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-The electronic field trip,
"We're All In This Together:

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How Students Like
You Helped Win WWII,"

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is a production
partnership of WYES

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New Orleans Public Television

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and the National
World War II Museum,

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made possible in part
by the Selley Foundation.

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-December 7, 1941, a date
which will live in infamy.

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-President Franklin Roosevelt
tells the nation

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that they are at war
after the Japanese bomb

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American warships
at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii,

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bringing the United States
into World War II,

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fighting both Japan
in the Pacific

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and Germany
and its allies in Europe.

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16 million Americans
fought in the war,

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but more than 100 million,

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over 80% of America's
population at the time,

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helped in the war effort
at home as civilians,

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and that includes
the children of America.

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In this electronic field trip,

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we'll learn how kids
just like you

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helped the United States
win the war

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'cause they realize that
we're all in this together.

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Welcome to our
electronic field trip

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from the National
World War II Museum

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in downtown
New Orleans, Louisiana.

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I'm Tom Gregory.

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During this field trip,
we're going to learn

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what kids your age did to help
America win World War II,

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and we want to hear from you.

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You can e-mail questions
to fieldtrips@wyes.org,

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and we also invite you
to answer some questions

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by taking part
in our live polls.

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First, you have to sign up.

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Text wyesfieldtri069
to 22333 to join

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or you can play right
along on your computer.

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Just scroll down, and you'll
see the poll questions.

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Just follow the instructions
during the poll questions

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to participate.

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You know, young people your age

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did have a role
in the war effort

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even though they were
at home and in school.

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During World War II,
we were all in this together,

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working hard to preserve
our freedom.

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School yearbooks are not
only a place

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for friends' signatures
and well-wishes.

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They're a place for history.

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Yearbooks from the war years,
1941 through 1945,

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give us an idea of how students
took part in the war effort.

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They helped by saving materials

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that were needed by soldiers
on the war front,

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like metal for weapons
and ammunition,

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or by eating less of the things
they really enjoyed, like candy,

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because sugar
was in short supply.

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The stories of how Americans
all came together

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during World War II
are told in exhibits

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at the National
World War II Museum.

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Helping us learn more
about these stories

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are our student reporters,

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Caroline, Chris,
Eliana, and Miguel.

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They're going to take us
on an adventure through time

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with the help of
museum historians

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and also some very special folks

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who know firsthand
what it was like

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to be a kid during World War II.

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Let's join Eliana,
Chris, and Miguel

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as they start
their museum adventure.

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-Hey, guys.
My name is Chrissy Gregg,

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and I'm the virtual
classroom coordinator here

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at the National
World War II Museum.

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What I do here is I actually
connect with students like you

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but from all across the globe.

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I use different kinds
of technology

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to really share with them
the lessons of World War II,

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but you guys are lucky enough
to here today in person.

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-It's really neat that we have
the museum in our backyard.

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Why is the World War II Museum
in New Orleans?

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-That's a great question.

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It's actually because of this
boat here, the Higgins boat.

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-Higgins boat?
What's that?

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-The Higgins boat was
an important vessel

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during World War II
that took our soldiers

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and our Marines
to enemy beaches.

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They were built here
by Higgins Industries.

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Over 12,500 of these boats
were built.

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If you guys take a look
at this boat right now,

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what do you think
makes it different than,

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let's say, I don't know,

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a speedboat or a fishing boat,
something like that?

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-Well, it's got a ramp
on the front of it.

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-You are exactly right.

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It does have a ramp.

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Why would you want
a ramp on a boat?

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-Well, it would be easier
to get on and off of the boat

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than having to hop
off the side of it.

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-Exactly.

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That is really critical
to its design.

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So when soldiers would land
on those beaches,

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they could unload
the boat within seconds.

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It was a design
by Andrew Higgins

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right here
at Higgins Industries

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in New Orleans.

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-Were they important?
-My gosh, yes.

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General Dwight Eisenhower,
who later became

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President
of the United States, said,

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"Boats like these won
the war for us."

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But you know what?

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That's a story for another time.

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I'm getting ahead of myself.

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Let's go into the vault

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where most of the museum's
collection is held

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and learn a little bit
more about history

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and the study of World War II.

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All right, guys.

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Right now we are
in the museum's vault,

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where we house
some of the museum's

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160,000 artifacts
we have in our collection.

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Just a little bit of those
are actually on view here

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at the museum.

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Now, being in a museum that's
totally dedicated to history,

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and you all study history
for years and years in school,

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we all know that history
is important, right?

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But why is it important?

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-So we learn from our mistakes
and we don't repeat them.

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-But also to learn
from the good things

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that happened in the past
so we can repeat them.

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-History also shows how much
has happened over the years.

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-Yeah, and I think you guys
are all correct on that,

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but I'm going to add
one more point.

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History is full of the best
stories ever told,

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and on whatever topic
that you really enjoy,

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whether it's art,
music, war, sports,

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movies, science -- you name it,

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there is a history
of that certain topic,

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and if you research it and study
it and learn all about it,

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it'll enhance your
enjoyment of that topic.

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Another question for you all.

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So, we know history
is important,

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but what is history, exactly?

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-Oh, history is what
had happened in the past.

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-So what you ate for breakfast,
is that history?

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-Well...
-No.

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-Yeah, I know.
That's a tough one, right?

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So, history actually
is not just the past.

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It's the study of the past.

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If no one writes about it
or researches or studies it,

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then it's just the past.

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It's not history, technically.

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One more kind of tough
question for you all.

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So, you know, we use
different kinds of materials

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to discover the past.

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What kind of materials
could those be

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to learn
all about the past?

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-Well, like all the stuff
you have here in the vault.

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-Yeah, exactly.
Okay.

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So all this stuff, whether it's
letters or manuscripts, diaries,

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uniforms, we've got
leather saddles above us --

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all of these kinds
of things, yes.

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What do we call
those things in school?

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-Primary sources.
-Yeah!

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You got it, primary sources.

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What are primary sources?

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What do they do?

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-Well, they're certain things
that were created in the past

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that we use to study.

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-Exactly. Primary sources help
enhance our understanding

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of that certain time period
of an event in the past.

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Now, here's kind
of a cool thing.

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Sometimes the best primary
sources are living people.

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-People can be primary sources?

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-Yeah.
People can be primary sources.

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If they witnessed or experienced
an event in history

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and tell about it, yeah,

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that's definitely
a primary source.

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And since World War II,

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in the grand scheme of things,
wasn't that long ago in history,

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you know, 70, 75 years ago,

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sometimes, as I said,

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the best primary sources
are the people who lived them,

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and they're still alive today.

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And, actually, I have a mission
for you all related to that.

