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Poster Used to Motivate Women to Get Jobs.

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Nearly 350,000 women served in uniform.

Most volunteered for the different military sections specifically for women.

Women in uniform took office and clerical jobs to free men to fight.

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Painting of the Women that Served in Uniform.

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Women in America quickly got to work.

The "Axis Powers" were very slow to employ women.

Hitler thought that women weren't built for employment.

The other countries agreed with him to an extent.

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Younger women also started getting married.

More underage women got married and these marriages would not last long.

Younger women took the work that women used to do, cleaning the house, making dinner, etc.

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The First African American Tank Unit to See Combat

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The First African American Tank Unit to See Combat

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In late 1944, the 751st Tank Battalion or "Black Panthers" wass assigned to combat.

They were the first tank unit to have African-Americans operating.

Their motto was "Come out Fighting".

They fought heroically in the European Theater in 1944.

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A Painting of The First National War Hero of WWII.

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The first peacetime draft was on September 16, 1940.

FDR issued an executive order that prevented discrimination in the defensive industry.

A new amendment was put in place that allowed any person no matter what race to volunteer to be drafted.

Over 2.3 million minorities registered for the draft.

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American Posters Used to Motivate People to Buy War Bonds.

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American Propaganda Against the Japanese.

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Poster Used to Motivate Women to Get Jobs.

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Poster Used to Motivate Women to Get Jobs.

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History at a glance: Women in World War II | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans. (n.d.). The National WWII Museum | New Orleans. https://www.nationalww2museum.org/students-teachers/student-resources/research-starters/women-wwii

African Americans in World War II | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans. (2001, February 15). The National WWII Museum | New Orleans. https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/topics/african-americans-world-war-ii

History.com Editors. (2025, February 27). Tuskegee Airmen - Definition, facts & Names. HISTORY. https://www.history.com/articles/tuskegee-airmen

Malloryk. (2021, August 26). What can we learn about World War II from Black Quartermasters? The National WWII Museum | New Orleans. https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/world-war-ii-black-quartermasters#:~:text=The%20all%2DBlack%2092nd%20Infantry,%2C%20Iwo%20Jima%2C%20and%20Guam

Anderson, C., Chief & The National WWII Museum. (2021). THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN: The African American Pilots of WWII. In The National WWII Museum. The National WWII Museum. https://www.nationalww2museum.org/sites/default/files/2017-07/tuskegee-airmen.pdf

Malloryk. (2020, January 31). African Americans Fought for Freedom at Home and Abroad during World War II. The National WWII Museum | New Orleans. https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/african-americans-fought-freedom-home-and-abroad-during-world-war-ii

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Eighty percent of Black soldiers were in service forces before 1942.

Later into the 1940s, there was a demand for more skilled and focused soldiers, so America decided to solve this with the many African-American solders they had.

After this demand was gone in 1944, almost all of Black soldiers were put in the service forces.

Less than 1% stayed in their tank and air units.

The service units helped dig tunnels, cook food, rescue soldiers, and lots of manual labor.

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Dorie Miller wearing his Navy Cross. US Navy Photo.

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Doris "Dorie" Miller was the first nation hero of World War II.

He was also the first African American to wear the Navy Cross.

He was a crewman on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

When Pearl Harbor was being attacked, Dorie Miller helped move his captain, despite the bombs dropping and constant gunfire.

His captain was mortally wounded and wouldve definitatly died if Dorie wasnt there.

After he got his captain to safety, he mounted a turret and shot down multiple different Japanese bomber planes.

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The effort with the largest ammounts of Black GIs transported many dangerous things.

They transported bombs, bullets, food, gasoline, and water to the front lines.

These things that the service units did are most of the things that Black soldiers are credited to.

But there was also a ton of significant black units in the front lines or in tank or air units.

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The HORRIBLE Treatment of Black Veterans #onemichistory

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The Tuskgee Airmen are one of the most known African American units.

There were no other African American military pilots before the Tuskgee Airmen.

The Jim Crow Laws, a series of racist laws that enforced segregation, were used to deny African Americans to being pilots.

In 1941, only less than 4,000 African-American pilots were serving in the military.

By 1945, 1.2 million African-American pilots were serving in the military.

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During WW2, African American soldiers made many great sacrifices for America.

Local Black communities started preforming in in helping with the war like never before.

Many black leaders and organizations such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) were acutely aware and concerned about African American disaffection for the war.

To combat the negativity they were facing, Black soldiers started demanding for more important jobs and tasks.

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Many African-American citizens stopped helping with the war after hearing about the discrediting of Black soldiers.

Many African Americans started protesting on the streets of Washington DC.

After these protests and boycotting of the war, the U.S. military started allowing African Americans into training camps that helped with piloting and shooting.