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  • Collection: The American Experience in World War II

herman_winnie_the_wac_l19mar45.jpg
This is a strip of eighteen one-panel comics containing Winnie the WAC, as a caricature of women in the Women's Army Corps. These eighteen panels were featured in a 1945 edition of Life Magazine.

Dorothy Davis Dale.jpg
This is a screenshot from the 2001 video interview with Dorothy Dale.

YNMYLfZ.jpg
poster shows caricature of Hirohito with blood on his fingers grasping at countries on a globe as water drips on his head.

Where_our_men_are_fighting.jpg
Various Para-shoots: two with silhouetted men and the other a crate which is symbolized supplies for the troops.

I_need_your_skill.jpg
"Uncle Sam" pointing his finger and motivating the public to search for a job which relates to the war effort

Having_seen_the_quality.jpg
On the top is a picture of FDR along with the US military, and below is a quotation on his optimism of the current production rate in the nation.

Grow_your_own_Can_your_own.jpg
Mother and Daughter happily canning various foods stuffs.

Give_it_your_best.jpg
US Flag with a remark on the bottom

Franklin_Roosevelt.jpg
Blue background with an American eagle emblem with a quote from President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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