1. Minorities in WWII Military

2. What do you notice about these three pictures of WWII soldiers
What do you notice about these three pictures of WWII soldiers? Make a lost of at least 5 things in your notebook.

3. African-Americans in the Army
Faced discrimination
Segregated Units
Separate cafeterias and barracks
Limited to cooking, cleaning, construction, delivering supplies, etc.

4. Double-V Campaign
Fighting for Victory in the war against the Axis powers
Fighting for equal rights in the military and equal rights at home
2 “wars”

5. Tuskegee Airmen All-Black airmen units
An “experiment” to see if African-American could handle the job

6. Tuskegee Airmen Only unit to never lose a plane to enemy bombers
Reputation for courage and skill

7. Nisei “Second Generation” Regiments
Japanese-American unit
Fought in Europe
Most decorated unit in American history

8. Mexican-American Soldiers
Mexican Americans also fought, but not in segregated units.
Highest percentage of congressional medal of honor winners than any other minority during WWII

9. Navajo Codes
Communication codes of the Navajo were used based on their spoken language
Impossible for the Japanese to break