https://padlet.com/savienpeppers/fsxf49je5g6k6odi Made with a wish on a star en-us 2021-01-25 16:16:26 UTC 2021-02-08 16:24:57 UTC hello@padlet.com savienpeppers https://padlet.com/savienpeppers/fsxf49je5g6k6odi/wish/1137213690 The Tuskegee Airmen were the first Black military aviators in the U.S. Army Air Corps (AAC), a precursor of the U.S. Air Force. Trained at the Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama, they flew more than 15,000 individual sorties in Europe and North Africa during World War II. Their impressive performance earned them more than 150 Distinguished Flying Crosses, and helped encourage the eventual integration of the U.S. armed forces.

]]> 2021-01-28 16:27:10 UTC https://padlet.com/savienpeppers/fsxf49je5g6k6odi/wish/1137213690 savienpeppers https://padlet.com/savienpeppers/fsxf49je5g6k6odi/wish/1137247249 Women in uniform took office and clerical jobs in the armed forces in order to free men to fight. They also drove trucks, repaired airplanes, worked as laboratory technicians, rigged parachutes, served as radio operators, analyzed photographs, flew military aircraft across the country, test-flew newly repaired planes, and even trained anti-aircraft artillery gunners by acting as flying targets. Some women served near the front lines in the Army Nurse Corps, where 16 were killed as a result of direct enemy fire. Sixty-eight American service women were captured as POWs in the Philippines. More than 1,600 nurses were decorated for bravery under fire and meritorious service, and 565 WACs in the Pacific Theater won combat decorations. Nurses were in Normandy on D-plus-four.]]> 2021-01-28 16:32:52 UTC https://padlet.com/savienpeppers/fsxf49je5g6k6odi/wish/1137247249 savienpeppers https://padlet.com/savienpeppers/fsxf49je5g6k6odi/wish/1137268518 Ethnic minorities served in the US armed forces during World War II. All citizens were equally subject to . All minorities were given the same rate of pay. The 16 million men and women in the services included 1 million African Americans, along with 33,000+ Japanese-Americans, 20,000+ Chinese Americans 24,674 American Indians and some 16,000 Filipino-Americans.According to House concurrent resolution 253, 400,000 to 500,000 Hispanic Americans served. They were released from military service in 1945-46 on equal terms, and were eligible for the and other veterans' benefits on a basis of equality. Many veterans, having learned organizational skills, and become more alert to the nationwide situation of their group, became active in civil rights activities after the war]]> 2021-01-28 16:36:29 UTC https://padlet.com/savienpeppers/fsxf49je5g6k6odi/wish/1137268518 savienpeppers https://padlet.com/savienpeppers/fsxf49je5g6k6odi/wish/1137295722
Rationing involved setting limits on purchasing certain high-demand items. The government issued a number of “points” to each person, even babies, which had to be turned in along with money to purchase goods made with restricted items. In 1943 for example, a pound of bacon cost about 30 cents, but a shopper would also have to turn in seven ration points to buy the meat. These points came in the form of stamps that were distributed to citizens in books throughout the war. The Office of Price Administration (OPA) was in charge of this program, but it relied heavily on volunteers to hand out the ration books and explain the system to consumers and merchants. By the end of the war, about 5,600 local rationing boards staffed by over 100,000 citizen volunteers were administering the program.

]]> 2021-01-28 16:40:28 UTC https://padlet.com/savienpeppers/fsxf49je5g6k6odi/wish/1137295722 savienpeppers https://padlet.com/savienpeppers/fsxf49je5g6k6odi/wish/1137313369 2021-01-28 16:43:32 UTC https://padlet.com/savienpeppers/fsxf49je5g6k6odi/wish/1137313369 savienpeppers https://padlet.com/savienpeppers/fsxf49je5g6k6odi/wish/1177809184 was a phrase used by President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) to describe the United States as he tried to arouse popular support for sending military aid to nations fighting against the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan, among others) during World War II (1939–1942).]]> 2021-02-08 16:19:42 UTC https://padlet.com/savienpeppers/fsxf49je5g6k6odi/wish/1177809184 savienpeppers https://padlet.com/savienpeppers/fsxf49je5g6k6odi/wish/1177817225 The War Production Board (WPB) was an agency of the United States government that supervised war production during World War II. President Franklin D. Roosevelt established it in January 1942, with Executive Order 9024. The WPB replaced the Supply Priorities and Allocation Board and the Office of Production Management.]]> 2021-02-08 16:20:57 UTC https://padlet.com/savienpeppers/fsxf49je5g6k6odi/wish/1177817225