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War Production Board (WPB)
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this increased military production
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Office of War Mobilization (OWM)
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coordinated all government agencies involved in the war effort.
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Selective Training & Service Act
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Act that provided for the first peacetime draft in U.S. history.
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Douglas MacArthur
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General that was born 1880 son of Arthur MacArthur
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Bataan Death March
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More than 10,000 died on this
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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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2nd major naval battle in the Pacific that took place in early June 1942
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Erwin Rommel
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Commander that is known as the Desert Fox
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Chester Nimitz
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was an admiral "it was God's mercy that our fleet was in Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941"
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Bernard Montgomery
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commander was knows as Desert Fox
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Office 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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the symbol of patriotic female defense workers
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