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The meaning of world war II

One cannot look across the long, seemingly endless rows of crosses and Stars of David that dot the cemeteries at Omaha Beach, St. James, and elsewhere in Europe and the Paciifi without a sense of the terrible cost of victory in World War II. The cold stone memorials underscore the ages of those whose lives war cut short at eighteen, twenty, twenty-  ... more>>

Tuskegee Airmen

INTRODUCTION The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II In the years between 1940 and 1946, during World War II, units of African Americans served in the United States Air Corps. They were allowed to serve as pilots, navigators, bombardiers, and support personal when President Roosevelt directed the Air Corps to admit black units, but were required to ser  ... more>>

Wartime-Production during world war II

Volume 16, Number 3 Spring 2002 WORLD WAR II HOMEFRONT FROM THE EDITOR 3 The Homefront Experience During World War II Allan M. Winkler HISTORIOGRAPHY 5 World War II Homefront: A Historiography Allan M. Winkler 7 American Women in a World at War Judy Barrett Litoff and David C. Smith 13 African Americans and World War II Andrew E. Kersten 19 Incarce  ... more>>

What We Learned About World War II

Wisconsin in World War II

Wisconsin in World War II: A Bibliography Compiled by: Abigail Miller (last updated 11/2004) The Wisconsin Veterans Museum is dedicated to preserving the memory of Wisconsin men and women who have participated in America’s military conflicts, from the Civil War through the present. The Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center contains books, lette  ... more>>