Camp Tulelake
• Camp Tracy
• Radar Station B-71
• Battery Chamberlin
• Camp Lamont for POWs
• Milagra Ridge Military Reservation
• Camp Ayres – Chino Supply Depot – Camp Chino
• Pillar Point Military Reservation
• Santa Monica Army Air Forces Redistribution Center
• Hammond General Hospital

Air bases and airfield

Main article: California World War II Army Airfields

Existing United States Army Air Corps air bases were enlarged to house and train the many new crews needed. Almost all civilian airports and airstrips were converted to Army Air training centers. Almost all civilian air flights were cancelled. Many new airstrips and landing pads were built for pilot landing and take-off training. Air bases had housing and meals for the troops. Some airstrips and landing pads had no support buildings, as they were used only for landing and take-off training.United States Army Air Corps World War II bases, airstrips and landing pads in California:

• Beale Air Force Base (Camp Beale), Marysville
• Muroc Army Airfield now Edwards Air Force Base
  • March Field, Riverside
• McClellan Air Force Base, Sacramento
• Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base now Travis Air Force Base
• Camp Cooke now Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lompoc
• Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base
• Lemoore Army Air Field
• Long Beach Army Air Field
• Lomita Flight Strip
• Ontario Army Air Field
• San Bernardino Army Air Field
• Van Nuys Army Air Field
• Chino Airport
• Oxnard Air Force Base
• Clover Field
• Merced Army Air Field
• Camp Merced
• Grand Central Air Terminal
• Lockheed Air Terminal
• Mines Field
• Victorville Army Air Field
• Hamilton Army Airfield
• Bakersfield Army Air Field
• Mather Air Force Base
• Norton Air Force Base
• Naval Auxiliary Air Station Salton Sea
• McClellan Field
• McChesney Field
• Hammer Field
• Santa Monica Army Air Base
• Gardner Army Airfield
• Bicycle Lake Army Airfield
• Minter Field
• Santa Maria Army Air Field
• Lookout Mountain Air Force Station
• Chico Field
• Wendover Air Force Base`
• Santa Ana Army Air Base
• Palm Springs Air Base
• Fresno Air Base
• Chiriaco Summit Airport
• Bishop Army Airfield
• Blythe Army Airfield
• Palmdale Army Airfield
• Gary Army Airfield
• Oakland Municipal Airport
• Chico Army Air Field
• Reno Army Air Base
• Barstow-Daggett Airport
• Mira Loma Quartermaster Depot
• Montague Air Force Auxiliary Field
• Napa Army Airfield
• Willows Municipal Airport
• Redding Army Airfield
• Siskiyou County Army Airfield
• Salinas Army Air Base
• Delano Army Airfield
• Capitola Airport
• Meadows Field
• Visalia Army Airfield
• Hayward Army Airfield
• Orland Auxiliary Field
• Kirkwood Auxiliary Field
• Vina Auxiliary Field
• Campbell Auxiliary Field
• Oroville Auxiliary Field
• Sacramento Municipal Airport
• Oroville Army Airfield
• Siskiyou County Army Airfield
• Redding Army Airfield
• Boston Field
• Huron Field
• Indian Field
• Murray Field
• West Field
• Helm Field
• Corcoran Municipal Airport
• Porterville Army Airfield
• Coalinga Municipal Airport (Old)
• Аэропорт Буффало Спрингс
• Армейский аэродром Иглы
• Армейский аэродром Шейверс-Саммит
• Аэродром армии Райса
• Полетная полоса Хаф-Мун-Бэй
• Армейский аэродром Эстрелла
• Армейский аэродром Санта-Роза
• Термальный армейский аэродром
• Коркоран аэропорт
• Даутитт-Стрип
• Дос Палос аэропорт
• Вспомогательное поле Траугера
• Вспомогательное поле охотника
• Полетная полоса Кальенте
• Вспомогательный аэродром Франклина
• Муниципальный аэропорт Хоторн
• Представительский аэропорт Хейворд
• Аэропорт Хемет-Райан
• Аэропорт Независимости
• Аэропорт Ю Каунти
• Ланкастер аэропорт
• Посадочное поле Адамсона
• Меффорд Филд аэропорт
• Аэропорт Пало-Альто
• Вспомогательное поле Гиббса
• Вспомогательный аэродром Новый Иерусалим
• Армейский аэродром Портервилля
• Рэнкин Филд
• Армейский аэродром Реддинг
• Линдберг Филд
• Аэропорт Сан-Франциско
• Поле Секвойи
• Армейский аэродром Стоктон
• Армейский аэродром Шерман
• Вспомогательный аэродром Кингсбери
• Вспомогательный аэродром Трейси
• Вспомогательный аэродром Модесто
• Армейский аэродром Твенти-Найн-Палмс
• Армейский аэродром Визалии
• Поле боевого орла
• Аэропорт Уиллоус-Гленн
• Полетная полоса Уинтерс-Дэвис
• Армейский аэродром Мэрисвилля
• Вспомогательный аэродром Паркер
• Вспомогательный аэродром Керн Филд
• Вспомогательный аэродром Аллен
• Вспомогательный аэродром Коннерс
• Вспомогательный аэродром Тафт
• Вспомогательный аэродром Куяма
• Вспомогательный аэродром Васко
• Вспомогательное поле пруда
• Вспомогательный аэродром Фамосо
• Вспомогательный аэродром Данлэп
• Полутропический вспомогательный аэродром
• Вспомогательный аэродром Посо
• Вспомогательный аэродром Лост-Хиллз ,
• Вспомогательный аэродром Хоуз
• Вспомогательный аэродром Хелендейл
• Вспомогательное поле Говарда
• Вспомогательное поле Атлона
• Вспомогательное поле Поттера
• Вспомогательное поле Свободы
• Поле Победы Вспомогательное поле
• Центральный аэровокзал Гранд
• Монтгомери Филд
• Кондор Филд
• Армейский аэродром Форт-Орд
• Фриче ААФ
• Вспомогательный аэродром Панаминт-Спринг
• Вспомогательное поле Пейка

