Japanese Internment Response to Pearl Harbor – Within 48 hours the FBI started rounding up suspected Japanese Agents Japanese ordered to report for possible relocation – Mainly west coast – Given 1 week to register, pack, and sell or rent property – Limited what families could bring

Japanese Internment Japanese Internment camps built in remote areas around the country – (2 in Utah) Limited comforts Great deal of tension at Home

At Home Most every home impacted Quick weddings Buying war bonds Families would hang stars in the windows – Gold Star Mothers – Many loose multiple family members » Sullivans, Borgstroms Those left home had to sacrifice

Rationing Staples, gas, metals needed for the war Rationing starts 1943 – Families issued ration books Victory Gardens feed those at home – Provide 40% of vegetables consumed at home Those at home support by recycling – Metal, rubber, nylon All buy War Bonds Hollywood shines

Industry America’s industrial base had to retool – 1942 Auto production stopped – From 1903-40 US companies produced 75k planes » In 1942 FDR asked for 60k planes – Liberty Ships (produced in 4½ days) Era of industrial cooperation – B-17 made by several companies With men at war we needed a workforce – Provided great opportunity for women and minorities

Women during War Government reclassified 55% of jobs to allow women to work – By 1943 every single woman employed » Rosie the Riveter When single women fully employed, married women join force – Companies recognize burden, provide many services (child care, shopping, food services)

Women During the War Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) – Led by Jackie Cochran – Women test and transport planes from factory to the airbases » Free up men for the front Nursing Corps – Primary military role

Other Issues 1941 introduction of Penicillin – Dr Alexander Fleming – Designed to reduce infection from war wounds – Revolutionized medicine Civil Air Patrol (CAP) – Formed Dec 1941 – Duties to patrol coast/ search and rescue for downed aircraft – 18 months of patrol 24 mil miles, spotted 173 UBoats, located 363 survivors of ship wrecks or air crashes

After Effects Women taste independence – Many desire to stay on job Baby Boom – Impact still felt today Housing Boom – Tract housing (small 1 level ranch) – Architecture becomes simple – VA Loans= Soldiers buy homes GI Bill = Soldiers go to college