{"id":35847,"date":"2018-12-26T18:27:23","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T18:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/12\/26\/museum-dedicated-to-wwii-homefront-opens-in-georgia\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:47:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:47:38","slug":"museum-dedicated-to-wwii-homefront-opens-in-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/veterans\/2018\/12\/26\/museum-dedicated-to-wwii-homefront-opens-in-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Museum dedicated to WWII homefront opens in Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SAVANNAH, Ga. \u2014 One exhibit contains a hinged wooden box that held a bottle of champagne before it was smashed across the bow of a newly launched cargo ship built to carry supplies to American troops overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another displays the ship\u2019s bell and a life ring from the <a href=\"https:\/\/uboat.net\/allies\/merchants\/ship\/2685.html\" target=_blank>S.S. Esso Baton Rouge<\/a>, which sank off the Georgia coast in a deadly torpedo attack from a German U-boat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1021\" height=\"650\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Glynco3.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Glynco3.jpg.jpg 1021w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Glynco3.jpg.jpg?resize=300,191 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Glynco3.jpg.jpg?resize=768,489 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1021px) 100vw, 1021px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Naval Air Station Glynco officers&#8217; inspection by Theodore &#8220;Ted&#8221; Bolduc. (San Diego Air and Space Museum)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The artifacts recall moments of tragedy and celebration during World War II in Glynn County, where sailors and airmen trained for battle overseas while civilians \u2014 including many women \u2014 labored at the shipyard in support of the war effort. More than seven decades later, their stories are the subject of a museum that re-creates the war\u2019s pervasive effect on the American homefront by focusing on a single East Coast community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The World War II Home Front Museum opened earlier this month on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goldenisles.com\/discover\/st-simons-island\/\" target=_blank>St. Simons Island<\/a>, about 70 miles (115 kilometers) south of Savannah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its exhibits are housed inside the island\u2019s former Coast Guard station, which was in charge of shore patrols for German submarines lurking off the Georgia coast during the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coastalgeorgiahistory.org\/\" target=_blank>Coastal Georgia Historical Society<\/a> raised $3.7 million to build the museum as a repository for its growing collection of World War II artifacts and memorabilia donated by local residents, including more than 2,000 photographs from the period. The society collected dozens of oral histories and had its exhibits designed by Gallagher &amp; Associates, the same firm that helped develop the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We were really encouraged to think big about this project,&#8221; said Sherri Jones, the historical society&#8217;s executive director. &#8220;The stories just resonated with everybody. It&#8217;s a story that so many people were passionate about.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The war pervasively affected Glynn County. About 16,000 workers, including 2,000 women, worked at the Brunswick shipyards building what were known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/nr\/twhp\/wwwlps\/lessons\/116liberty_victory_ships\/116liberty_victory_ships.htm\" target=_blank>Liberty ships<\/a> \u2014 cargo vessels used to supply U.S. troops overseas. 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A total of 22 sailors were killed in the attack, while others were saved by Coast Guard crews from the station that now houses the museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interactive exhibits allow visitors to try distinguishing the silhouettes of friendly and enemy aircraft in a plane-spotting game, or to decide how best to spend ration points on staples such as meat, coffee and butter at a mock storefront.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We want people to come here and be able to relate to these sorts of things that were going on all over the United States,&#8221; said Mimi Rogers, the museum&#8217;s curator. &#8220;Rationing, plane spotting and other ways that ordinary citizens could support the war even if they weren&#8217;t in the military.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"574\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Glynco2.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Glynco2.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Glynco2.jpg.jpg?resize=300,144 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Glynco2.jpg.jpg?resize=768,367 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Glynco2.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,490 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Naval Air Station Glynco hangar interior July 1944 by Theodore &#8220;Ted&#8221; Bolduc, an aviation photographer assigned primarily to &#8220;Lighter Than Air&#8221; (blimp) squadrons in Georgia and Florida. 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