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What you're going to be
doing today is going

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throughout the museum,

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learning about the lives
of students during World War II,

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how students were
affected by the war

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and how they helped out
on the home front.

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But the thing is,
you won't be going at it alone.

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You'll be going with
a museum volunteer

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who was actually a kid
during World War II,

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and they'll be
leading you through,

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giving you guys insights
on what life was like for them,

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and so they're your
first primary source,

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and you're going to encounter
many more as you go through.

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So you guys ready to go?
-Yeah!

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-All right, Let's go!

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-I'm now joined here
with Kenneth Hoffman.

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He's the Director of Education

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at the National
World War II Museum.

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Kenneth, history books
are filled with stories

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of presidents, generals,
and adults.

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Did kids have a part in history?

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-Kids absolutely have
a part in history,

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which is why I'm really glad
that all you kids out there

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and your teachers
are watching today.

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Now, at the National
World War II Museum,

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we tell one of the biggest
stories in history,

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the biggest war
in history, World War II,

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and it was a story that affected
everybody, old and young alike.

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So kids definitely played
a part in World War II.

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-Kids helped the outcome?

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-Kids helped the outcome, and
that's what we're going to see.

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We're sending our four student
reporters through the museum

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with people who were kids
during the war

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to hear those stories firsthand.

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-Kids are part of history.

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They're a part of this
broadcast, too.

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Before our student
reporters head off

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to different parts of the museum

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to meet up with
their special tour guides,

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we have a question for you.

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How often do you learn
about children your age

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in social studies class?

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A, never, B, not very often,
C, often, D, all the time.

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how you responded

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in just a little while.

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But now it's time
to catch up with Chris,

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who is in the home front gallery
with a very special guest.

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-One exhibit at the
National World War II Museum

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is all about the home front.

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It explains how the people
who were home in America

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during the war,
including kids,

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kept informed about the war

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and about how
they could do things

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to help in the war effort.

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Museum volunteer Joyce Dunn
was in elementary school

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when the war started.

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-When the Japanese attacked the
United States at Pearl Harbor,

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America was suddenly at war.

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What do you remember
about that day?

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-Oh, I remember it so much.

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My mother had the radio on,
and I'll never forget that day

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when she looked and said,

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"We're at war.
Pearl Harbor has been bombed."

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She told us, that that was part
of America that was bombed.

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-During World War II,

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42 million kids
were on home front.

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What was it like
for kids back then?

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-Well, one thing we did was
we could write our relatives

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who were in the war,

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and I can remember
vividly writing

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these V-mails to my uncle

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and also to my cousin,

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and that meant a lot to them,

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that they would
receive mail from us.

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-When the Japanese
attacked Pearl Harbor,

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I understand that
everything changed.

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What type of things changed?

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-Quite a bit changed.

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First of all,
the food we could eat,

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everything was rationed.

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My mother would have to have --

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go get a ration book,
and that was the main concern,

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about the food and the ration.

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-Everything changed, including
pennies, as I see here.

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Instead of copper pennies, back
then, you used steel pennies.

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-That's right, because
copper was really needed,

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a commodity for the war,
because it was used for wiring.

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It conducts electricity,
and it was very important.

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So copper was no longer
used in 1943.

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The government found a way
to use steel pennies.

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You see right here?

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I have a steel penny, and if you
notice, it's magnetic,

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and if we had a copper penny,

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I could show you that
it wouldn't be magnetic.

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-I have a copper penny
right here.

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-Yes.
You see?

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Okay.

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And then if you see, if you try
and use it, it doesn't stick

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because it is not magnetic
like the steel,

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and that is the reason
why, in 1943,

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the government changed
to the steel penny

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in order to save the copper.

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-During World War II,

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I understand that
there was no TV, no Internet,

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no video games.

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So what did you use
to get all your information?

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-Well, first of all,

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we used the newsreel
at the movie theater,

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but also they had
war posters all around.

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They called them
propaganda posters,

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and these posters
were made to unite us.

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-Because so much equipment
had to be made and so many men

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who worked in the factories
were now fighting in the war,

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the government called on women
to take their place.

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They were given
a special nickname.

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What about the famous propaganda
poster about Rosie the Riveter?

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-Well, you see, during the war,
the men went off,

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and so they needed
someone to service

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and make the tanks
and make everything,

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and so what happened,
the women went to war at home,

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and it was known
as Rosie the Riveter.

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-This little girl looks like
she would be the same age

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as you during World
War II, Ms. Joyce.

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Why does she have a teapot,
a bicycle tire, and shoes?

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-The reason why, we were
scrapping during the war.

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You'll notice rubber
from the shoes,

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and all these things
were sent to help the war.

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There was also fat.

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When you fry bacon
or other things,

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the fat would go in here.

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Your mom or your dad would
take this to the butcher,

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and then they would send it
to a certain place,

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and they would use it
for glycerin

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or nitroglycerin later on.

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So this was very important,
the fats during the war,

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because they were used
very much for ammunition.

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-Bacon fat was used
to make bombs?

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-Absolutely.

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Isn't that strange?

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But it was a very important
part of the home front.

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These are the things
we did to help the war.

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-Another way to help out
was buying war stamps?

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-Oh, yes.

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This was very important
during the war.

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-How do these stamps work?

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-Well, Chris,
this is how it did.

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This is a war bond book.

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For 10 cents, you would
fill in every blank,

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and when the pages were filled,

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it was $18.70,
and then you would turn it in,

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and you would get
a $25 war bond.

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The savings bond
was so essential

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because just think
of all the tanks,

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the airplanes, everything that
was needed during the war,

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and so how was it --
how did we get the money?

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War bonds.

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All the money that was collected
from these bonds were used

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so that we could fight
the war and win.

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-Thanks, Mrs. Joyce.

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You've helped us all understand

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how even folks
on the home front,

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including kids like me,

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helped win the war and how
we were all in this together.

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-Well, Chris,
it's been my pleasure,

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and I think it's very important
that children of your age

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remember how it was
in those early days,

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because that was the war that
really changed the 20th century,

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and here we are, free,

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and a lot of men and women
died for our freedom,

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so we should always
remember that.

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-I'm back here
with Kenneth Hoffman,

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Director of Education at the
National World War II Museum.

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Kenneth, breakfast to bombs?

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They took bacon grease and
turned it into nitroglycerin?

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How does that happen?

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-This was something that kids
definitely participated in.

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In the kitchen
of most Americans,

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maybe almost all Americans,

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they would have something
like this, a little grease can,

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and you would pour the grease

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from your frying pan

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into the grease can,

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and this filter would get all
the little bits of meat out,

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and the grease would go in here.

