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WWII, 1940-1943
U.S.A - Military

Branches of Service
States, Individual - USA
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AVIATION

Link - WWII Aircraft Page ~ Jay's Collection of WWII Aircraft.
Link - WWII Aviation History Magazine

BATTLES

Link - Normandy: Encyclopedia Britannica ~ Details on the Normandy invasion of 1944 is
featured. Information on the background of the Allied forces, a description of the invasion
and details on the aftermath of the attack are included.

ETHNIC

American Indian
Link - Cryptology: Navajo Code Talkers in World War II

Japanese
Link - Japenese-American Internment ~ Overview of camps in the U.S.,
a glossary of terms, photos, and links to other sites.

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REPOSITORIES

NARA
Link - NARA American Originals Exhibit: "Air Raid on Pearl Harbor.
This is no drill" (Radiogram and FDR congressional address 8 Dec 1941)
Link - NARA WWII Exhibit: A People at War.

Link - World War II--V-J Day Remembered
Link - WWII U.S. Veterans Website
Link - World War II Interview Projects ~ The Life between the Countries
~ The exprience of our grandparents ~ Clickable Map of World War II...

Link - Private Art: WWII Letters To and From Home ~ A Collection of WWII Letters To and From
The Home Front. Pvt. Arthur Pranger 86th Chemical Mortar Battalion

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Branches of Service

AIR FORCE

Pilots : Gender - Female
Link - WASP WWII Home Page ~ Tribute to Women Airforce Service
Pilots of WWII, first women inhistory to fly American military aircraft!...

ARMY

Link - 150th Combat Engineers of WWII ~ Formed in New England, in 1943, it consisted
mostly of men drafted in the New England area. They did the first assault crossings of
the Rhine River and were one of the few small units that received a Presidential Citation.
Link - 504th WWII Home Page ~ Biello, World War II, 504th PIR, Decorations, 504th,
Devils in Baggy Pants, WWII, Battle Monuments, World War II, World War Two, 82nd
Airborne Division, Biello, Dominic T. Biello, Dominic Biello, Henri-Chapelle,
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and...
AFV (Armored Fighting Vehicles)
Link - WWII AFV Portal - tanks and other armored fighting vehicles
Resource Center for World War II AFV: tanks, armored cars etc
Link - Tank Destroyer Society "The WWII Tank Destroyer Society is dedicated to the
preservation of traditions and history of the WWII Tank Destroyer Force" Organized
November 27, 1941 the Tank Destroyer Force was formed in response to destroy enemy...

NAVY

Armed Guard
Link - US Navy Armed Guard WWII Veterans
Link - WWII Navy Armed Guard Veterans Association
~ had 147,900 members in WWII, consisting of Gunners, Radiomen, Signalmen
and a smaller number of Pharmacists, cooks and others.

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Vessels

BOATS

Link - WWII PT Boat, PT 728 in Key West, Florida - Member PT Boats Inc
~ Key West Brewery Brewery BrewGuys Fun RaceBoat PT 728, an authentic
WWII PT Boat built in Annapolis, Maryland in 1945, is the only operational
PT Boat in military configuration in the water today.

SHIPS

Link - Troop Ships of WWII ~ Selected Troopships of WWII
- Scroll down to see total list
Link - USS Cavalla Website
USS Arizona
Link - USS Arizona -- "that terrible day"
Link - USS Arizona Memorial ~ National Park Service

SUBMARINES

Link - Final Trim, USS Springer, SS414, a WWII Fleet Submarine
~ Final Trim is A Windows 95 Multimedia Publication concerning the history
and war patrols of the USS Springer, a WWII Fleet Submarine and one of her crew.
Link - US Submarime Veterans of WWII Home Page ~ U.S.Submarines of WWII
was a branch of the Navy comprised of less than 1. 6% of the U.S. Navy and at
WWII's end was credited with sinking 55% of the Japanese shipping and Naval
force at the expense of losing 52 U.S. subs and 3,000 U.S.

 

States, Individual - USA

Hawaii USA : Pearl Harbor
Link - Air Raid on Pearl Harbor - Today in History, American Memory Project, Library of Congress
Link - Pearl Harbor Survivors Association ~ includes Casualty List
Link - Pearl Harbor Archive
Link - Pearl Harbor Day Page ~ Ancestry.com
Link - History Place, The
Rhode Island USA
Link - What did you do in the War, Grandma?
~ An oral history of Rhode Island women during World War II.

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This page has been compiled by Flo. Day until 30 April 2000
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