Names
Identify this name associated with WW2... Ike
General Dwight Eisenhower; Supreme allied Commander; President
What does "GI" stand for?
Government Issue ; U.S enlisted soldier
Day of Infamy, December 7,1941
Pearl Harbor bombed
What was a recruit?
A newly enlisted or drafted soldier
In what years did WW2 take place?
1939-1945
Identify this name associated with WW2... Rosie the Riveter
Symbol for all working women in wartime
What does " USS" stand for?
United States Ship
D-DAY, June 6, 1944..
Allied troops stormed beaches at Normandy, France
What were Army fatigues?
Soldiers' work clothes
What was a victory garden?
Vegetable gardens at home, cultivated to increase food production during war shortages
Identify this name associated with WW2...Betty Gable
A popular pin-up girl of World War 2 soldiers
What does "AWOL" stand for?
Absent Without Official Leave
Hiroshima, August 6, 1945
First atomic bomb dropped on Japan
A camp for training recruits was called what?
Boot camp
A fixed allowance of food and commodities for civilians was what?
Rations
Identify this name associated with WW2... Douglas MacArthur
General in charge of Allied forces in the south pacific
What does "MP" stand for?
Military Police
V-J Day, September 2,1945
Japan surrendered; World War 2 ended
Who was a purple heart given to?
Soldiers wounded in action
What were battleships of WW2 named for?
States
Identify this name associated with WW2... Tokyo Rose
A female broadcaster on Japanese radio who taunted service men with propaganda to make the homesick
What does "USO" stand for?
United Service Organizations
V-E Day, May 8, 1945
Germany surrendered; Victory in Europe
What did the Civil Defense spotter do?
Look for enemy aircraft
What was a gold star mother?
Mother who's son was killed in action