WAYS OF LIFE
Concealing ciry lights to protect against air raids.
What is a blackout?
A newly listed or drafted soldier.
What is a recruit?
NCO
What is a non-commissioned officer?
Day of infamy,DEcember 7,1941
What was the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
Symbol for all working women in wartime.
Who was Rosie the Riviter?
The job of a Civil Defense spotter.
What was looking out for enemy aircraft?
A place for training recruits.
What is boot camp?
MP
What are military police?
D-Day June 6, 1944
What is the day Allied troops stormed the beaches in Normandy.
Female broadcaster on Japanese radio who taunted men with propaganda to make them homesick.
Who was Tokyo Rose?
A fixed allowance of food and commodities for civilians.
What were rations?
The period following a person's induction into the armed forces where they learn military duties and combat skills.
What is basic training?
AWOL
What is absent without leave?
V-E Day May 8, 1945
What is the day Germany surrendered?
Popular pin-up girl of WWII soliders.
Who was Betty Grable?
A mother whose son was killed in action.
What is a gold star mother?
A soldier's clothing.
What were fatigues?
VFW
What is veterans of foreign wars?
Hiroshima August 6,1945
What is the day the first atomic bomb was dropped on Japan?
Supreme Allied commander who later became president.
Who was Eisenhower?
This symbol on a flag was displayed in the window at a home to show how many men from that home were in service.
What is a blue star?
The meaning of the label GI that was stamped on all of a soldier's belongings.
What is government issue?
SNAFU
What is situation normal, all fouled up?
V-J Day, September 2, 1945
What is the day Japan surrendered?
General in charge of South Pacific Allied troops.
Who was Douglas MacArthur?