Resolve

Resolve. Rally to Arms. The attack on Pearly Harbor and the rising threat of the Axis powers united the nation in total mobilization for war. Tennessee provided facilities to train almost two million military personnel, with major Army posts at Camp Forrest near Tullahoma, Camp Campbell near Clarksville, and Camp Tyson near Paris. Camp Forrest, typically housing 120,000 troops, served as the state's main induction center and trained soldiers for infantry, artillery, and engineer units as well as airborne and cavalry elements. Camp Campbell specialized in armor and mechanized infantry formations. , The Army Air Force established its first training base for pilots and mechanics operating heavy bombers at Smyrna Army Air Field. At Memphis and Nashville, the Air Force operated a ferry command flying warplanes overseas, and the country's largest inland naval air base was located at Millington. In Knoxville, the University of Tennessee operated an Army Air Force preflight school. , Flying instructor Cornelia Fort of Nashville was airborne over Hawaii and witnessed the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Later she served as a Women's Airforce Service Pilot until killed in a 1943 training accident. During the war, approximately 3,000 Tennessee women served on active duty in all parts of the world.