To help the war effort, farmers worked together to help spring up all of the "Victory Gardens" around the country. They used this method of farming to produce more food to feed many of the people. Their quote was "Food for Victory," which meant that, by doing this they are helping with the war.
In 1942, all of the services had feminine workers who worked as clerks and technicians, which helped the war effort because the men who worked these jobs can now go to war. In this picture we see the navy "Waves" in training, which were the women who worked in the mens usually positions.
The railroads helped transport very heavy goods, needed to win the war. There were many weapons that were to heavy to carry and bring to place to place, and with the help of the railroad they were now able to. In this picture the railroads are shipping tanks at Schenectady, N.Y.
Women of all ages would have to fill in for the men who were at war and couldn't work in the factory jobs. Many women worked in the aircraft industry making little pieces to help construct an aircraft. Also many women worked in garment industry's making parachutes. In this picture they are working in the aircraft industry.
In America they had to ration food, which means that they had a limit on what they can and can not get. They rationed food, because they needed to help the war effort. Also on the other side of the building there is a rent control office which helps you pay for your aren't if you couldn't afford it.
In Bougainville, American tanks move forward as infantrymen follow in its cover. Each night the Japanese would attack the Americans, at dawn the Americans would go out looking for them.
Crushed by the Japanese mortars and shellfire. Also trapped by Iwo Jima's black sands, many vehicles lay attacked on the beach.
The Americans attacking at dawn in a heavy rainstorm, the first troops huddle behind tree trunks and any type of cover they can find.
Marines of the 4th division shell cleverly took Japanese inland positions on the tiny volcanic island of Iwo Jima's black sands.
The landing barges go through the waters of Lingayen Gulf holding waves of invaders to the beaches of Luzon following a naval bombardment of Japanese shore positions.