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Picture of Camp Toccoa, Georgia where troops trained in preparation for combat in World War II

This is a Dec 16, 1944 photograph of PFC Cecelia Mix and John Collier reading from scripts in a radio broadcast of "First Americans" in Washington, D.C., in connection with a war bond drive.

An photo of the famous comedic director, Charlie Chaplin.

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.

A clip from Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" featuring the iconic scene where the dictator delicately dances with a globe representing what he intends to conquer.

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.

This is a short clip from film The Nazi Strike that is one of seven films that make up the Why We Fight series created by Frank Capra. In this clip, you can see how the Nazis were often compared to the Huns in their need for conquest and cruel…

This is a recruitment poster for the WAAC circa 1942. A young, presumably white, woman stands in front of a WAAC marching formation. The poster played upon the idea that all woman should join in the war effort and do their fair share. This is…

This colored World War II-era poster was used as a recruitment tool for the Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service (WAVES), or the women's branch of the United States Naval Reserve. The white woman, wearing her Navy uniform, is saluting in a…

This is a 1944 photo of artist and WAC Eva Mirabal posing by one of her paintings.