1. WWII: Fighting the War
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2. WWII: Fighting the War Executive Order 9066:
U.S. “relocates” Japanese Americans to internment camps out of fear and prejudice

3. WWII: Fighting the War Korematsu v. United States (1944)
Supreme Court ruled U.S. government is allowed to suspend civil rights during war

5. 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

6. WWII: Fighting the War
Video: Bracero Program (1959)

7. WWII: Fighting the War

8. WWII: Fighting the War U.S. Military segregated by race until 1948
Executive Order 9981 – ended segregation

9. WWII: Fighting the War 442nd Regimental Combat Team:
Japanese American soldiers fighting in WWII
Most decorated unit in U.S. History

10. WWII: Fighting the War Tuskegee Airmen:
African-American Air Force Squadron
“Red Tails” – squad order to protect American bomber planes
Video: Tuskegee

11. African Americans

12. 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

13. Video: U.S. Military exposes minorities to toxic mustard gas

14. 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

15. Historical Posters