Events in Europe again gave a boost to the economy of West Virginia. With an increased likelihood of war came an increase in manufacturing and need for natural resources, and with it employment. Increases in employment signaled the official end of the Great Depression. However, the short period of prosperity and peace ended with the attack on Pearl Harbor and the sinking of the USS West Virginia. On the home front West Virginians again produced the materials of war while participating in the war effort through a variety of drives for scape material, purchasing of War Bonds, and rationing of goods. Directly contributing to the war were well over 200,000 West Virginians, who served their county in all theaters; many with great distinction.
Henry Dunfee in His Victory Garden in Cabell County, W. Va.
Wounded Soldiers at the Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.
Honor Roll, Wise Library, West Virginia University
Launching 30th Victory Ship, 'S.S. Morgantown Victory', Fairfield, MD
Chalking Off Flight Pattern On Taxi Strip, Morgantown, W. Va.
World War II Scrap Metal Drive, Grantsville, W. Va.
Steel Sisters at 'Buy a Bomber' Show, Parkersburg, W. Va.
Paper Drive by Central Grade School Students, Hinton, W. Va.
Severely Damaged U.S.S. West Virginia After Attack on Pearl Harbor, Hi.
American Soldiers Pose with Tank in Northern Europe During World War II
Technical Sergeant Kingsley Spitzer
Donnie Adkins of Summers County, W. Va. during Time as Soldier in World War II
Corporal Hershel W. (Woody) Williams from F.airmont, W. Va.
ROTC Muster, Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
