Rhode Island\'s contribution to World War II vastly exceeded its small size.
Meanwhile, Rhode Island workers from all over the state--including, for the first time, many women-.
Three special, top-secret German POW camps were based in Narragansett and Jamestown.
They included the country\'s most important torpedo production and testing facilities at Newport and the Northeast\'s largest naval air station at Quonset Point.
Narragansett Bay was an armed camp dotted by army forts and navy facilities.
Rhode Island\'s contribution to World War II vastly exceeded its small size