She Remembers Pearl Harbor

Category: Propaganda

  • NEWSREEL: YouTube – WWII HOME FRONT NEWSREEL “AMERICA’S CALL TO ARMS”

    “Created at the outset of WWII, this Castle Film newsreel shows America as the “Arsenal of Democracy” producing men and materials for the war effort. Basic training and testing of military equipment is shown, along with the construction of tanks, ships, guns, planes and other war material. Some of the spectacular footage included shows tanks…

  • Commence Shooting

    Source: Commence Shooting: A Navy Manual on War Photography, Photographic Section, Bureau of Aeronautics, 1942.

  • Pamphlets Telling of US War Plans Dumped on France by RAF

    Source: “Pamphlets Telling of US War Plans Dumped on France by RAF.” The Daily Telegram, 5 Feb. 1942, pp. 1”“2. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegram/136813518/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegram/136813693/

  • Loose Talk in Washington

    Source: “Loose Talk in Washington.” Saturday Evening Post, 11 July 1942, p. 84. https://archive.org/details/sim_saturday-evening-post_1942-07-11_215_2/page/84/mode/2up?q=gentlewomen

  • Ev’rybody Ev’ry Pay Day

    Source: “Ev”™rybody Ev”™ry Pay Day.” Cherokee County Democrat-Star, 19 Nov. 1942, p. 8. https://www.newspapers.com/article/cherokee-county-democrat-star/137960937/ In the US, a powerful propaganda campaign utilized creatively crafted posters to mobilize and empower women, urging them to perceive themselves as actively engaged in the war, possessing newfound independence and a physical resilience previously unrecognized.

  • New ‘Women At War’ Poster

    Source:”‚“New ”˜Women At War”™ Poster.” The Macon News, 22 Nov. 1942, p. 29. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-macon-news/137960685/

  • USO Letter

    Many of the key foot soldiers in the USO’s mission were women who were “charged with providing friendly diversion for U.S. troops who were mostly men in their teens and twenties.” USO centers throughout the world recruited female volunteers to serve doughnuts, dance and just talk with the troops. USO historian Julia Carson writes that…

  • Tokyo Rose Arrested by US Troops

    Source: “Tokyo Rose Arrested by US Troops.” The Evening Sun, 17 Oct. 1945, p. 3. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-sun/138316773/

  • Judy Joins The WAVES

    Source: US Navy. “Judy Joins The WAVES.” Toby Press, 1951.