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Victory in Europe was celebrated throughout the nation after four years of warfare. Although American forces were still fighting in Japan, the Greenville "News" headline illustrates the celebration...
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Several prisoner-of-war camps were established in South Carolina to house captured Germans. This is the street of a camp in Hampton, photographed around 1944. Courtesy of Mildred B. Rivers.
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This Mt. Vernon Mills ceremony,held in Columbia, on October 27, 1943, presents the Army-Navy flag to one of the units in the mill for buying the most E-Bonds. Such ceremonies helped promote the sale...
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Civilians were encouraged to donate time and materials to the Red Cross efforts to support United States troops overseas. Here, Mrs. McKissick of Greenville knits supplies for the Red Cross. Courtesy...
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The Second World War, like the first, required sacrifice and work at home, as well as the commitment of soldiers fighting abroad. During the war, civilians were called on to conserve almost everything...
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The enlistment of men into the armed forces caused a labor shortage in industry and agriculture, which were both rapidly expanding production to meet wartime needs. For the first time, many women...
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Red Cross volunteers march in a parade in Rock Hill in early 1942, urging other citizens to share in "the dirty work" of helping win the war. Courtesy of the Winthrop University Archives.
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Columbia Army Air Base, aerial view, in 1943. Courtesy of the South Carolina State Museum.
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These Marines had just completed their training in April of 1943, and were on the train from the Yemassee Station en route to their wartime tour of duty. Courtesy of the United States Marine Corps...
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The Parris Island facilities for training Marines also expanded enormously during WWII. Here, new recruits march on the main parade grounds during a 1943 rainstorm. Courtesy of the United States...