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- LOUISIANA IN WORLD WAR II - The National WWII Museum
Even before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Louisiana industries were already mobilizing to support the Allied war effort By the end of the war, virtually every community in the state had contributed some kind of war-related commodity or service that supported the war effort
- Remembering the Louisiana Maneuvers - The Town Talk
Nearly half a million men took part in the largest of the maneuvers They marched, rode horses or drove vehicles, crossed rivers and parachuted from planes over thousands of square miles in the
- The Louisiana Maneuvers | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans
By the end of 1940 there were 630,000 men in the army (13 divisions), and six months later (June 1941) there were 1,400,000 (36 divisions) The military budget for 1940, about $9 billion dollars, exceeded all the military budgets combined dating back to 1920
- 1941 LOUISIANA MANEUVERS: THE BIG ONE - Militarytrader
The 1941 Louisiana maneuvers, the largest ever held in the U S until that time, was considered a great success All of the umpires agreed that the Louisiana weather was unpleasant with the American soldiers struggling through rain, mud, dust and heat
- The Louisiana Maneuvers of 1941 - NGEF
America’s armed services were in poor condition in the early 1940s; the Great Depression had plunged the world into a deep financial crisis, and challenging economic times translated into cuts to the US military, harming morale and manpower
- Remembering the Louisiana Maneuvers of 1941 (September 2012)
The 1940 Maneuvers brought out these shortages and by September 1941, the US Army was ready to conduct training with over 470,000 men on over 3400 square miles of maneuver lands in both Louisiana and Texas
- Louisiana Maneuvers Louisiana Goes to War, Twice
Many of these visiting soldiers weren't prepared for the mosquitoes and mud of Louisiana, nor were they prepared for other dangers One of the first casualties of the maneuvers occurred when a soldier failed to check his bedroll before turning in for the night
- Remembering the 75th Anniversary of the Louisiana Maneuvers (September . . .
To provide supplies for the first maneuvers in 1940 and 1941 it would take at least 14,000 men just to transport and deliver the needed supplies for such a vast undertaking In 1941 alone it would take 16 million meals for the soldiers in the field for just 14 days
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