"The American soldiers arrived, and the tanks came in and ran over those big, high fences like they were matchboxes." Veterans provide their remembrances of the end of the war in Europe and the surrender of the Germans, and how the Americans celebrated. However, for many, there was another assignment awaiting them in Japan.
"The American soldiers arrived, and the tanks came in and ran over those big, high fences like they were matchboxes." Veterans provide their remembrances of the end of the war in Europe and the surrender of the Germans, and how the Americans celebrated. However, for many, there was another assignment awaiting them in Japan.
Standards
- Along with the rest of the world, the United States and South Carolina experienced economic instability during this period. As a result, political instability and worldwide conflict consumed the world in the 1940s. Following World War II, the United States emerged as a world leader through political policies and economic growth.
- 8.5.CO Compare South Carolina and U.S. wartime contributions and demobilization after World War II.
Resources
South Carolinians in World War II Learning Activity
This video series contains graphic descriptions of war as experienced by the WWII veterans and others who had direct, first-hand experiences in the conflict. Their accounts are based on events they...
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