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  • Collection: The American Experience in World War II

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

-YOU'LL_BE_HAPPY_TOO,_AND_FEEL_SO_PROUD_SERVING_AS_A_WAVE_IN_THE_NAVY.-_-_NARA_-_516239.jpg
This colored WWII recruitment poster shows a group of smiling, white young women wearing their Navy uniforms serving in the WAVES

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White young female looking off to the side smiling while wearing her Army uniform.

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This is a World War II-era recruitment poster for the Army Nurse Corps. It features a white woman in uniform, stating "You are needed now."

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A still image from a World War II newsreel that informed Americans what was going on with the armed forces around the world.

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A collage of different pin-up girl images for Yank magazine.

Bataan.pdf
Describes the men of Bataan and the starvation they faced before they surrendered to Japan.

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A male and female farming couple looking humble and off toward the horizon. The male is carrying a pitch fork while the female is holding a basket of crops.

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Photo of Station wagon with Surf Board (Woodie). Name comes from the wooden doors on the wagon.

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Illustration shows George F. Hoar sitting on the U.S. Capitol dome using a telegraph to send a "wireless" message "Keep it up! We are with you!" across a body of water to the insurgent forces fighting against American troops in the Philippines; at…
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