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1. www.floridamemory.com › learn › exhibitsFlorida in World War II - Homefront - Florida Memory

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   Florida citrus canneries produced 28 million cans of frozen orange juice concentrate in 1942 alone. Finding the necessary labor to satisfy wartime demands was one of the war’s greatest challenges for Floridians on the homefront. The men who normally occupied most of Florida’s industrial jobs were off serving in the military.

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3. www.palmbeachpost.com › story › lifestyleWorld War II at home: How it changed South Florida forever

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   May 30, 2014 · From 1940 to 1950, Florida’s population leaped from 2 million to 3 million. By 1970, it was 7 million. In Palm Beach County alone, from 1940 to 1970, it shot from 80,000 to 350,000.

4. www.businessinsider.com › iconic-photos-of-theIconic Photos of the Cuban Missile Crisis From Florida ...

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   On October 14, 1962, one of the US Air Force's vaunted U-2 spy planes soared over Cuba. The photos it took during that high-altitude pass revealed the assembly of Soviet SS-4 medium-range ...

5. www.ancestry.com › war-military › wwiiFlorida during World War II - Ancestry

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   Florida was a hive of activity during World War II. The warm climate and vast amounts of vacant coastal land made it a perfect place to build military bases and train soldiers. New bases were built and old naval stations were reactivated. The training facilities became so crowded, the military took over hundreds of hotels-such as the Don CeSar ...

6. www.miamimilitarymuseum.net › world-war-ii-attacksWorld War II in Miami - Military Museum

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   Our World War II Gallery tells the story of the military activities in South Florida during the war, especially the story of Miami and its people. A major focus is on the Navy base here called Naval Air Station Richmond (named for the Richmond lumber mill located nearby). The Navy used blimps to fight the Nazi U-boats that were attacking ...

7. www.floridamemory.com › learn › research-toolsFlorida Memory • Guide to Military Records and the Wartime ...

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   Minutes, 1941-1945. .25 cubic foot. The series consists of the minutes of the State Defense Council from January 1941 through February 1944. The minutes document topics discussed, decisions made and actions taken by the council relating to the civil defense effort in Florida during World War II. S1042.

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   What was Florida like during World War II?

   • Florida Memory. As World War II began in 1939, the population of Florida was less than two million people. The population of the state grew exponentially each decade after World War II, and military installations constructed during that conflict were a major factor in that growth.

   Florida Frontiers “World War II Military Bases in Florida”

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   How many people lived in Florida during WW2?

   • During World War II Florida’s population exploded. Key West had 13,000 residents in 1940 and 45,000 by war’s end five years later. The population of Miami almost doubled to more than 325,000. After the war the population of the United States increased by 15 percent, and the population of Florida expanded by 46 percent.

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   How did World War II affect Pensacola?

   • “Pensacola, for example, was a community with a long standing military presence, but World War II really heightened the demand for labor there,” says Hutchinson. “The Pensacola Naval Air Station hired 15,000 civilian workers to run its facilities.

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   Why was Camp Blanding a major city during WW2?

   • During World War II, Camp Blanding became the fourth largest city in Florida. After the war, many of the soldiers who trained there would return with their families as permanent residents of the state. Florida Memory. As World War II began in 1939, the population of Florida was less than two million people.

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   How did World War II affect Florida's economy?

   • Florida’s economy was largely based on tourism and agriculture when the United States entered World War II. The sudden demand created by the war effort for goods and services of every description bolstered the state’s growth rate and led to the expansion of several major war-related industries.

   Florida Memory • Florida in World War II - Homefront

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   Why did Florida build military bases during World War II?

   • Building World War II bases also gave Florida the experience needed to bring additional federal jobs and federal infrastructure to the state. “It’s hard to imagine that without these military bases that Florida would have been as successful in drawing things like NASA and the Space Coast into existence,” says Hutchinson.

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9. myfloridahistory.org › frontiers › articleFlorida Frontiers “World War II Military Bases in Florida”

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   During World War II Florida’s population exploded. Key West had 13,000 residents in 1940 and 45,000 by war’s end five years later. The population of Miami almost doubled to more than 325,000. After the war the population of the United States increased by 15 percent, and the population of Florida expanded by 46 percent.