Военно-морские базы США

Основные морские базы ВМС США располагались в глубоководных портах: залив Сан-Диего , порт Лос-Анджелеса , залив Сан-Франциско и глубоководный судоходный канал Стоктона . ВМС США во время Второй мировой войны Тихоокеанский флот действовал: порты, склады снабжения и аэродромы для тренировок авианосцев , а также дирижабли , используемые для патрулирования побережья. После Второй мировой войны многие верфи стали базой Тихоокеанского резервного флота, который использовался для хранения множества излишков кораблей.
Базы и станции ВМС США времен Второй мировой войны в Калифорнии:

Смотрите также: Морская история Калифорнии и Список объектов ВМС США.

• Военно-морская верфь Мэр-Айленд , Вальехо, Калифорния, с военно-морским госпиталем Мэр-Айленд
• Военно-морская база Сан-Диего , Сан-Диего
• Военно-морская верфь Хантерс-Пойнт
• База воздушного вооружения ВМФ Чайна-Лейк , Чайна-Лейк-Армитаж Филд
• Военно-морская база округа Вентура , Пойнт-Мугу
• Военно-морская верфь в заливе Сан-Франциско
• Военно-морская верфь Хантерс-Пойнт
• Военно-морская аспирантура , Монтерей
• Военно-морская авиабаза Аламеда
• База военно-морского вооружения Сил-Бич , Сил-Бич
• Авиационная база ВМС Пойнт-Мугу , Пойнт-Мугу
• Центр военно-морского строительного батальона Порт-Уэнеме
• Учебная площадка резервных сил парков
• Военно-морской госпиталь Ранчо Санта-Маргарита
• Центр военно-морского резерва Санта-Барбара
• Военно-морской медицинский центр Сан-Диего
• Первый отдел военно-морских медицинских исследований
• Авиационная база ВМС Норт-Айленд , Сан-Диего
• Форт Роузкранс , ныне военно-морская база Пойнт Лома.
• Авиабаза ВМФ Сан-Педро
• Вспомогательное поле Иньокерн
• Военно-морская база Коронадо
• Центр военно-морского строительного батальона Порт-Уэнеме
• Вспомогательная посадочная площадка ВМФ на острове Сан-Клементе
• Вспомогательная авиабаза ВМФ Монтерей
• Военно-морская верфь Лонг-Бич
• Окраинное поле Кресент-Сити
• Армейская и Военно-морская академия
• Терминальный остров Сан-Педро
• Радиостанция Пойнт-Аргуэльо
• Вспомогательная авиабаза ВМС Твентинайн-Палмс
• Внешняя посадочная площадка ВМФ Имперский пляж
• Центр резерва ВМС и морской пехоты в Лос-Анджелесе
• Военно-морская авиабаза, Санта-Ана
• Федеральный аэродром Моффетт - военно-морская авиабаза
• Военно-морской учебный центр Сан-Диего
• Роквелл Филд
• Кэмп Хайдл
• Полетная полоса Хаф-Мун-Бэй
• Военно-морская база «Остров сокровищ»
• Вспомогательная авиационная база ВМФ Реам Филд
• Испытательный полигон военно-морского вооружения водохранилища Морриса
• Внешняя посадочная площадка ВМФ на острове Сан-Николас
• Склад военно-морского снабжения острова Раф-энд-Риди в Стоктоне
• База военно-морских десантников Коронадо
• Больница общего профиля Маккормака
• Тихоокеанский центр военно-морской информационной войны
• Аэропорт Уотсонвилл
• Тренировочный комплекс Серебряного берега
• Кэмп Морена
• Военно-морское поле, Сухое озеро Окотильо
• Военно-морская аспирантура
• Вспомогательная авиабаза ВМФ Верналис
• Вспомогательная авиабаза ВМФ, Сан-Луис-Обиспо
• Воздушный артиллерийский полигон «Шоколадная гора»
• Зона удара Карризо
• Военно-морской Бродвейский Комплекс
• Вспомогательная база военно-морской авиации Уотсонвилл
• Вспомогательная посадочная площадка ВМФ Санта-Роза
