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george marshall |
army chief of staff |
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WAAC |
the womens aux army corps |
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A. Philip Randolph |
president and founder of the brotherhood of sleeping car porters. |
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Manhattan project |
became the code name for research work that extended across the country. |
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Production Board (WPB) |
decides which companies would convert from peacetime to wartime production and allocated raw materials to key industries. |
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OPA |
fought inflation by freezing prices on most goods. |
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rationing |
est. fixed allotments of goods deemed essential for the military.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower |
amrican general |
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D-DAY |
june 6,1944, the first day of invasion. |
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Omar bradley |
unleashed massive air and land bombardment against the enemy at St.Lo providing a gap in the german line of defense. |