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Military volunteers in the US are people who voluntarily signed up to fight in or help with the war effort, without having to be drafted. This included fighting men, and even laboring woman. In this picture, young men are lined up to sign up for WWII. 38.8% of all US servicemen and servicewoman were volunteers from 1941-1945. 66% of armed force members were volunteers.

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Selective Service in the US (draft) is when young men from age 21-45 were required to fill out a form. The image is a war draft from WWII. around 50 million men were registered. About 20% of those men were required to serve without initially volunteering. Many people refused the draft in WWI, but in WWII people truly saw the need to fight and there were only rare cases of refusal and disagreement.

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Women serving in the war effort that are new recruits (in Iowa, 1942). The Women's military auxiliary service was the female branch of the US army. From the start of December, 1941, and throughout the war, 350,000 woman served in the armed forces. This expanded the US service members and therefore helped contribute to the eventual defeat of Germany.

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Not just American citizens fought for the US, there were minority groups, which were discriminated against, such as African Americans, as in the image. These also included Hispanics, Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, and Native Americans. In total there was about 1,571,000 minorities who served, 1,000,000 of them were African American.

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Not only fighting contributed to the war effort, but also women at home working in the factories. In this particular image, the women are manufacturing arsenal. Female defense industry employment grew by nearly 462% from 1940-1942. Without the women working in the factories, the fighting soldiers wouldn't have materials and there would be no fighting.

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The Office of Price Administration in the US during WWII was set into place in order to assure that nothing would be unfairly expensive. They set limits on the prices of goods so that the public (which was needing a lot at the time) wouldn't be put up against unfair markets. The image shows that this really improved the economy from WWI to WWII. There were from 2,000 to 5,000 investigators working during the 1940s to assure that prices would be fair.

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Rationing was extremely vital during WWII in the US. This image is an example of a ration book, showing how much food and other goods were allowed for each family/individual. Without rationing, all of the citizens would be scared and wanting to stock up on goods so that they don't run out, then some people would have too much and others wouldn't have enough. This would put the US into another economic crisis, which is the last thing needed during a war. People received only about 70% of what they normally would.

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Although war bonds seem like a small part of the war, they were what kept the US fighting. War bonds allowed people to lend some of their money to the country defense, in order to be able to buy what they needed to fight and protect. People could invest in the war and eventually get their money (plus interest) back. Overall, around 85 million US citizens purchased bonds, which totaled to about $185 billion.

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Arsenal of Democracy was said by Franklin Roosevelt in one of his speeches. It was a slogan delivered on December 29, 1940, about a year before the US entered the war. This was used to try to gain support to begin fighting and helping other nations defeat the Axis Powers. The US citizens came on board pretty quickly, which is a good thing, because other nations needed the help. It decreased isolationism support. In just a year, the number of men in the Navy nearly quadrupled to a little over 1.8 million, in late 1941.

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The image relates to the WPB because, scrap metal was often used to build new military materials. The WPB supervised war production, and encouraged to produce in large masses in order to save money and not waste raw materials. This helped the US save money and create war items quicker and more effective. From 1942-1945, the board directed around $183 billion worth of weapons and supplies.

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Uncle Sam, one of the most known faces across the nation, is an example of propaganda. This popularized joining the war, by making people feel needed/wanted, and they felt obligated to listen to the poster because it was like they spoke directly to the person. In WWII, a large majority of soldiers were volunteers, this is partially because of propaganda. Without it, common people wouldn't really understand the true need for help. Nearly 200,000 different designs were printed out during WWII in the US.

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Japanese American Internment is probably the worst decision made by the US during WWII. This was the movement and relocation of all American citizens with any Japanese ancestry in them, to different prison camps. At this time, the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor, so the US feared Japanese terrorists and spies. Between 110,000 and 120,000 people were moved, and most of them had lived on the Pacific Coast, leaving their homes and businesses behind. This didn't really help the war effort, but the Japanese were so discriminated against, that some people felt safer and more willing to participate in the war effort, with them locked up, although many opposed it.