1. Men & Women in Uniform Chapter 25.4 World War II, 1941-1945 pp. 766-771

2. Mobilization  After Pearl Harbor Americans jammed recruiting offices  5 million volunteered for service  The Selective Service System was expanded and another 10 million were drafted (GI’s)  Women’s Army Corps (WAC’s) and 350,000 women served as nurses, ambulance drivers, radio operators, electricians, parachute riggers, photographers, mechanics, and clerks

3. WAAC Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps

5. WAVES Women Accepted for Voluntary Service

7. The Selective Service Act 1940-45: – Men Ages 18-45 drafted – Military rejected 1/3 – 16+ million trained

8. U.S. Navy Enlistment Poster

10. Diversity in the Armed Forces  300,000 Mexican Americans served  25,000 Native Americans Served (Navaho Code Talkers)  1 million African Americans served  At first blacks were given supporting roles in segregated units, by 1942 they were given some combat opportunities  The Tuskegee Airman, Dr. Charles Drew  By 1944 some African Americans served in white combat units  33,000 Japanese and 13,000 Chinese served

12. "the blood of individual human beings may differ by blood groupings, but there is absolutely no scientific basis to indicate any difference in human blood from race to race.“… Dr. Drew

13. Dorie Miller Received the Navy Cross May 27, 1942

14. The Tuskegee Airmen “Red Tails” First Black military airmen 1,000 Black pilots trained at Tuskegee, Ala Two citations awarded

19. 442nd Japanese American Unit KIA WIAMIA Total Naples- Foggia Campaign 1394423584 Rome-Arno Campaign 2391,016171,272 Rhineland Campaign- Vosges 160 1,220421,422 Rhineland Campaign- Maritime Alps 11 102 2 115 Po Valley Campaign 101 922 3 1,026 Total 650 3713* 67 4,419* KIA = Killed In Action (includes Died Of Wounds) WIA =442nd Regimental Combat Team Facts Wounded In Action (includes Injured In Action) *Includes 15 WIA/IIA in 442nd Anti-Tank Company at Southern France Campaign (invasion) Source: U.S. Army Mediterranean Theater of Operations Information- Education Section. The Story of the 442nd Combat Team, Composed of: 442nd Infantry Regiment, 522nd Field Artillery Battalion, 232nd Combat Engineer Company, 1945.442nd Regimental Combat Team Facts

21. The Bataan Death March Battle of Bataan in Philippines: January 7 – April 9 1942 (3 months, and 2 days) – 78,000 American and Filipino surrendered to Japanese 60 mile “death march” – 7 days – from Bataan peninsula to POW Camp O’Donnell – Limited food & water – Random executions – At least 6,000 died on route

22. In a Japanese prison camp U.S. POWs celebrate 4th of July, 1942

24. The Bataan Death March (1942)…

27. The Bataan Death March (1942)

32. Camp O’Donnel 1,600 Americans 10,000 Filipinos died here

34. POWs Approximately 120,000 American POWS 1941-45 POW Death Rate – Japan: 40% – Germany: 1.2%. – Prisoners were subjected to slave labor, cruel punishment & medical experiments