• Склад личного состава передовой базы ВМФ, Сан-Бруно
• Вспомогательная авиабаза Монтерей
• Склад оборудования десанта ВМФ в Олбани, Калифорния
• Арката, вспомогательная авиабаза ВМФ
• Кэмп Кирни
• Аэропорт приземления Кроус НАСА
• Военно-морской госпиталь Корона
• НААН Браун Филд
• Вспомогательная авиабаза ВМС Кинг-Сити
• База подготовки десантников, Кастровилль
• Авиационная база ВМС США Дель Мар
• Дополетная школа военно-морского флота Дель Монте
• Радиопередатчик ВМС Диксона
• Вспомогательная авиабаза ВМФ Ломпок
• Вспомогательная авиабаза ВМФ Холлистер
• Вспомогательная авиабаза ВМС Холтвилля
• Вспомогательная посадочная площадка ВМФ Сэнд-Хилл
• Авиационная база ВМФ Ливермор
• Военно-морская база Ньюпорт
• Ангары для дирижаблей Moffett Field
• Служба военно-морского воздушного транспорта
• База военно-морского вооружения Конкорд
• Военно-морской склад топлива в Пойнт-Молате
• Вспомогательная авиабаза ВМФ Мирамар
• Военно-морской колледж V-12 в Лома Линда, Редлендс , Калифорнийский университет и Западный колледж
• Армейский аэродром Лонг-Бич
• Станция военно-морской связи острова Скэггс
• Вспомогательная авиабаза ВМС Солтон-Си
• Центр флота и промышленного снабжения, Окленд
• Военно-морской госпиталь Окленд
• Сетевое депо ВМС США Тибурон
• Вспомогательная авиационная база ВМФ Миллс Филд
• Военно-морской госпиталь для выздоравливающих, Санта-Крус
• Учебная база десантников Морро Бэй
• Здание военно-морского флота 101 в Сан-Франциско
• Йосемитский военно-морской госпиталь для выздоравливающих в отеле Ahwahnee
• Военно-морской госпиталь Сан-Леандро
• Вспомогательная авиабаза ВМС на острове Сокровищ
• Сухое озеро Филд Кларка
• Отель Borrego, отдаленная посадочная площадка военно-морских сил
• Целевой район отеля Borrego
• Бомбардировочный полигон Бенсон
• Внешняя посадочная площадка ВМФ Норт-Койот-Уэллс
• Внешняя посадочная площадка ВМС Южного Койот-Уэллса
• Джакумба аэропорт
• Внешняя посадочная площадка ВМС Роуздейла
• Приграничная военно-морская посадочная площадка
• Посадочная площадка Рамоны
• Вспомогательное поле Эврика
• Вспомогательная авиабаза ВМС Арката
• Ремонтная база военно-морского промышленного резерва, Окленд
• Оружейная палата военно-морского резерва, Окленд
• Военно-морской госпиталь Лонг-Бич
• Военно-морской госпиталь Аламеда
• Военно-морской госпиталь для выздоравливающих Бомонт
• Военно-морской госпиталь для выздоравливающих Эрроухед Спрингс
• Авельское поле, отдаленное поле
• аэропорта Браун-Фабиан Окраина
• Коуп-Филд Внешнее поле
• аэропорта Гельдерман Окраина
• Хит НОЛФ
• аэропорта Линдерман Окраина
• аэропорта Ливермора Окраина
• Школьное поле Мэй, отдаленное поле
• аэропорта Риты Баттерворт Окраина
• аэропорта Спринг-Вэлли Окраина
• аэропорта Вагонер Окраина
• Лагерные парки
• Лагерь Шумейкер
• Сапожник военно-морского госпиталя США
• Внешняя посадочная площадка ВМФ Котати
• Внешняя посадочная площадка ВМС Анахайма
• Частоколы внешних полей ВМФ
• Ферма Майл-Сквер, военно-морское поле
• Отдаленная военно-морская посадочная площадка Хастер-Фарм
• Конная ферма, отдаленная военно-морская посадочная площадка
• Внешняя посадочная площадка ВМС Сил-Бич
• Вспомогательная авиабаза ВМФ Отай-Меса
• Внешняя посадочная площадка военно-морского флота плотины Суитуотер
• Вспомогательная авиабаза ВМС Сан-Клементе

