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The Motherland Calls
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
Thorpe's Daughter in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
This is a clipping from the April 10, 1943 Lansing State Journal concerning Grace Thorpe's joining the WAAC in Detroit, Michigan.
Still Image from newsreel from World War II
This is a still image from the news reel "Avenge Pearl Harbor" where they appeal to the hearts of Americans across the nation.
Grace Thorpe Is In Salt Lake
This is a clipping from the August 27, 1943 edition of the Ogden Standard-Examiner. Grace Thorpe had just been shipped from Fort Oglethorpe to Ogden, UT.
Still image from Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator"
A still image from Charlie Chaplin's film, "The Great Dictator" in which he plays a dual role as a dictator, representing Adolf Hitler, and a Jewish barber. In this image his Dictator, Adenoid Hynkle, is delivering a speech comprised mostly of…
Jim Thorpe's Daughter Graduates in Women's Army Auxillary Corps
This is a July 24, 1943 newspaper clipping from the Gazette and Daily featuring Grace Thorpe's graduation from Fort Oglethorpe, GA.
Title Screen from "Prelude to War" of the Why We Fight series.
A still image featuring the title page from "Prelude to War" of the Why We Fight series made by Frank Capra.
You Are Needed now
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."
Still Image From "The Battle of China"
An animation depicting the fragmented state of China in comparison to the unified state of Japan from the The Battle of China, the sixth film in the Why We Fight series.
Frank Capra
Frank Capra cuts Army film as a Signal Corps Reserve major during World War II.