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Long Island and World War I

Author : Richard F. Welch

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 144 pages

File Size : 36,20 MB

Release : 2018

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1467138886

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Nassau and Suffolk Counties answered the call to service during the First World War. As young men entered the armed forces, existing facilities such as Camp Mills and Hazelhurst Field were expanded, while Camp Upton, a massive training center, was created almost overnight. Long Islanders demonstrated enthusiastic support for the war through patriotic rallies, subscriptions to Liberty and Victory Loan drives and establishing recreation centers for troops called "soldiers' clubs." While Long Island factories turned out torpedoes, freighters and clothing, the Island's vibrant agricultural sector contributed significantly to the nation's food supplies. Author and historian Richard Welch explores the impact of the Great War on Long Island.



Long Island's Military History

Author : Glen Williford

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 132 pages

File Size : 45,83 MB

Release : 2004

Category : History

ISBN : 9780738536231

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Long Island's location and terrain gave it a significant role in defending the United States for over two hundred years. Forming the eastern shore of New York City's harbor, Long Island provided sites for seaward defense, while its flat, grassy plain was an ideal location for airfields. Many fortifications, encampments, and defense factories were built on Long Island. Long Island's Military History-with more than two hundred vintage photographs-traces this unique history, beginning with the battle of Long Island in 1776 and continuing through the cold war into the 1980s. This fascinating visual history tells of places such as Roosevelt Field and Plum Island, whose military uses have been forgotten; Camp Wikoff and Hazelhurst Field, short-lived military sites; and Grumman and Republic, names once associated only with combat aircraft.



The Battle of Long Island

Author : Scott Ingram

Publisher : Blackbirch Press, Incorporated

Page : 36 pages

File Size : 49,4 MB

Release : 2003-09

Category : History

ISBN : 9781567117769

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Examines the events, aftermath, and significance of the Battle of Long Island.





Cold War Long Island

Author : Christopher Verga, Karl Grossman

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 176 pages

File Size : 41,85 MB

Release : 2021

Category : History

ISBN : 1467148571

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By the close of World War II, Long Island had transformed from a rural corridor to a suburban behemoth. The region became a nationally recognized manufacturing and innovation hub for the military and possessed one of the fastest-growing middle-class populations in the country. But behind the manicured lawns and cookie-cutter cape homes, locals were adapting to new Cold War conflicts and facing anxieties of a potential nuclear fallout. Secret nuclear missile sites and classified government laboratories were established on the outskirts of Suffolk County, often among unaware residents. Soviet spy rings traversed across the island, seeking to steal industry secrets and monitor military installations. Author Christopher Verga and veteran journalist Karl Grossman bring to life the often overlooked history of the Cold War era in Nassau and Suffolk Counties.



Long Island's Gold Coast Elite and the Great War

Author : Richard Welch

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 160 pages

File Size : 25,31 MB

Release : 2021

Category : History

ISBN : 1467147036

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At the outbreak of World War I, the Gold Coast of Long Island was home to the most concentrated combination of financial, political and social clout in the country. Bankers, movie producers, society glitterati, government officials and an ex-president mobilized to arrange massive loans, send supplies and advocate for the Allied cause. The efforts undercut the Wilson administration's official policy of neutrality and set the country on a course to war with Germany. Members of the activist families--including Morgans, Davisons, Phippses, Martins, Hitchcocks, Stimsons and Roosevelts--served in key positions or fought at the front. Historian Richard F. Welch reveals how a potent combination of ethno-sociological solidarity, clear-eyed geopolitical calculation and financial self-interest inspired the North Shore elite to pressure the nation into war.



World War II Long Island: The Homefront in Nassau and Suffolk

Author : Christopher C. Verga

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 160 pages

File Size : 18,80 MB

Release : 2021-02-22

Category : History

ISBN : 1467147184

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Long Island was transformed from a pastoral rural community to a modern suburban behemoth by playing an integral role in the homefront of World War II. Dozens of Nazi spies infiltrated industry throughout the island and communicated industrial secrets back to Germany as the FBI chased them down. Long Island held the record for producing the most fighter planes in the country with the rapid rebirth of its aviation sector. Five Medal of Honor recipients called the region home. At the close of the war, the United Nations established itself in a weapons factory in Lake Success. Author Christopher Verga charts the rise of Long Island and its role in World War II.



Long Island's Vanished Heiress

Author : Steven C. Drielak

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 200 pages

File Size : 29,32 MB

Release : 2020-08-03

Category : True Crime

ISBN : 1439670331

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A new look at the 1937 abduction of a wealthy wife and mother, based on previously classified FBI documents—includes photos. When she was kidnapped from Long Meadow Farm in Stony Brook, New York, in 1937, Alice McDonell Parsons was the heir to a vast fortune among Long Island’s wealthy elite. The crime shocked the nation and was front-page news for several months. J. Edgar Hoover personally assigned his best FBI agents to the case, and within a short time, Parsons’s husband and their live-in housekeeper, Anna Kupryanova, had become prime suspects. Botched ransom attempts, clashes between authorities, and romantic intrigue kept the investigation mired in drama. The crime remained unsolved. Now, in this book, former Suffolk County detective Steven C. Drielak reveals previously classified FBI documents—and pieces together the mystery of the Alice Parsons kidnapping.



My Secret War

Author : Mary Pope Osborne

Publisher :

Page : 208 pages

File Size : 19,53 MB

Release : 2003-11-01

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9780439555128

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Book Description

Thirteen-year-old Madeline's diaries for 1941 and 1942 reveal her experiences living on Long Island during World War II while her father is away in the Navy.



Long Island and the Civil War

Author : Harrison Hunt

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 176 pages

File Size : 28,49 MB

Release : 2015-04-06

Category : History

ISBN : 1625852932

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Although no battles were fought on Long Island, the Civil War deeply affected all of its residents. More than three thousand men--white and black--from current-day Queens, Nassau and Suffolk Counties answered the call to preserve the Union. While Confederate ships lurked within eight miles of Montauk Point, camps in Mineola and Willets Point trained regiments. Local women raised thousands of dollars for Union hospitals, and Long Island companies manufactured uniforms, drums and medicines for the army. At the same time, a little-remembered draft riot occurred in Jamaica in 1863. Local authors Harrison Hunt and Bill Bleyer explore this fascinating story, from the 1860 presidential campaign that polarized the region to the wartime experiences of Long Islanders on the battlefield and at home.