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After a while,
when it was all filled,

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you would bring this to school
on fat-collecting day.

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-Fat-collecting day.
-Absolutely.

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And then they would
put it all in a big barrel,

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send it off to a factory,

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melt it down
and take out the chemicals.

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Glycerin was the main chemical
they would take out,

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and then they could turn
that into nitroglycerin.

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-And that's turns into...
-That's an explosive,

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and so you could
use that for bombs.

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-Another thing that Ms. Joyce
talked about was V-mail.

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We know what
electronic mail is, e-mail.

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What does V-mail stand for?

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-Well, V-mail --
you saw the letter V

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all over the place
during World War II.

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What do you guys
think V stood for?

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Victory because we wanted
to win the war,

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and so we didn't have
cellphones back then.

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We didn't have the Internet.

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So people wrote letters
and sent them in the mail.

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-Handwritten letters.

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-Handwritten letters, and if
you wanted to send a letter

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to someone overseas

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or they wanted to send
a letter to you,

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first, you would write it
on a regular piece of paper.

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Then they would take
a picture of it,

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and they would take
a picture of all the letters

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so that on one
small roll of film,

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they could have
thousands of letters.

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They would send that
across the ocean,

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and then they would
develop the film

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into a little picture
of the letter,

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and this is V-mail.

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-So they actually
shrunk the letter.

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-They shrunk it down.

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You would need a magnifying
glass to read this,

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but it was a way to communicate
across the whole world

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much better than regular mail.

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They were very creative

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in how they wrote
letters to each other.

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-Because they didn't have
texts like we do.

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So let's take a look
at how you are texting us.

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Let's take a look at your
answers to the poll questions.

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How often do you learn
about children your age

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in social studies class?

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71% of you said,
"Not very often."

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14% said, "Never."

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Well, that has all
changed today, hasn't it?

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Since we're talking about
what kids did

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to help win the war
during World War II.

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We have a question right now
from one of our viewers.

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"Was Rosie the Riveter
an actual person?"

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This is from
the Micro School students

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in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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-Awesome.

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Well, it is wonderful to get
a question like that,

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and the answer is,

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Rosie the Riveter
was not an actual woman.

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She was all women
who went to work in factories

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during World War II

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to help build the tanks
and the planes

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and some of the things
you see around the museum,

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but you're going
to hear more about

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that a little later
in the program.

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-We'll find out
more about Rosie.

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We'll also have another question
for you in a few minutes.

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And remember to e-mail

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us your questions
at fieldtrips@wyes.org.

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But now we're going
to the victory garden

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here at the museum
to meet up with Eliana

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and museum volunteer
Ronnie Abboud.

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-Growing our own vegetables and
herbs is a healthy thing to do,

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but it also tastes fresher,
and it's fun.

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But during the war,
people grew their own gardens,

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which they called
victory gardens,

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not only for fresh food

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but also to make up
for food shortages.

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Americans planted more than
20 million victory gardens

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across the country.

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These gardens produced 40%
of the vegetables grown

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in the U.S.
during the war years.

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In 1944 alone, the vegetables
grown in victory gardens

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weighed more than
8 million tons.

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Growing food at home meant
there was more food available

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to send to our troops overseas.

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It's estimated that an army
of 1 million men

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consumed than a million pounds
of food every day.

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I'm here
at the museum victory garden

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with Ronnie Abboud, who was
a kid during World War II.

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Now, I know so many
servicemen and women

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were sent food
during the war,

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and so I guess there was less
on the grocery shelves,

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so how did everyone get
their fair share of food?

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-Well, there was rationing.

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There was a thing
called a rationing book.

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In addition to that,
we had a victory garden,

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where you grew your own
fruits and vegetables

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in the backyard
or on the side of the house.

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That was pretty common
in the neighborhood,

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but with the ration book,
when you went to the store

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to buy an item that
was limited or rationed,

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you had to have a coupon,

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and you'd pay the regular item
for the price at the grocer,

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but then you had to give
the grocer a stamp

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out of the coupon book itself,
and you had to be very careful

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because if you used up
all your coupons,

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if you weren't careful over
the month how you used them,

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you'd run out of them,

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and then you couldn't
get any more items

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until the next month.

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-So did everyone get -- every
American get one, even kids?

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-Even kids?

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Absolutely even kids.

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-So was every
single food rationed?

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-Not every food,
but a lot of foods were.

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For example, sugar was
very valuable, a sugar coupon,

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but even if you didn't
have a coupon book,

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there were limitations

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on what you could get
in the neighborhood.

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-Like you said, you also
had your victory garden.

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-Yes.

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-So you even had your
own food at home,

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so I guess that made
things a little easier.

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-Well, it did help,
because my mom,

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in particular,
nurtured over the garden,

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making sure that everything
was cared for and taken,

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and then when it came time
to pick the fruits

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and the vegetables, we did eat,
brought them inside.

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And in addition to that,
we had a couple of chickens,

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and so we had a couple
of eggs on occasion,

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and we also had a pet duck.

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I had a pet duck.

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His name was Herbie,
and at one point,

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my dad said the duck ran away,

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and I never could
figure that out,

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but I think my dad maybe
wasn't being 100% truthful.

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-[ Laughs ]
Maybe not.

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-Why do you think
there were some limitations

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on some things?

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For example, tomatoes,
some of them were canned,

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some of them were not.

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Fresh tomatoes were okay,
but canned goods were limited.

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Why do you think that was?

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-Well, I know that canned
goods last longer

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so you could actually
send those overseas

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to all the people
that were fighting.

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-And it was a heck
of a lot of people.

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16 million men put on the
uniform of the United States,

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hundreds of thousands of women
also went into military service,

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so there was a lot of people
that had to be fed

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and clothed and taken care of.

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-So did you start your garden
before the war

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or during the war?

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-To my memory, we did not
start it before the war.

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After the morning
of December the 7th,

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after Pearl Harbor,

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I can remember my mother cutting
up the grass in the backyard

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and digging a trench,

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and my dad also helping,

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and at the same time,
she started planting seeds,

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and I would go out there
and help her weed the garden.

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-Now, in my own garden,
I focus more on herbs

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and spices,
things to flavor my food,

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but in your garden,
your goal was to feed a family.

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-Oh, positively.

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Well, it was an important part
of the contribution

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to the war effort.

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You had to make sure that
the more we could do at home,

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the better we could do to serve
our men and women overseas.

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-Well, that sounds delicious.
-It was a taste of victory.

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-I bet it was.

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Well, thank you so much,
Mr. Ronnie,

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for sharing your memories
of your victory garden.

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-Thank you.

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-Kenneth, what foods
were rationed,

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and why were they rationed?

