Internet Resources for 1940's Research
Actress Shirley Temple, a United Service Organizations (USO) volunteer, holds a bowl of cookies for servicemen at the Hollywood Canteen, Ca., Aug. 21, 1944. (AP Photo)
Databases that need to be used.
Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Websites from your graphic organizers
Encyclopedia Britannica's Guide to Normandy 1944
Kingwood College Library: American History 1940's
Smithsonisan National Museum of American History
Eyewitness to History- Loose Lips Sink Ships
Women of WWII Red Cross Clubmobile
Extra Independent Websites -
People crowd Times Square at 42nd Street in New York City on May 8, 1945, as the VE Day celebration continues into the night. The dimout and the brownout of the "Great White Way" have been replaced once more by the bright lights of victory. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman)
Baseball, the Colorline and Jackie Robinson
What Did You Do in the War Grandma?
Mexican Americans in the 1940s
LOC American Memory
(primary sources)
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