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Due Dates. Wed- Chapter 34 Friday- Chapter 35 Tuesday After Break – Public history project Should take 1.5 hours (max.) Chapter 36 Wednesday 4/17, M.C. Test, Essay, Chapter 37. Life of a Soldier. Friday- reasons to go to war “A day that lives in Infamy” Pearl Harbor/ 9/11
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Due Dates • Wed- Chapter 34 • Friday- Chapter 35 • Tuesday After Break – Public history project • Should take 1.5 hours (max.) • Chapter 36 • Wednesday 4/17, M.C. Test, Essay, Chapter 37
Life of a Soldier • Friday- reasons to go to war • “A day that lives in Infamy” Pearl Harbor/ 9/11 • Monday- The life at “home” • Tuesday – The Life of a Soldier • Wednesday- Military Industrial Complex, Technology, life at home • Friday – Info. Day • Monday- The End of war, Occupation yesterday/ Today • Tuesday - Why do we not want Iran to have atomic weapons.
Number of Enlistment Records by Year WWII • Reasons to fight • Songs: “cowards over Pearl Harbor”, “Remember Hawaii” • Drafted • Patriotism • travel • Average age 26,
Life of a soldier • Realities of War • Training • Food: on base, hot dogs, hamburgers, in the field, bulk food, stealing food from the locals • G.I.= Government Issue • Normandy • A Bridge Too Far • Europe vs. Pacific • Letters Home • “hello mom”
Life of a soldier continued • Using Soldier’s letters to fill in information: • head to each station and note • information about their life as a soldier, • what they chose to tell their family, • tone of the writing, • modern connections
Women in the Military • WACs, WASPs and WAVEs • WAVES • Women accepted for volunteer emergency service • Nurses • WAC: women’s Army Corps • Manual: “your job: to replace men. Be ready to take over” • Public opinion originally opposed • WASPs • Women pilots: never militarized, moved Planes that were ready
Returning from war • G.I. Bill • The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act 1944, G.I. Bill of Rights • Help for Veterans: Avoid WWI, in which soldiers only got $60 allowance and a train ticket home (bonus army) • G.I. Bill: 1947 veterans accounted for 49% of college admissions • Home loans • Unemployment allowances • Additional hospital facilities • “Let there be light”: 1946 short film • Black and white soldier freely mixing, may shed light on PTSD
“modern times” • Reasons to fight • 9/11, honor • Education • Medical coverage • A career • Travel • Direction • Legacy
Life of a soldier • Training • MRE-
Women in the Military • As of September 2011, 214,098 women serving on active duty • 14.6% of active-duty personnel • U.S. lifts ban on Women on the Front-Lines Combat jobs • Have until May 15th to plan how the military services will comply by 2016. • Marine’s Lioness Program
Returning from war • G.I. Bill- provides up to 36 months of education benefits, payable for 15 years following release from active duty , some benefits to descendants • Veterans affairs: pensions, health care, transition, dependents • PTSD: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder • YouTube videos of parents surprising their kids
Claim • Prompt: Examine the influence for World War II on the current population of the United States. • Political, economical, social, • For the better, for the worse, change in temperament