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Throw your scrap into the fight...

School children celebrating their successful scrap metal drive.

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Victory Mail

A V-Mail Richard Berkey wrote from France Nov. 1, 1944.

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“Two bags of milkweed pods save one life.”

St Joseph County, Michigan - Oct. 1944: Students point to some of the 109 sacks of milkweed pods they gathered. Their teacher (L) Louise Behrend looks on proudly.

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Farther from the fighting and closer to home...

German prisoners of war arrive by hospital train at Malpas railway station in Wales, bound for the 82nd General Hospital at Iscoyd Park, Wales. After October 1, 1944, the hospital was tasked with housing and treatment of enemy patients.

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Music in WWII: Portable Organs

Chaplain John McGovern gives communion to a U.S. soldier on French beach–June 1944.

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Maps Matter

WAVE Mary Palmquist adds features to a nautical chart.