Blog Discusson
Mr Bruns:
Selective Training and Service Act 1940
-First peacetime drat in Us History
-Used until 1973 to fill military needs
-after 1973 US military depends on volunteers to fill needs
Morgan:
Women in WW11
-before the war women wore dresses stayed at home took care of kids and cooked.
-Rosey the Rivitor was poster child for women working in factories.
-younger girls went to work as waitresses and laundry while older ones worked in factories
-worked on farms.
-6 million women took wartime jobs for men, 3 million took red cross jobs.
African Americans in WW11
Asian Americans in WW11
-Had to wear Badges.
-were good piolets and soldiers.
Hollywood in WW11
-Made movies about the Nazi and tried to get hate towards the Germans
-When Warner Bros. came into play
-Bob Hope, born in Britain. Does comedies, sings, all that stuff. He worked with the US Armed Forces and USO. (united service organization) -worked to entertain the soldiers.
-Propaganda
USO: made to entertain the troops. from 41-47 the USO presented more then 400,000 performances.
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