Upcountry History Museum

On the homefront, Upcountry residents grew victory gardens, supported recruits at local bases and soldiers abroad and manufactured textile goods including uniforms and parachutes, crucial for the war effort. As thousands of young men and women came into the Upcountry to train at Spartanburg's Camp Croft and Greenville's Army Air Base, thousands more were sent to Europe, the Pacific and beyond. More that 166,000 South Carolinians fought for the US, including 5 Congressional Meal of Honor winners. The resulting import and export of culture through the war and long after reflects the modernization and diversification that occured across the south. Using words and images from the men and women who lived through it all, Furman University professor and UHM historian Courtney Tollison examine the ways that Upcountry SC affected WWII and how the war affected the region.

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