America in WWII Flashcards
The ______ was signed by congress in 1940 after France surrendered
Selective Service and Training Act
The _____ would serve as the first peacetime draft ever in American History
Selective Service and TRaining Act
In 1940, The Department of agriculture gave the Department of War ______ for the construction of military bases
350,000 acres of land
At the beginning of WWII the military was ______
segregated
new recruits were given examinations and vaccines for _____ and _______
Typhoid and Smallpox
The Pittsburg Courier launched the _______ to stop racism at home and Hitlers racism abroad
Double V campaign
_________ was the highest ranking AFrican AMerican officer at the rank of brigadier general
Colonel Benjamin O. Davis SR.
the Air Force created the first African American Unit, the 99th pursuit squadron, known as the ______
Tuskegee Airmen
The Tuskegee Airmen helped win the ________ in Italy
Battle of Anzio
Another African American Unit was known as _____ would protect bombers
332nd Fighter Group
The African American 761st tank battalion fought in the _________
Battle of the Bulge
Second-generation Japanese Americans served in the ________ and ________.
100th infantry battalion and the 442nd regional combat team
Navajo Marines served as_________
code talkers
_____ hispanic americans recieved the medal of honor by the end of the war
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