Chapter 18: Red dust and pasties
Chapter 18 looks at life on the home front, including essential workers, POWS, and conscientious objectors.
1. The information on the iron mines, conscientious objectors, and prisoner of war camps from various sources including intereviews with Reuben Koski, volunteers at the Cliffs Shaft Mining Museum, POW Camps in the UP by The Mining Journal and WNMU-TV and 52 Steps Underground, An Autobiography of a Miner, by Ernie Ronn
Media and Web links:
1. Figure 18-1 Web: Learn more about the iron mining industry in Upper Michigan.
2. Figure 18-2 Video: Watch a video about the importance of industry in the war effort.
3. Figure 18-3 Web: Learn more about recycling during the war.
4. Figure 18-4 Video: Watch a video about a German Prisoner of War Camp located in Upper Michigan.
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