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  • Collection: The American Experience in World War II

amr clip 2.mp4
A short clip from the seventh film of the Why We Fight series by Frank Capra called "War Comes to America" In which they talk about how World War II has impacted the states and why we entered.

amr clip 1.mp4
A short clip from the seventh film of the Why We Fight series by Frank Capra called "War Comes to America" In which they talk about how World War II has impacted the states and why we entered.

greatspeech.png
A still image taken from Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" from the scene where he as the Jewish barber and the dictator are merged and he gives his famed speech.

gilbert-hitchcock.jpg
Picture of Gilbert Hitchcock founder of the Omaha World Herald

Collage Headlines.jpg
4 different newspaper headlines during WWII

motherland calls.jpg
The Motherland Calls propaganda poster. a woman in red looks at the viewer with one arm outstretched, rifles behind her and paper in one hand

she talked.png
She Talked, this happened poster, showing what would happen with careless talk. A woman on the top half mentioning that someone is leaving, with a sunken ship on the bottom half to demonstrate what occurred because of it.

Special Agent.jpg
"Special Agent" cover. Hoover looks to the right in the center of images that show what an FBI recruit may have to do, including shooting, multiple types of exercise, and investigation.

506th final training jump from c-47.jpg
Last test jump of the 506th during jump school out of a C-47

United Nations stand for freedom.png
Poster with ships tanks and planes moving to the right. Various flags of allied nations are in the smoke above these objects.
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