1. Minority Participation In World War II

2. African-Americans Served in segregated units Tuskegee Airmen
Elite group of African American fighter pilots
“Great Migration” north to work in war factories
“Double V” campaign
Goal to achieve double victory over Hitler’s racism and the racism in the U.S.

3. Japanese-Americans (Nisei)
Executive Order 9066
Japanese ordered by FDR to move to internment camps
Strong anti-Japanese prejudice on West Coast
False-belief that Japanese Americans were aiding the enemy
Supreme Court supported U.S. Government’s actions against Japanese Americans (“military urgency”)
In the Military
442nd Regiment
Formed from volunteers at internment camps
Famous for heroism and high casualties
Received many honors and medals

4. Native Americans (Navajo)
Communication codes
Navajo have an unwritten language, no alphabet, or symbols.
Used by Marine Corp in Pacific against Japanese.
Japanese couldn’t decipher the language.

5. Women “Rosie the Riveter”
Women take men’s places in factories and at home.
Nurses and non-combat military roles.

6. “Rosie the Riveter”