During World War II, 4-H members contributed to the war effort in many ways—through military service, as well as efforts on the home front.

The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 gave surviving Japanese Americans reparations and a formal apology by President Reagan for their incarceration during World War II. But its passage did not happen overnight.
 

Robert Riskin, head of the Bureau of Motion Pictures, was responsible for creating Projections of America, a documentary film series that became one of the most important propaganda initiatives of World War II.

On the continuities of German law and the jurists who spoke out against an authoritarian justice system.

The oldest active military medal in the United States, over 1 million Purple Hearts were awarded during World War II.