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war production board
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to increase military production
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office of war mobilization
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coordinated all goverment agencies
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selective training and service act
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act provided for the first peace time draft
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douglas macarthur
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born 1880, distinguished general
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bataan death march
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japanese treated us and filipino soliders brutally
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chester nimitz
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did not consider the attack on peal harbor
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battle of the coral sea
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important allied victory
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battle of midway
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too place early in june 1942
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bernard montgomery
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turned thi sshort age to their advantage
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erwin rommel
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desert fox
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offfice of war information
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controlled the flow of war news at home
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rosie the riveter
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symbol of patriotic femal
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a philip randolph
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planned a march on washington DC
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fair emploument practices commmitted
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the fepc investigated companies
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carlos e castaneda
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sereved as assistant to the chair of the FEPC
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braceros
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came north to work in the suthwest during WWII
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zoot suit riots
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the gov eventually clamped down the saloirs
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internment
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forced relocation and imprisonment
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norman mineta
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a nisei from san jose
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dwight d esenhower
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commanded the invasion force of us
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george s patton
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who had emerged as a leader
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battle of the atlantic
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turn in the allies favor
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sonar
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equipment which useds sound
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george c marshall
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led the planning
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d day
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jun 6 1944
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omar bradley
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led the us troops transports
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holocaust
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nazi germany systematic
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genocide
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the deliverate anniilation of an entire ppl
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battle of the bulge
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some 200,000 germans attacked an initial
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yalta conference
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plan for post war peace
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elie wiesel
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was on survivor
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island hopping
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ment that troops would attack and seize
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battle of leyte gulf
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the last largest most deisve naval engagment
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battle of iwo jima
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lasted six weeks
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kamikaze
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suicide planes
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harry s truman
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faced a grace decision
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manhattan projet
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effort of a group of scientist who had bee working to crate an atomic bomb
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alber einstein
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moved from germany to the us`
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enola gay
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comanded by colonel paul tibbets
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