D-Day: 40 Years Ago, Part 1

Part 1 of the D-Day: 40 Years Ago special of Carolina Journal. Veterans from both Axis and Allied powers gather to remember their experiences on D-Day, and to honor the fallen. 

Standards

• 5.3 Demonstrate an understanding of the economic, political, and social effects of World War II, the Holocaust, and their aftermath (i.e., 19301950) on the United States and South Carolina.
  • 5.3.P Summarize the U.S. governments transition away from neutrality policies following World War I that led to its eventual involvement in World War II.
• 8.5 Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of world events on South Carolina and the United States from 1929 to present.
  • 8.5.CO Compare South Carolina and U.S. wartime contributions and demobilization after World War II.
• USHC.4 Demonstrate an understanding of how the American identity both at home and abroad was affected by imperialism, world conflict, and economic boom and bust in the period 1893 to 1945.
  • USHC.4.CO Develop a comparative analysis of the motives for and outcomes of American policies regarding foreign intervention.