World War II Projects
World War II Projects
UT Girls Go to War: The Stories of University of Tennessee Alumnae in WWII
By Lily Beall (2026)
Building a Dam in the Mountains: Tennessee Valley Authority and the WWII Effort on the Home Front
By Emma Patterson (2025)
Two Sides of a Coin: Equality at Home and Abroad During World War II: Through the eyes of PFC Homer E. Henley Sr.
By Jarred Humes (2025)
The 505th Parachute Infantry of the 82nd Airborne: The Soldiers that Helped Turn the Tide of the Allied Offensive
by Katelyn Scesney (2022)
Building Across the Rhine: The Importance of Combat Engineering Battalions to the Allied Success in Western Europe
by Aiden Ponder (2022)
Patriotism and Patriarchy: Women at Oak Ridge and Their Daily Struggles
by Sequoia Conkling (2022)
Radio on My Mind: The Influence of Radio in the Second World War
by Samantha Konsavage (2022)
When Baseball was Drafted: How America Mobilized its National Pastime during World War II
by Drake Nettle (2022)
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: The Role of Photography in Controlling the War Image during and after WWII
by Jonathon Sharp (2022)
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
Football on the Warfront: General Robert Neyland and his Impact on War Through Leadership and Logistical Prowess
by James Burns (2023)
Love, Walter: The Individual Experience of the American Soldier as Seen through the Letters They Write Home
by Sarah Steakley (2023)
Memory as a Living Organism: The Story of Philip Oliver and the Memorialization of World War II
by Emmeline Parham (2023)
A Soldier’s Solace: Music as a Coping Mechanism during World War II
by Molly Dorris (2023)
Ammunition Logistics of the Invasion of Normandy: Through the Eyes of Edwin Jones Best
by Matthew Staggs (2023)
Censorship in World War II: Censorship as a Weapon to Promote Democracy
by Cecelia Hutton (2023)
Hauntings from the Past: Analyzing World War II American Memory
by Madison Lockwood (2023)
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)
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)
Take to the Skies! Technological Innovation and United States Air Power in the Twentieth Century
by Anthony Porazzi (2023)
Frances Lovelace Chased the American Dream: World War II and Opportunities for Women in the United States
by Molly Dorris (2023)
A Commitment to Compassion: How the U.S. Military Medical Department Came to Be the Embodiment of Modern Battlefield Medicine
by Edward H. Conway
