The War

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor thrusts the US into World War II; thousands of Japanese-Americans must enter inland internment camps.

After six months of gruelling combat on Guadalcanal, the Americans finally stop Japan's expansion in the Pacific.

A chronological look at US involvement in WWII, from newspaper articles, to eyewitness accounts of residents of four quintessentially American towns.

In January 1943, the Germans continue to occupy most of Western Europe; America converts nearly all manufacturing to the war effort.

Between the time of November 1943 and February 1944, the American public is permitted to see the terrible toll the war is taking on their own troops.

The American public sees pictures and newsreel footage of troops killed in action; Japanese-American men join the US 442nd Regimental Combat Team.