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Alabama and World War I
Alabamians supported U.S. entry into the war.
Preparedness program stimulated economy, especially:
Birmingham steel
Mobile shipbuilding
Muscle Shoals, Wilson Dam, and the nitrate industry.
Alabamians in the service:
74,000 draftees from the state.
"Federalized" National Guard included 4
th
Ala. Inf. as part of famed "Rainbow Division."
643 killed in action; 1,758 died of wounds/disease, according to Ala. Adjutant General's Report
Home front supported war effort:
Propaganda directed at the enemy "Huns."
Community programs directed by the Alabama Council of Defense.
Black Alabamians supported the war effort as soldiers and on the home front.