Describes the events and circumstances that not only shaped pharmacy during World War II, but the future of the profession as well. It chronicles the struggles and determination of the leadership of APhA to gain recognitionof the pharmacist as a health care provider in the services, and ultimately the creation of the Pharmacy Corps.

Prologue : prewar pharmacy. Practice, 1940-1941 ; Retail pharmacy ; Education ; Manpower ; Pharmacy Corps ; Practice standards ; Shortages ; December 7, 1941 -- Pharmacy education. The colleges ; The curriculum ; The faculty ; The students ; Acceleration ; Women ; Japanese Americans ; Postwar planning ; American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education ; Student finances ; Refresher courses ; Credit for military service -- Selective Service. The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 ; Pre-Pearl Harbor ; Manpower ; Students and the colleges ; Necessary men ; Pharmacy advisory committees ; Accommodations -- The drugstore in the war effort. Civil defense ; Civilian health ; Bond drives ; Conservation efforts ; Tin conservation ; The quinine pool ; Community service -- Pharmacy operations. Shortages and rationing ; Japanese Americans ; Economics ; Manpower ; Prescriptions ; Hospitals -- Pharmacy Corps. The beginning ; World War I period ; Between the wars ; The Kendig Era ; Implementation -- The military. The Army supply catalog ; Army pharmacy ; Personal experiences ; Pharmacy technicians ; Navy pharmacy ; Pharmacy-chemistry technicians ; Naval supply table ; Public health service : Coast Guard/Merchant Marine ; Women in the armed services ; The corpsman and the medic ; Memorial -- Epilogue: The returning veterans. Back to work ; Hospital pharmacy ; GI Bill ; Credit for military experience ; Civil service ; Pharmacy Corps ; The navy ; The medical service corps.