Teacher’s Guide
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Veterans' Stories: Struggles for Participation Teacher Guide (PDF, 1.28 MB)
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Primary Sources
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African-American women being inducted
Violet Hill Askins Gordon
World War IIView PDF
(229 KB)
Mary Sheldon Gill
World War IIView PDF
(1.2 MB)
Discrimination on the base
MP3 | WAV (audio)Walter Morris
World War II
Joanna Palella
Persian GulfView PDF
(242 KB)
An American knowing (video)
Warren Tsuneishi
World War IIDownload MP4
(23 MB)
Barred from an officers' club because of race (video)
Pearle Mack
World War II, Korea, VietnamDownload MP4
(5 MB)
Dealing with racist patients and prisoners of war
MP3 | WAV (audio)Oneida Miller Stuart
World War II
Absence of racism on the battlefield
MP3 | WAV (audio)Daniel Burress
Vietnam
Equal pay for equal work for military women (video)
Jeanne Holm
World War II, Korea, VietnamDownload MP4
(13 MB)
Training black troops at Huachuca (video)
Roscoe Spann
World War IIDownload MP4
(32 MB)
Rigors of training at Walter Reed
MP3 | WAV (audio)Diane Henderson
Persian Gulf
Reactions to her position as Lt. Commander (video)
Holly Harrison
World War IIDownload MP4
(6 MB)
Competing with the male training squads
MP3 | WAV (audio)Clara Johnson
Korea, Vietnam
The 442nd proving their loyalty (video)
Jimmie Kanaya
World War IIDownload MP4
(10 MB)
Segregated facilities, even for officers
MP3 | WAV (audio)Robert Madison
World War II
Joining the Navy... (video)
Augustus Prince
World War IIDownload MP4
(21 MB)
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