WWII: Fighting the War History Notes 12-3
WWII: Fighting the War Executive Order 9066: U.S. “relocates” Japanese Americans to internment camps out of fear and prejudice
WWII: Fighting the War Korematsu v. United States (1944) Supreme Court ruled U.S. government is allowed to suspend civil rights during war
WWII: Fighting the War Bracero Program (1942-1964): U.S. recruits Mexican laborers to harvest crops and build railroads during WWII Promised 30¢ wage and humane treatment
WWII: Fighting the War Video: Bracero Program (1959)
WWII: Fighting the War
WWII: Fighting the War U.S. Military segregated by race until 1948 Executive Order 9981 – ended segregation
WWII: Fighting the War 442nd Regimental Combat Team: Japanese American soldiers fighting in WWII Most decorated unit in U.S. History
WWII: Fighting the War Tuskegee Airmen: African-American Air Force Squadron “Red Tails” – squad order to protect American bomber planes Video: Tuskegee
African Americans
WWII: Fighting the War Navajo Signal Corps: Navajo Indians in the U.S. Marines “Codetalkers” – radio operators who sent secret Allied messages in their language
Video: U.S. Military exposes minorities to toxic mustard gas
WWII: Fighting the War Women’s Army Corps: Often served in direct combat as pilots and nurses 16 Purple Hearts and more then 400 deaths
Historical Posters