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-Well, foods were rationed
during the war

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because there wasn't
enough to go around.

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That's why you needed to ration.

00:22:56.100 --> 00:22:57.467
Some of the foods
that were rationed --

00:22:57.467 --> 00:23:00.434
meats were rationed,
canned vegetables.

00:23:00.434 --> 00:23:02.434
You heard Ronnie talking
about how hard it is

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to send a fresh tomato
7,000 miles across the ocean.

00:23:07.467 --> 00:23:09.968
Sugar was rationed.
-No, not sugar.

00:23:09.968 --> 00:23:11.901
-Sugar was rationed,
absolutely.

00:23:11.901 --> 00:23:14.234
A lot of the sugar
came from South America.

00:23:14.234 --> 00:23:15.868
It had to come up by boat,

00:23:15.868 --> 00:23:19.167
and there were German submarines
in the Gulf of Mexico

00:23:19.167 --> 00:23:20.834
that were sinking those ships.

00:23:20.834 --> 00:23:22.601
-Wow.
-So, yeah, sugar was rationed.

00:23:22.601 --> 00:23:25.634
But they found ways to sweeten
their food without sugar.

00:23:25.634 --> 00:23:27.634
How do you think they did it?

00:23:27.634 --> 00:23:28.834
-Honey.
I'm going to guess honey.

00:23:28.834 --> 00:23:29.667
-Honey is a way.

00:23:29.667 --> 00:23:31.334
Also, molasses is another way.

00:23:31.334 --> 00:23:32.734
-Molasses?
-That's right.

00:23:32.734 --> 00:23:34.767
So people were creative
in finding substitutes.

00:23:34.767 --> 00:23:36.868
-Were families
going without food?

00:23:36.868 --> 00:23:39.067
Were people hungry
because of rationing?

00:23:39.067 --> 00:23:42.667
-It was very important that
everyone stayed very healthy.

00:23:42.667 --> 00:23:46.701
The more you eat,
the healthier you will be,

00:23:46.701 --> 00:23:49.367
so you had to be
healthy to win the war,

00:23:49.367 --> 00:23:52.567
either to be a soldier or to go
into the factories to work

00:23:52.567 --> 00:23:54.033
or to be a kid

00:23:54.033 --> 00:23:56.534
to help win the war effort
in the way that kids did,

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and we're going to hear more
about that in just a minute.

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-How did they use
this ration book?

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-Well, here's a ration book.

00:24:01.934 --> 00:24:05.934
It was given to Joseph Parone,
here in New Orleans.

00:24:05.934 --> 00:24:09.300
He was 8 years old,
and they probably gave this

00:24:09.300 --> 00:24:11.300
to his mom or dad,

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and inside are little stamps
that you can tear out,

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and when you would go to the
grocery store, up on the shelf,

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if there was a food
that was rationed,

00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:22.767
it would have a sign
telling you how much it cost.

00:24:22.767 --> 00:24:24.767
Let's say a can of tomatoes --

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18 cents for a can
of tomatoes back then --

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but also 10 ration points.

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So when you went to buy it,

00:24:30.968 --> 00:24:33.734
you would give the grocer
the money,

00:24:33.734 --> 00:24:36.434
and you would have to tear out
stamps out of your book.

00:24:36.434 --> 00:24:38.767
-And you'd have to plan ahead.
-That's right.

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If you ran out of stamps
by the end of the month,

00:24:41.334 --> 00:24:43.801
you couldn't buy any more
of those rationed foods

00:24:43.801 --> 00:24:45.734
until you got
your new ration book.

00:24:45.734 --> 00:24:47.868
-Okay.
Here's another question for you.

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Lots of food were rationed
or were unavailable

00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:51.968
during World War II.

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What food would you find
the hardest to give up?

00:24:55.133 --> 00:24:57.133
What food would be the hardest
for you to give up?

00:24:57.133 --> 00:25:01.801
A, chocolate, B, hamburgers,
C, pizza, D, fruit.

00:25:01.801 --> 00:25:04.734
Text A for chocolate,
B for hamburgers,

00:25:04.734 --> 00:25:09.534
C for pizza,
or D for fruit, to 22333.

00:25:09.534 --> 00:25:12.100
We'll check back in a little
while to see what would be

00:25:12.100 --> 00:25:14.200
the hardest
for most of you to give up.

00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:15.801
We're looking for your answers.

00:25:15.801 --> 00:25:18.367
We have an answer
for your question.

00:25:18.367 --> 00:25:21.801
"Who is in charge of getting
ration coupons to the people?"

00:25:21.801 --> 00:25:23.033
That's from
Country Day students.

00:25:23.033 --> 00:25:24.400
-That's a great question.

00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:28.000
Every town, every city
would have ration boards,

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:30.834
people elected or chosen
from the community,

00:25:30.834 --> 00:25:33.133
to organize this great effort.

00:25:33.133 --> 00:25:35.167
We had, you know,
over 100 million people

00:25:35.167 --> 00:25:38.267
who had to get one of these
books every few months,

00:25:38.267 --> 00:25:41.100
and so you would have to line up
at a certain date

00:25:41.100 --> 00:25:43.667
downtown
in your town or city,

00:25:43.667 --> 00:25:45.300
and you would sign
for your book,

00:25:45.300 --> 00:25:46.767
and they would hand it
over to you,

00:25:46.767 --> 00:25:49.734
and it says on the back,
"Make sure not to lose it."

00:25:49.734 --> 00:25:51.067
-Don't lose it.

00:25:51.067 --> 00:25:53.033
All part of what was going on
in the home front.

00:25:53.033 --> 00:25:54.434
Here in the
U.S. Freedom Pavilion,

00:25:54.434 --> 00:25:57.133
the Boeing Center,
where we are standing right now,

00:25:57.133 --> 00:25:59.701
you can see the types
of machines and equipment

00:25:59.701 --> 00:26:02.667
used in the war --
tanks and trucks and planes --

00:26:02.667 --> 00:26:04.601
and, of course,
there were ships, too.

00:26:04.601 --> 00:26:08.133
During the war, more than
300,000 planes were built.

00:26:08.133 --> 00:26:10.434
More than 100,000 ships.

00:26:10.434 --> 00:26:13.467
Tanks and armored vehicles
numbered 100,000.

00:26:13.467 --> 00:26:17.234
Vehicles of all kinds
totaled 2 1/2 million.

00:26:17.234 --> 00:26:19.634
and guess how many rounds
of ammo were made?

00:26:19.634 --> 00:26:21.534
41 billion.

00:26:21.534 --> 00:26:23.767
That's "billion" with a "B."