Смотрите также: Список объектов ВМС США

Корпус морской пехоты США

Кэмп-Пендлтон стал основным тренировочным полигоном для подготовки морской пехоты десантных кораблей , включая школу , школу десантных тракторов , школу пляжного батальона, школу десантной связи и школу полевой медицинской службы. Навыки, которые будут использоваться по островам во время Тихоокеанской войны и войны в Европе.

Смотрите также: Морские пехотинцы США во время Второй мировой войны

• Кэмп Пендлтон, Сан-Диего
• Аэродром морской пехоты Мирамар, Сан-Диего
• База материально-технического снабжения морской пехоты Барстоу Барстоу, квартирмейстерское подсклад Йермо
• База рекрутов морской пехоты Сан-Диего Сан-Диего
• Аэродром морской пехоты Кэмп-Пендлтон
• Аэродром морской пехоты Эль-Торо
• Аэродром морской пехоты Тастин
• Аэродром морской пехоты Санта-Барбара
• Воздушный артиллерийский полигон «Шоколадная гора»
• Кэмп Эллиотт
• Кэмп Мэтьюз
• Гиллеспи Филд
• Бивуак Лас-Пульгас в лагере Лас-Пульгас
• Лагерь Прапорщик
• Аэродром прапорщика Ранчо
• Кэмп Данлэп

Береговая охрана США

Во время войны, например, во время Второй мировой войны, Береговая охрана США действовала как подразделение военно-морского ведомства. В Калифорнии береговая охрана действовала на базе 12-го военно-морского округа . Поддержка ВМС береговой охраны во время Второй мировой войны включала использование катеров береговой охраны, патрульных катеров, баз, станций и маяков. Основная задача - патрулирование и поисково-спасательные операции.

См. Также: Станции береговой охраны Калифорнии.

