Workers pass through the gate at the Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co. in Mobile.

Source: The University of South Alabama Archives (Addsco 3-416)

A sign in front of a tent on Guadalcanal reads: "Betty Grable, in case of air raid, get into hole." 1942.

Source: National Archives (127-N-61519)

Portrait of P.f.c. E.B.. Sledge, K Co. 5 Marine Regiment, in Marine dress blues. 1946. Sledge served at Peleliu and Okinawa.

Source: The Sledge Family

Eugene B. Sledge was born in Mobile November 4, 1923, the grandson of Confederate officers. Bookish and frail as a child, he had been taught to hunt and fish by his physician father and spent much of his free time roaming the woods on the outskirts of town with his . . .

E.B. Sledge of Mobile after the fighting ended in Okinawa.

Source: The Sledge Family

Eugene Sledge, left, and his brother, Lt. E.S. Sledge, in downtown Mobile on Christmas eve. 1942. Sledge would follow friend Sidney Phillips into the Marines and survive Peleliu and Okinawa.

Source: The Sledge Family

Infantrymen grab sleep where they can. Normandy, France, July 1944.

Source: National Archives (111-SC-191444)

Bitter contest between the Japanese and the Americans that marked a turning point in the Pacific war. The struggle on Guadalcanal was protracted, and the period from August 1942 to February 1943 saw some of the most bitter fighting of the war. In all, there were some 50 actions involving . . .

Marines seek shelter during an air raid on Guadalcanal. January 30, 1943.

Source: National Archives (080-G-39215)

A scout bomber passes over Marines in a swampy jungle area on Guadalcanal. November 2, 1942.

Source: National Archives (208-AA-75KK-20)

Marines prepare to evacuate a wounded soldier from the front lines on Guadalcanal. January 10, 1943.

Source: National Archives (127-N-53450)

The bodies of dead Japanese soldiers litter the beach at the mouth of the Tenaru River, Guadalcanal. Marines patrol the shores. 1942.

Source: National Archives (080-G-17077)

Bill Mauldin worked for Stars and Stripes during the war. His cartoons were viewed by GIs serving in Europe.

Source: Copyright 1945 by Bill Mauldin. Displayed courtesy of the William Mauldin Estate.

Captured Japanese food stocks on Guadalcanal. February 12, 1945.

Source: National Archives (127-N- 53436)

Katharine Phillips was born on June 28, 1923 in Mobile, the older sister of Marine Sidney Phillips, and John Phillips, who was born in 1931. Their father, Sidney C. Phillips, who had been wounded in the first World War, was a teacher who became principle of Murphy High School in . . .

Katharine Phillips remembers how news of Pearl Harbor came to Mobile.

Two enormous vessels docked at a Mobile pier. Men move cargo in the foreground.

Source: The University of South Alabama Archives (Addsco 49-A)

Two servicemen cross a street in downtown Mobile.

Source: The University of South Alabama Archives (MN-159B)

A pre-war view of a busy street in downtown Mobile.

Source: The University of South Alabama Archives (N3075)

Rear view of the interior of an empty Mobile city bus. "WHITE" sign hangs from the ceiling.

Source: The University of South Alabama Archives (CO-10020)