"WWII was the most significant event in American history,
. . . because of the racial change it helped foster."
. . . because of the racial change it helped foster."
John C. McManus, Ph.D.
I’ve often wondered, as I read that “men are dying for want of nursing care’, she wrote, ‘if these men would cavil over the colour or texture of the hands that might save them.
Threat, Charissa J. “‘The Hands That Might Save Them’: Gender, Race and the Politics of Nursing in the United States during the Second World War.”
Gender & History, vol. 24, no. 2, Aug. 2012, pp. 456–474. EBSCOhost.
Gender & History, vol. 24, no. 2, Aug. 2012, pp. 456–474. EBSCOhost.
Information about Black soldiers can be found in World Book, Ebsco, and in the library via OPAC.
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The 1951 movie Go For Broke! tells the story of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. The articles linked below discuss the messages sent by the movie.