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World War II Projects

World War II Projects

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World War II Projects


Quiet Heroes: The Secret Women Who Made the Manhattan Project Possible

by Brian B. Salyer


The 505th Parachute Infantry of the 82nd Airborne: The Soldiers that Helped Turn the Tide of the Allied Offensive

by Katelyn Scesney (2022)

The 505th Parachute Infantry of the 82nd Airborne

Building Across the Rhine: The Importance of Combat Engineering Battalions to the Allied Success in Western Europe

by Aiden Ponder (2022)

Light tank on maneuvers at Camp Shelby, MS. Taken by Walter Gentry.

Patriotism and Patriarchy: Women at Oak Ridge and Their Daily Struggles

by Sequoia Conkling (2022)

Calutron Girl sitting at a mass spectrometer in Oak Ridge, TN

Radio on My Mind: The Influence of Radio in the Second World War

by Samantha Konsavage (2022)

Family huddled aroun an old-fashioned Radio

When Baseball was Drafted: How America Mobilized its National Pastime during World War II

by Drake Nettle (2022)

Image of a baseball team posing

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: The Role of Photography in Controlling the War Image during and after WWII

by Jonathon Sharp (2022)

Edward Westcott, Army Photographer Serving in Oak Ridge, Tennessee Department of Energy Photograph Collection

This is No Drill!”: How US Servicemen at Pearl Harbor stood up in the face of a surprise attack and fought back against an enemy onslaught

by David Wheeler

The sinking of the USS Virginal at Pearl Harbor

World War 2, A Great War? Misconceptions of the Second World War

by Connor Hughes (2023)

Image of soldiers raising  the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima

Football on the Warfront: General Robert Neyland and his Impact on War Through Leadership and Logistical Prowess

by James Burns (2023)

Closeup of eyes of General Robert Neyland Photo Courtesy of University of Tennessee Special Collections

Love, Walter: The Individual Experience of the American Soldier as Seen through the Letters They Write Home

by Sarah Steakley (2023)

Love. Walter title card

Memory as a Living Organism: The Story of Philip Oliver and the Memorialization of World War II

by Emmeline Parham (2023)

Troops in uniform posing under the wing of an airplane

A Soldier’s Solace: Music as a Coping Mechanism during World War II

by Molly Dorris (2023)

Cover of G.I Jive Sheet Music

Ammunition Logistics of the Invasion of Normandy: Through the Eyes of Edwin Jones Best

by Matthew Staggs (2023)

Title card with map of Normandy Invasion

1st Lieutenant Frank Kersnowski

by Morgan Turner (2023)

1st Lieutenant Frank Kersnowski

Censorship in World War II: Censorship as a Weapon to Promote Democracy

by Cecelia Hutton (2023)

Title card for Censorship in World War II

Hauntings from the Past: Analyzing World War II American Memory

by Madison Lockwood (2023)

Hauntings from the Past title card featuring the painting *Freedom from Want* by Norman Rockwell

Wars on Race: Black World War II Veterans and Civil Rights: Washington “Like Moses” Davis and the Story of Knoxville’s Civil Rights Movement

by Tristan Brown (2023)

Brothers, T. (1940). Gem Theater. photograph, Knoxville, TN

Appalachian Women, WWII, and Changes in Mountain Medicine: How Women and World War II Helped Expand and Develop the Frontier Nursing Service

by Gracie Amburn (2023)

Breckenridge, Marvin. The Forgotten Frontier. 1931.National Library of Medicine, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtK3QsFpm6M

Take to the Skies! Technological Innovation and United States Air Power in the Twentieth Century

by Anthony Porazzi (2023)

picture of three World War II planes flying together in formation

Frances Lovelace Chased the American Dream: World War II and Opportunities for Women in the United States

by Molly Dorris (2023)

Enlist in the WAVES Recruiting Poster

A Commitment to Compassion: How the U.S. Military Medical Department Came to Be the Embodiment of Modern Battlefield Medicine

by Edward H. Conway

CritialPast Archives Youtube Channel "US medic gives first aid to a wounded soldier near Wegscheid Germany. HD Stock Footage"

News Archive

  • CSTW Supports University of Tennessee VeteransNovember 17, 2025
  • Center Interview General James M. “Mike” HolmesNovember 17, 2025
  • CSTW Staff and Interns Support Local VeteransNovember 17, 2025

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