00:26:23.767 --> 00:26:27.167
Our reporter Miguel met up
with museum Chair Jim Bryant

00:26:27.167 --> 00:26:30.300
here in the pavilion to learn
how all of this equipment

00:26:30.300 --> 00:26:33.400
was built from materials
that kids helped collect.

00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:36.200
♪♪

00:26:39.133 --> 00:26:42.968
-In the National WWII Museum's
US Freedom Pavilion,

00:26:42.968 --> 00:26:45.567
you can get a close-up look
at the types of equipment

00:26:45.567 --> 00:26:48.534
used in the war,
like tanks and planes.

00:26:48.534 --> 00:26:51.934
It took a lot of materials,
like metal and rubber,

00:26:51.934 --> 00:26:57.300
to make war vehicles, aircrafts,
ships, and ammunition, too.

00:26:57.300 --> 00:27:00.234
And kids during the war
helped to collect the materials

00:27:00.234 --> 00:27:03.300
that were needed to make
ammunition and equipment.

00:27:03.300 --> 00:27:07.267
Here with me is Mr. Jim Bryant,
who has a kid

00:27:07.267 --> 00:27:09.701
spent most of his time
collecting materials

00:27:09.701 --> 00:27:11.400
that could be used in the war.

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:13.701
-Well, there was a lot going on
in the home front,

00:27:13.701 --> 00:27:19.000
and it was all in support
of our effort to win the war,

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:21.667
both in Europe and the Pacific.

00:27:21.667 --> 00:27:26.767
One of the things
that the entire country did,

00:27:26.767 --> 00:27:31.567
was to gather scrap --
metal, tin --

00:27:31.567 --> 00:27:36.133
and bring it and give it
to the government,

00:27:36.133 --> 00:27:40.100
and they would then take that
and build wings

00:27:40.100 --> 00:27:42.267
of some of these airplanes
you see here,

00:27:42.267 --> 00:27:47.267
or some of the tanks --
a lot of metal there.

00:27:47.267 --> 00:27:50.300
So, to understand --

00:27:50.300 --> 00:27:53.400
it was an effort not only
from the men

00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:54.667
that were in the uniform,

00:27:54.667 --> 00:27:56.968
both in Europe
and in the Pacific,

00:27:56.968 --> 00:27:59.834
but every family back home.

00:27:59.834 --> 00:28:02.901
-So, I've heard you say
"scrapping" a few times.

00:28:02.901 --> 00:28:05.467
What exactly does that mean?

00:28:05.467 --> 00:28:09.634
-Scrapping means gathering
all kinds of different things

00:28:09.634 --> 00:28:11.601
and turning them into things

00:28:11.601 --> 00:28:13.601
that could be used
in the war effort.

00:28:13.601 --> 00:28:17.667
-So scrapping is a lot like
what we call "recycling."

00:28:17.667 --> 00:28:19.100
-A little bit.

00:28:19.100 --> 00:28:24.200
But it's using all the things
that you find

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:28.334
and redoing things to make
something like this gas mask.

00:28:28.334 --> 00:28:30.400
One tire -- 12 gas masks.

00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:31.767
-What about this big tank?

00:28:31.767 --> 00:28:33.767
How much metal
would be used for that?

00:28:33.767 --> 00:28:39.200
-18 tons of steel
to put that thing together.

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:42.200
-18 tons.
That is a lot of metal.

00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:44.534
So, you scrapped other things

00:28:44.534 --> 00:28:47.067
besides metal
and rubber, correct?

00:28:47.067 --> 00:28:48.567
-Yes.

00:28:48.567 --> 00:28:51.434
As a matter of fact,
I can remember Mother,

00:28:51.434 --> 00:28:54.801
when she'd finish cooking
the bacon in the morning,

00:28:54.801 --> 00:28:58.367
pouring the grease
into a tin can.

00:28:58.367 --> 00:29:01.567
And you can take grease --
that's what that was,

00:29:01.567 --> 00:29:07.834
cooking grease -- and turning it
into nitroglycerine.

00:29:07.834 --> 00:29:13.234
-So, what did you exactly
do with nitroglycerine?

00:29:13.234 --> 00:29:15.901
-We made bombs out of it.

00:29:15.901 --> 00:29:18.033
Big, strong, heavy bombs

00:29:18.033 --> 00:29:20.234
that did awful lot
of destruction.

00:29:21.701 --> 00:29:24.467
-So, did everybody
across the country scrap,

00:29:24.467 --> 00:29:25.968
or what it just
your neighborhood?

00:29:25.968 --> 00:29:29.367
-No, everybody across
the country scrapped.

00:29:29.367 --> 00:29:33.400
I have a scrapbook here
all about children scrapping.

00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:35.601
It's about a boy named
Billy Michal

00:29:35.601 --> 00:29:37.634
from Zimmerman, Louisiana.

00:29:37.634 --> 00:29:39.901
He went to school
in a one-room schoolhouse

00:29:39.901 --> 00:29:41.934
with only 11 other classmates.

00:29:41.934 --> 00:29:44.167
Well, Billy was actually chosen
to attend the launch

00:29:44.167 --> 00:29:46.534
of a Liberty Ship here
in New Orleans

00:29:46.534 --> 00:29:48.434
to represent
his tiny school that won

00:29:48.434 --> 00:29:50.434
a statewide scrap contest.

00:29:50.434 --> 00:29:52.734
So Billy traveled to New Orleans
for the first time

00:29:52.734 --> 00:29:55.133
and was treated to
an inspection tour of the city

00:29:55.133 --> 00:30:00.167
in a Jeep and see
the SS Leonidas Polk launch.

00:30:00.167 --> 00:30:03.133
-So Billy got into a Jeep
just like this one?

00:30:03.133 --> 00:30:06.300
-Yes.
Why don't you give it a shot?

00:30:06.300 --> 00:30:08.000
Hop in.

00:30:09.901 --> 00:30:12.834
-Thank you so much
for taking me to the museum.

00:30:12.834 --> 00:30:15.901
It has been wonderful
experiencing what a kid my age

00:30:15.901 --> 00:30:18.000
would go through during the war.

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:19.167
-Thanks to you.

00:30:19.167 --> 00:30:20.601
You're very welcome.

00:30:20.601 --> 00:30:23.334
Come back to see us.
It's a great, great museum.

00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:30.334
-I'm now joined by --
with Kim Guise.

00:30:30.334 --> 00:30:33.601
She is a curator here
at the National WWII Museum.

00:30:33.601 --> 00:30:36.567
Kim, first of all, you're
wearing white gloves. Why?

