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Monument Project Assignment
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Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor Bombed, December 7, 1941
Online reference book from the Student Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Pearl Harbor What Really Happened
Online journal article from American Heritage from the Student Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Pearl Harbor Attack
Article from American History.
http://www.americanhistory.abc-clio.com

Pearl Harbor Investigation
Virtual Reference Book from Americans at War.
http://find.galegroup.com/

D-Day

Normandy Invaded, June 6, 1944
Online reference book from the Student Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

France Invaded by the Allies
Online reference book from the Student Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

America at War: The Final Push in Europe
Online reference book from the Student Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

D-Day
Article from American History.
http://www.americanhistory.abc-clio.com

Battle for Okinawa

Battle of Okinawa
Article from American History.
http://www.americanhistory.abc-clio.com

The End on Okinawa
American Heritage journal article from the Student Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Battle of Okinawa
Global Security's internet site on the battle.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/okinawa-battle.htm

Battle of Okinawa
Military History Online's internet site on the battle.
http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/wwii/okinawa/default.aspx

A-Bomb

The First Atomic Bomb is Successfully Detonated
Online reference book from the Student Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Atomic Bomb
Online reference book from the Student Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

United States Decides to Construct an Atomic Bomb
Online reference book from the Student Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Harry Truman: Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Announcement
Harry Truman's Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Announcement from American History.
http://www.americanhistory.abc-clio.com

VE/VJ Day

V-E Day, May 8, 1945
Online reference book from the Student Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Victory Celebrations
BBC's internet site on World War 2 People's War.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/51/a2756351.shtml

1945: Allied nations celebrate VJ Day
BBC's internet site on VJ Day.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/15/newsid_3581000/3581971.stm

America At War: The War Ends in the Pacific (1940s)
Online reference book from the Student Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Internment Camps

Internment of Japanese Americans
Online reference book from the Student Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

America at War: The Internment of Japanese Americans
Online reference book from the Student Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Executive Order 9066
Primary document from the Student Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Japanese American Internment Camps
Virtual Reference Book from St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture.
http://find.galegroup.com/

Holocaust and the US

The Holocaust: America's Response
Online reference book from the Student Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Holocaust Guilt
Virtual Reference Book from Americans at War.
http://find.galegroup.com/

United States Foreign Policies Toward Genocide
Virtual Reference Book from Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity.
http://find.galegroup.com/

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Internet site from the Holocaust Museum.
http://www.ushmm.org/

Operation Torch

Government of Gibraltar
Internet site which is the address by the Hon P.R. Caruana QC on the occasion of a plaque unveiling ceremony to commemorate 'Operation Torch.'
http://www.gibraltar.gov.gi/latest_news/topical_speeches/operation_torch.htm

ABC-CLIO: Operation Torch
Article from American History.
http://www.americanhistory.abc-clio.com

Algeria-French-Morocco
http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/algeria/algeria.htm

Operation Torch (North Africa Invasion)
http://www.internet-esq.com/ussaugusta/torch/index.htm

Battle of the Bulge

The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge
http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/7-8/7-8_cont.htm

PBS: Battle of the Bulge
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bulge/

Library of Congress: Battle of the Bulge
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/maps/wwii/essay1a.html

Bulge, Battle of the, December, 1944-January 28, 1945
Online reference book from the Student Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

European Theater

Germany and Italy Declare War on the United States
Online reference book from the Student Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

America at War: The Final Push in Europe
Online reference book from the Student Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Battle of Germany
Online reference book from the Student Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

World War II: the 100th Infantry Combat Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team
Online reference book from the Student Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Draft

Selective Service Act
Online reference book from the Student Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

The Draft
Virtual Reference Book from St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture.
http://find.galegroup.com/

Conscription, World War II
Virtual Reference Book from Americans at War.
http://find.galegroup.com/

Case for the Draft
Online journal article from Washington Monthly from Infotrac.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Battle of Midway

Naval Historical Center: Midway
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/midway/midway.htm

Battle of Midway, June 3, 1942-June 6, 1942
Online reference book from the Student Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

NSA: Battle of Midway
http://www.nsa.gov/publications/publi00023.cfm

Midway Atoll in WWII
http://www.fws.gov/midway/past/ww2.html

Pacific Theater

World War II: The Pacific Campaign
Online reference book from the Student Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Battle of Guadalcanal
Online reference book from the Student Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Battle of Midway
Online reference book from the Student Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

The Pacific Campaign
Internet site on the Pacific Campaign.
http://www.geocities.com/limeydvr/pacificpage.html

Bataan Death March

Bataan, Corregidor, and the Death March: In Retrospect
Internet site on the Bataan Death March.
http://home.pacbell.net/fbaldie/In_Retrospect.html

Capture and Death March
American Experience internet site on the Bataan Death March.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/macarthur/sfeature/bataan_capture.html

Bataan Death March
Internet site on the Bataan Death March.
http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/st/~ehimchak/death_march.html

Death March
Virtual Reference Book from The Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity.
http://find.galegroup.com/

Battle of Guadalcanal

Guadalcanal
http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/72-8/72-8.htm

Battle of Gaudalcanal photographs
http://wwiiarchives.net/servlet/campaign/14/0

Battle of Guadalcanal, August, 1942-February, 1943
Online reference book from the Student Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Battle of Guadalcanal
Article from American History.
http://www.americanhistory.abc-clio.com

Women in the Home Front

Women at Work in the 1940's
Online reference book from the Student Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Telling the rest of the story: Rosie the Riveter is only one Character in the Larger Narrative of the World War II Home Front
Online journal article from National Parks from the Student Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Rosie the Riveter
Online reference book from the Student Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Rosie the Riveter
Virtual Reference Book from Americans at War.
http://find.galegroup.com/

Navajo Code Talkers

Cryptology: Navajo Code Talkers in World War II
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq61-2.htm

Code Talkers
http://bingaman.senate.gov/features/codetalkers/

Navajo Code Talkers
http://www.thepeoplespaths.net/history/usmccode.htm

Code Talker in World War II
Online reference book from the Student Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Tuskegee Airmen

History of the Tuskegee Airmen
http://www.tuskegeeairmen.org/Tuskegee_Airmen_History.html

Legends of Tuskegee
http://www.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/tuskegee/airoverview.htm

Tuskegee Airmen
http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=1356

Tuskegee Airmen
Online reference book from the Student Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Army Nurse Corps

The Army Nurse Corps of WWII
http://history.amedd.army.mil/ANCWebsite/ANCWWIIbook/Introduction.htm

Angels of Mercy: Nurses Tales
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bulge/sfeature/sf_dispatches.html

Navy Nurse memories
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq87-3b.htm

Kate Nolan, WWII Combat Nurse
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1913743

Bombing of Tokyo (Doolittle)

Doolittle Raiders
http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=1514

The Doolittle Raid
http://www.defenselink.mil/home/features/2006/DoolittleRaid/DoolittleRaid.html

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders
http://www.doolittletokyoraiders.com/doolittle_raid.htm

1942: The Doolittle Raid
http://www.cv6.org/1942/doolittle/doolittle.htm

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last updated: March 18, 2008