Базы береговой охраны США времен Второй мировой войны в Калифорнии:

• Остров береговой охраны Аламеда
• Аэродром береговой охраны Сан-Диего
• Аэродром береговой охраны Сан-Франциско
• Станция береговой охраны Золотые Ворота
• База гидросамолетов Гамильтон-Коув

Торговый флот США

управлял Торговый флот США торговыми судами из Калифорнии, ВМС США и частных портов для доставки товаров, необходимых по всему миру. Большинство торговых судов работали с гражданскими торговцами и вооруженной охраной ВМС США для укомплектования палубных орудий в соответствии с Законом о торговом флоте 1936 года . Торговый флот эксплуатировал множество различных типов кораблей, наиболее многочисленными из которых были корабли «Либерти» и «Победа» . Обучение торгового флота проводилось береговой охраной. Морская служба создала несколько учебных центров торгового флота в Калифорнии для Второй мировой войны:

• Порт-Уэнем, Калифорния (1941–1942)
• Авалон, Калифорния (1942–1945)
• Правительственный остров, Калифорния (1938–1943) (также обучение офицеров)

Галерея

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  Норман Роквелл « Давайте дадим ему достаточно и вовремя»
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  Военный корабль США « Уодли» на военно-морской верфи Мэр-Айленд , 10 апреля 1945 года.
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  Lockheed Hudson в полете, 1941 год.
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  Центр сбора в Помоне , лагерь временного содержания для американцев японского происхождения.
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  Центр сбора Санта-Анита , 1942 год, военная полиция, лагерь временного содержания для американцев японского происхождения.
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  Грузовые корабли Victory стоят в очереди у Калифорнийской судостроительной корпорации в Лос-Анджелесе, Калифорния.
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  Истин Каунер, бывшая официантка, за работой на корабле «Либерти» SS «Джордж Вашингтон Карвер» на верфях Кайзера в Ричмонде, Калифорния, в 1943 году.
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  Женщины за работой на бомбардировщике Douglas Aircraft Company , Лонг-Бич, Калифорния, октябрь 1942 года.
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  Конвейер сборки P-38 Lightning на заводе Lockheed, Бербанк, Калифорния .
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  Линия по производству бомбардировщиков B-25 Mitchell на заводе North American Aviation , Инглвуд, Калифорния, октябрь 1942 года.
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  Пайковая книжка США № 3 примерно 1943 года, лицевая сторона
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  Плакат 1943 года «Как делать покупки по второму продовольственному книжку»
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  Битва за Лос-Анджелес , фотографии из Los Angeles Times , 26 февраля 1942 года.
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  Американский плакат времен Второй мировой войны, рекламирующий сады Победы
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  Армия испытывает джип California Ford GP в 1941 году.
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  Плакат Джорджа Шрайбера к Третьей военной ссуде (9 сентября - 1 октября 1943 г.)
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  Плакат Американской сельскохозяйственной корпорации
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  Плакат Американской сельскохозяйственной корпорации
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  Госпитальный поезд армии США, 1944 год.
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  Подвешивание двигателя на учебно-тренировочном БТ-13 Valiant на авиазаводе Vultee, Дауни, Калифорния.
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  Что я могу сделать? Справочник гражданина по войне , Управление гражданской обороны США, 1942 г.
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  Флорен Уотсон показана подготовка P-51D-5NA к перегону с завода в Инглвуде, Калифорния.
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  Больничный автомобиль армии США, 1944 год.

См. также

• Американский театр (1939–1945)
• Аризона во время Второй мировой войны
• Учебный центр пустыни
• Военная история США во время Второй мировой войны
• Нью-Мексико во время Второй мировой войны
• Тыл США во время Второй мировой войны
• Схема Арнольда