00:30:36.567 --> 00:30:39.701
-I am wearing white gloves,
because here at the museum,

00:30:39.701 --> 00:30:43.868
we collect and display
historic artifacts,

00:30:43.868 --> 00:30:47.868
and many times those are fragile
and need special care,

00:30:47.868 --> 00:30:50.033
so we wear white gloves
to protect them.

00:30:50.033 --> 00:30:52.167
-As you saw with Jim and Miguel,

00:30:52.167 --> 00:30:54.167
a lot of scrapping going on
that turned into

00:30:54.167 --> 00:30:56.067
a lot of factory work.

00:30:56.067 --> 00:30:58.033
Who was working
in those factories

00:30:58.033 --> 00:31:02.267
since a lot of men
were out on the battlefronts?

00:31:02.267 --> 00:31:05.601
-Well, the labor force really
changed during World War II.

00:31:05.601 --> 00:31:09.567
So, quite a few women
went into new jobs,

00:31:09.567 --> 00:31:11.601
new opportunities that opened up

00:31:11.601 --> 00:31:14.000
in the factories.
-Really?

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:16.934
So moms that possibly
were stay-at-home --

00:31:16.934 --> 00:31:19.634
that was the majority
of the population back then.

00:31:19.634 --> 00:31:20.934
Moms who were staying at home,

00:31:20.934 --> 00:31:22.734
they ended up
going to factories,

00:31:22.734 --> 00:31:23.801
leaving their kids at home?

00:31:23.801 --> 00:31:25.033
-Yes. Even some moms.

00:31:25.033 --> 00:31:27.434
So, daycare programs
were started

00:31:27.434 --> 00:31:29.968
during World War II,
and women worked

00:31:29.968 --> 00:31:31.968
in different jobs
and factories, as well.

00:31:31.968 --> 00:31:34.667
-And they wore that...
-And they often wore these.

00:31:34.667 --> 00:31:37.834
So, this is a scarf right here
that women wore,

00:31:37.834 --> 00:31:41.100
not just as a fashion statement
but to protect their hair.

00:31:41.100 --> 00:31:43.834
So, long hair was a risk

00:31:43.834 --> 00:31:45.567
when you were working
with heavy machinery.

00:31:45.567 --> 00:31:48.868
You didn't want your hair
to get caught in the machinery,

00:31:48.868 --> 00:31:50.734
so you would tie it up
with this scarf,

00:31:50.734 --> 00:31:51.901
like Rosie the Riveter.

00:31:51.901 --> 00:31:53.200
-Like Rosie the Riveter.

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:55.100
Let's check
on our poll question.

00:31:55.100 --> 00:31:59.300
What would be the hardest food
for you to give up?

00:31:59.300 --> 00:32:02.033
Well, actually right now
the tie has been broken.

00:32:02.033 --> 00:32:04.234
31% said chocolate.

00:32:04.234 --> 00:32:07.234
Pizza and fruit at 30%.

00:32:07.234 --> 00:32:09.200
Hamburgers at 9%.

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:10.234
So it seems --

00:32:10.234 --> 00:32:11.801
Now it's back
to a three-way tie.

00:32:11.801 --> 00:32:13.868
Chocolate, pizza, and fruit
all would be very hard

00:32:13.868 --> 00:32:15.100
for people to give up.

00:32:15.100 --> 00:32:16.801
One more question for you.

00:32:16.801 --> 00:32:21.200
Students like you scrapped
for victory during World War II.

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:23.400
Does your school have
a student recycling program.

00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:26.000
Text "A" for "yes,"
"B" for "no."

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:28.667
That's "A" for "yes,"
"B" for "no."

00:32:28.667 --> 00:32:31.634
Send us your answers
and we'll get an answer for you.

00:32:31.634 --> 00:32:33.868
We have a viewer question
coming up right here.

00:32:33.868 --> 00:32:35.701
Did schools
have scrapping drives?

00:32:35.701 --> 00:32:37.567
That's from Tessa in New York.

00:32:37.567 --> 00:32:39.567
-Schools did have
scrapping drives.

00:32:39.567 --> 00:32:44.501
So, schools were a big source
of engaging children

00:32:44.501 --> 00:32:46.167
to work
in these kinds of efforts.

00:32:46.167 --> 00:32:49.234
So they had paper drives,
they had a program

00:32:49.234 --> 00:32:52.367
called Paper Troopers,
and kids would form

00:32:52.367 --> 00:32:54.133
"paper platoons."
-Paper Troopers?

00:32:54.133 --> 00:32:55.367
-Yes.

00:32:55.367 --> 00:32:58.400
So, they were actual units
that would form together

00:32:58.400 --> 00:33:01.100
and collect paper
and scrap metal

00:33:01.100 --> 00:33:03.501
and even large pieces.

00:33:03.501 --> 00:33:09.100
I know a volunteer here
at the museum whose friend

00:33:09.100 --> 00:33:12.100
had a bulldozer that was broken,
and they even included

00:33:12.100 --> 00:33:13.300
the bulldozer
in the scrap drive.

00:33:13.300 --> 00:33:15.734
-Wait. They recycled
a bulldozer...

00:33:15.734 --> 00:33:17.601
-An old broken bulldozer.

00:33:17.601 --> 00:33:20.601
And that of course
won the scrap drive.

00:33:20.601 --> 00:33:23.300
You know, the other schools
could not compete

00:33:23.300 --> 00:33:25.934
against the school
that had the bulldozer,

00:33:25.934 --> 00:33:27.901
-Looks like everybody
was doing the effort

00:33:27.901 --> 00:33:30.400
right there, in fact,
scrapping a bulldozer

00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:31.834
to make a tank.

00:33:31.834 --> 00:33:34.133
Okay, let's go to the poll
results right now.

00:33:34.133 --> 00:33:36.801
Let's take a quick look at
your answers to our latest poll.

00:33:36.801 --> 00:33:40.868
Does your school have
a student recycling program?

00:33:40.868 --> 00:33:44.367
70% say "yes."

00:33:44.367 --> 00:33:49.067
To the 30% that say "no,"
that's about to change.

00:33:49.067 --> 00:33:50.767
That coming up
in a little while.

00:33:50.767 --> 00:33:52.734
Well, let's take
a question right now

00:33:52.734 --> 00:33:54.067
from one of our viewers.

00:33:54.067 --> 00:33:57.033
Since women started working
during World War II,

00:33:57.033 --> 00:34:00.634
did daycare and preschools
become very popular?

00:34:00.634 --> 00:34:01.968
-They did.

00:34:01.968 --> 00:34:03.801
Daycare started during
World War II

00:34:03.801 --> 00:34:04.801
and really took off.

00:34:04.801 --> 00:34:07.667
So, some factories
even opened up

00:34:07.667 --> 00:34:11.434
factory daycares
so you could leave your child

00:34:11.434 --> 00:34:15.234
at the daycare at the factory,
or in the factory community,

00:34:15.234 --> 00:34:17.968
while you went off to work.
So...

00:34:17.968 --> 00:34:20.767
-The war changed life
for moms and for kids.

00:34:20.767 --> 00:34:21.834
-Indeed.
-During the war,

00:34:21.834 --> 00:34:23.400
people worked together
to save things

00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:25.667
like grease and metal
that could all help

00:34:25.667 --> 00:34:27.634
in the war effort,
but there was also time

00:34:27.634 --> 00:34:29.934
to enjoy music and movies
and dancing.

00:34:29.934 --> 00:34:32.400
Our reporter Caroline
joined museum volunteer

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:35.033
Sylvia Murphy
at BB's Stage Door Canteen

00:34:35.033 --> 00:34:37.567
for a performance
of World War II songs

00:34:37.567 --> 00:34:39.133
by The Victory Belles.

00:34:39.133 --> 00:34:40.934
Let's go to the show.

00:34:40.934 --> 00:34:43.701
♪♪

00:34:45.968 --> 00:34:47.701
-The war changed movies, songs,

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and even cartoons
and comic books.

00:34:49.901 --> 00:34:53.734
-Here at BB's Stage Door Canteen
at the National WWII Museum,

00:34:53.734 --> 00:34:55.734
you can hear some of the music
that was popular

00:34:55.734 --> 00:34:57.100
during World War II.

00:34:57.100 --> 00:34:59.033
Places like
the Stage Door Canteen

00:34:59.033 --> 00:35:01.634
were set up all over
the country for soldiers

00:35:01.634 --> 00:35:03.334
to relax and enjoy
entertainment.

00:35:03.334 --> 00:35:05.567
Famous singers
and movie stars of the day

00:35:05.567 --> 00:35:07.834
volunteered to perform
for the troops.

00:35:07.834 --> 00:35:10.334
Museum volunteer
Mrs. Sylvia Murphy

00:35:10.334 --> 00:35:13.868
remembers the songs and music
and dances of that time.

00:35:13.868 --> 00:35:16.601
What was some of the music like
during World War II?

00:35:16.601 --> 00:35:17.667
-It was fun.

00:35:17.667 --> 00:35:20.033
And it was also beautiful.

00:35:20.033 --> 00:35:22.667
And some of those songs
have become classics now,

00:35:22.667 --> 00:35:24.901
especially the loves songs,
the ballads.

00:35:24.901 --> 00:35:27.801
They were in the movies,
they were on the radio,

00:35:27.801 --> 00:35:31.534
and we all enjoy them so much.

00:35:31.534 --> 00:35:35.734
One of my favorite songs
back then was the songs

00:35:35.734 --> 00:35:37.834
about the people leaving.

00:35:37.834 --> 00:35:40.167
They were leaving
their families,

00:35:40.167 --> 00:35:42.100
they were leaving
their loved ones,

00:35:42.100 --> 00:35:44.200
and so the songs reflected that.

00:35:44.200 --> 00:35:46.968
-Why was dancing so important?

00:35:46.968 --> 00:35:51.968
-Well, you know, it brought
people together, and it was fun.

00:35:51.968 --> 00:35:55.000
The dance of the day
really was the jitterbug,

00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:58.067
and all the high-school kids
could do that.

00:35:58.067 --> 00:36:00.300
And of course, a lot of those
high-school kids

00:36:00.300 --> 00:36:03.234
became soldiers, sailors,
marines, airmen,

00:36:03.234 --> 00:36:06.033
and the radio
was our big entertainment,

00:36:06.033 --> 00:36:07.601
as were the movies.

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And not only did we see movies,
we saw the news of the day.

00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:14.334
[ Upbeat music plays ]

00:36:14.334 --> 00:36:16.634
Everybody would look
at those pictures

00:36:16.634 --> 00:36:20.868
of the boys fighting
and getting in the airplanes

00:36:20.868 --> 00:36:23.701
and things and wondered
if they would see familiar face.

00:36:23.701 --> 00:36:26.000
And then of course,
they had the cartoons,

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:28.234
Superman and Popeye.

00:36:28.234 --> 00:36:31.467
I remember Popeye
was a big Nazi fighter.

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-Oh, look. The Victory Belles
are about to perform

00:36:33.767 --> 00:36:36.467
some of the songs
from World War II.

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-♪ He's in the army now
blowing reveille ♪

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♪ He's the boogie woogie
bugle boy of Company B ♪

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♪ They made him blow a bugle
for his Uncle Sam ♪

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♪ It really brought him down
because he couldn't jam ♪

00:36:48.534 --> 00:36:51.501
♪ The captain seemed
to understand ♪

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♪ 'Cause the next day the Cap'
went out and drafted a band ♪

00:36:54.467 --> 00:36:57.367
♪ And now the company jumps
when he plays reveille ♪

00:36:57.367 --> 00:37:00.801
♪ He's the boogie woogie
bugle boy of Company B ♪

00:37:00.801 --> 00:37:03.267
♪ A root, a toot,
a toodlie-a-da-toot ♪

00:37:03.267 --> 00:37:04.400
♪ He blows it eight to the bar ♪

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-Now we're here
with The Victory Belles

00:37:05.601 --> 00:37:07.901
who just put on
a wonderful performance.

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What do you feel you've learned
from learning all the music

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and dances
from the World War II period?

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-You know,
it's an incredible era.

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They're known
as "The Greatest Generation,"

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and I think the music
reflects that, as well.

00:37:19.868 --> 00:37:23.634
-And for the most part,
to the audience it means...

00:37:23.634 --> 00:37:25.367
to the audience
that we're delivering it to,

00:37:25.367 --> 00:37:29.534
it means memories,
like, good memories.

00:37:29.534 --> 00:37:33.934
-And their music brought
so much hope and joy to everyone

00:37:33.934 --> 00:37:37.033
on the home front as well as
the boys who fighting overseas.

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-Well, for me, it was wonderful,

00:37:40.334 --> 00:37:44.667
because the music and the movies
kept us all upbeat,

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and it kept us focused
on what we were doing,

00:37:47.367 --> 00:37:49.767
and it made us very proud
to be Americans.

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-It feels also like
it was a way of saying,

00:37:52.300 --> 00:37:53.767
we're in this together,

00:37:53.767 --> 00:37:56.934
which really helps
in hard times.

00:37:56.934 --> 00:37:58.901
-You know, one of my other
favorite things about the music

00:37:58.901 --> 00:38:01.734
of the 1940's was that it
brought everyone together,

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and it wasn't just the music.