Дальнейшее чтение

• Аллен, Роберт Л. Бунт в Порт-Чикаго: история крупнейшего процесса по делу о массовом мятеже в истории военно-морского флота США (2006) , отрывок
• Альварес, Луис. «О расе, беспорядках и инфраполитике в Лос-Анджелесе военного времени». Французское ревю раскрывает американцы 1 (2012): 19–31 онлайн
• Коллинз, Кейт Э. Блэк Лос-Анджелес: взросление гетто, 1940–1950 (1980).
• Эскобедо, Элизабет Рэйчел. От комбинезонов до костюмов-зутов: жизнь американских женщин мексиканского происхождения в тылу Второй мировой войны (UNC Press Books, 2013).
• Фостер, Марк С. «Гигант Запада: Генри Дж. Кайзер и региональная индустриализация, 1930–1950». Обзор истории бизнеса 59.1 (1985): 1–23.
• Фридрих, Отто. Город сетей: портрет Голливуда 1940-х годов (Harper & Row, 1986).
• Джонсон, Мэрилинн С. Вторая золотая лихорадка: Окленд и Ист-Бэй во Второй мировой войне (Univ of California Press, 1994).
• Коппс, Клейтон Р. и Грегори Д. Блэк. Голливуд идет на войну: как политика, прибыль и пропаганда повлияли на фильмы о Второй мировой войне (The Free Press, 1987).
• Ланге, Доротея. Фотография второй золотой лихорадки: Доротея Ланге и Восточный залив во время войны, 1941–1945 (Heyday Books, 1995), первоисточник.
• Леонард, Кевин Аллен. Битва за Лос-Анджелес: расовая идеология и Вторая мировая война (2006).
• Лихтенштейн, Алекс и Эрик Арнесен. «Труд и проблема социального единства во время Второй мировой войны: военная верфь Кэтрин Арчибальд в ретроспективе». Лейбористская партия: Исследования по истории рабочего класса Америки 3.1 (2006): 113–146.
• Лотчин, Роджер. «Триумфальное партнерство: города Калифорнии и победа во Второй мировой войне» Southern California Quarterly 88.1 (2006): 71–95. [онлайн]
  • Лотчин, Роджер В. Плохой город в хорошей войне: Сан-Франциско, Лос-Анджелес, Окленд и Сан-Диего (Indiana University Press, 2003)
  • Лотчин, Роджер В. Фортресс, Калифорния, 1910–1961: от войны к благосостоянию (U of Illinois Press, 2002). стр. 131–170.
  • Лотчин, Роджер В. Какими мы были на самом деле: Золотой штат во Второй мировой войне (U of Illinois Press, 2000)
  • Лотчин, Роджер В. «Города Калифорнии и ураган перемен: Вторая мировая война в мегаполисах Сан-Франциско, Лос-Анджелеса и Сан-Диего». Тихоокеанский исторический обзор 63.3 (1994): 393–420. онлайн
  • Лотчин, Роджер В. «Вторая мировая война и городская Калифорния: городское планирование и гипотеза трансформации». Тихоокеанский исторический обзор 62.2 (1993): 143–171. онлайн
• Лотроп, Глория Риччи. «Нежеланный на земле свободы: влияние Второй мировой войны на итальянских иностранцев в Южной Калифорнии». Southern California Quarterly 81.4 (1999): 507–544.
• Маклеод, Дин Л. Порт-Чикаго (2007), отрывок
• Митчелл, Дон. «Битва/поля: Брасерос, агробизнес и насильственное воспроизводство сельскохозяйственного ландшафта Калифорнии во время Второй мировой войны». Журнал исторической географии 36.2 (2010): 143–156.
• Нэш, Джеральд Д. Преобразованный американский Запад: влияние Второй мировой войны (1990)
• Паркер, Дана Т. Строительство Победы: производство самолетов в районе Лос-Анджелеса во время Второй мировой войны (2013).
• Санчес, Джордж Дж. Становление американцем мексиканского происхождения: этническая принадлежность, культура и идентичность в чикано, Лос-Анджелес, 1900–1945 (Oxford University Press, 1993).
• Старр, Кевин. Боевые мечты: Калифорния в войне и мире, 1940–1950 (Oxford University Press, 2002).
• Вердж, Артур К. «Влияние Второй мировой войны на Лос-Анджелес». Тихоокеанский исторический обзор 63 № 3 (1994): 289–314. онлайн
• Вердж, Артур К. «Вторая мировая война» в «Спутнике истории Калифорнии» под ред. Уильям Деверелл и Дэвид Иглер . (2008), стр. 312–321. онлайн

Японское интернирование

Основная статья: Интернирование американцев японского происхождения § Дополнительная литература

• Леонард, Кевин Аллен. «Это то, за что мы сражались?» Американцы японского происхождения и расизм в Калифорнии: последствия Второй мировой войны». Western Historical Quarterly 21.4 (1990): 463–482. онлайн
• Лотчин, Роджер В. Переселение американцев японского происхождения во время Второй мировой войны: пересмотр (Cambridge University Press, 2018)
• Нг, Венди Л. Интернирование американцев японского происхождения во время Второй мировой войны: История и справочное руководство (Гринвуд, 2002).