00:38:02.968 --> 00:38:06.267
Everyone gathered around
their radios at home,

00:38:06.267 --> 00:38:08.634
or, if they were our age,
they went out

00:38:08.634 --> 00:38:11.100
to the canteens
and to the dance halls,

00:38:11.100 --> 00:38:13.000
because they were all dancing.

00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:14.400
So I'm gonna show you
a few moves.

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Y'all want to dance with me?

00:38:15.834 --> 00:38:17.501
-Okay.
-[ Laughs ]

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-So, I'm gonna show you this,
the Truck.

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And if you just step
on one foot

00:38:21.234 --> 00:38:22.567
and then let your heel drop...

00:38:22.567 --> 00:38:23.400
and then bring up the other
one...

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and then step on your left,

00:38:24.901 --> 00:38:26.400
and then drop that heel.

00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:30.167
And you can keep goin'.
And now you're Truckin'.

00:38:30.167 --> 00:38:31.667
Easy, easy.
-And you can wave your fingers.

00:38:31.667 --> 00:38:33.701
-[ Laughs ] And you can
wave your fingers,

00:38:33.701 --> 00:38:36.033
and even switch back and forth.

00:38:36.033 --> 00:38:37.133
And if you walk forward...

00:38:37.133 --> 00:38:38.601
So all it is
is you're just going

00:38:38.601 --> 00:38:40.400
to lean into your right hip

00:38:40.400 --> 00:38:41.968
and point
that right finger down,

00:38:41.968 --> 00:38:45.033
and then lean into your left,
and then keep switching.

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And you can move
forward and back.

00:38:47.934 --> 00:38:49.734
[ Laughs ]
-It's very cutesy.

00:38:49.734 --> 00:38:51.234
-And easy, easy stuff.

00:38:51.234 --> 00:38:53.767
And I'll show you how
you can put it all to music.

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Hey, Joe, hit it!

00:38:55.667 --> 00:38:56.868
[ Chuckles ]

00:38:56.868 --> 00:38:58.067
[ '40s dance music plays ]

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All right, you ready?

00:39:01.200 --> 00:39:02.868
Here we go.
We're Truckin'.

00:39:02.868 --> 00:39:05.334
[ Music continues ]

00:39:05.334 --> 00:39:07.100
And...

00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:13.234
[ Laughs ]

00:39:13.234 --> 00:39:15.400
Y'all are doing great.
Yeah!

00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:17.734
[ Laughter ]

00:39:17.734 --> 00:39:20.167
[ Music continues ]

00:39:20.167 --> 00:39:25.968
♪♪

00:39:25.968 --> 00:39:30.968
♪♪

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-Good job.
-Well, now you're ready to go

00:39:32.267 --> 00:39:34.133
learn some dances from 1940's.

00:39:34.133 --> 00:39:35.667
e-That'd be great.

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-That music as popular today
as it was during World War II.

00:39:43.634 --> 00:39:45.634
And now one more
poll question for you.

00:39:45.634 --> 00:39:48.167
Do you think today's music
will be listened to

00:39:48.167 --> 00:39:50.067
70 years from now?

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Text "A" for "yes,"
or "B" for "no."

00:39:53.100 --> 00:39:56.300
That's text "A" for "yes,"
"B" for "no."

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Will they be listening
to the music

00:39:58.567 --> 00:40:00.534
they listen to today
70 years from now?

00:40:00.534 --> 00:40:04.133
Because the music and
entertainment and the movies,

00:40:04.133 --> 00:40:06.567
it was all about war
at that time?

00:40:06.567 --> 00:40:08.467
-It was.
Even the entertainment.

00:40:08.467 --> 00:40:11.234
So, war permeated every aspect

00:40:11.234 --> 00:40:14.300
of life on the home front,
including...

00:40:14.300 --> 00:40:16.367
I brought an example
from our collection,

00:40:16.367 --> 00:40:17.801
from the museum's archives.

00:40:17.801 --> 00:40:21.300
This a comic book --
Don Winslow of the Navy.

00:40:21.300 --> 00:40:22.801
-Don Winslow of the Navy?
-Don Winslow.

00:40:22.801 --> 00:40:26.033
So many not as famous
as Superman or Batman,

00:40:26.033 --> 00:40:28.300
but Superman, Batman,
and Wonder Woman

00:40:28.300 --> 00:40:31.434
also fought
during World War II

00:40:31.434 --> 00:40:32.901
through their comic stories.

00:40:32.901 --> 00:40:35.701
-And the songs
had titles and themes...

00:40:35.701 --> 00:40:37.934
-The songs related
to the war as well.

00:40:37.934 --> 00:40:41.767
So, boogie woogie bugle boy
of Company B...

00:40:41.767 --> 00:40:44.033
"Praise the Lord
and Pass the Ammunition"...

00:40:44.033 --> 00:40:45.267
-That was an actual song?

00:40:45.267 --> 00:40:47.300
-That was an actual song.
A hit song.

00:40:47.300 --> 00:40:49.734
-And movies too?
-Movies as well.

00:40:49.734 --> 00:40:52.000
-So, the movies all
related...cartoon,

00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:55.801
comics...everything
related back to the war.

00:40:55.801 --> 00:40:57.501
-Now let's take
some more questions

00:40:57.501 --> 00:41:02.367
you've emailed us
at field trips@WYES.org.

00:41:02.367 --> 00:41:05.200
Were there any famous
World War II musicians

00:41:05.200 --> 00:41:07.200
from New Orleans?

00:41:07.200 --> 00:41:10.133
-There was in fact
a very famous musicians

00:41:10.133 --> 00:41:12.300
from New Orleans,
some of you may know,

00:41:12.300 --> 00:41:13.701
Louis Armstrong.

00:41:13.701 --> 00:41:17.801
So he was active also, you know,
already during World War II.

00:41:17.801 --> 00:41:19.200
-"Satchmo,"
as he might be known,

00:41:19.200 --> 00:41:21.534
and there's actually
a Satchmo Fest right here

00:41:21.534 --> 00:41:23.934
every August in New Orleans.

00:41:23.934 --> 00:41:26.634
Let's take a look
at the answers to our poll.

00:41:26.634 --> 00:41:30.067
Will today's music
last for 70 years?

00:41:30.067 --> 00:41:33.400
54% say they will not be
listening to this music.

00:41:33.400 --> 00:41:36.767
So while 70 years from now
people will still be doing

00:41:36.767 --> 00:41:40.167
the jitterbug, no one will be
doing the Whip and Nae Nae.

00:41:40.167 --> 00:41:42.267
Sorry to say.
Let's go to another question.

00:41:42.267 --> 00:41:45.534
Did our troops overseas have
entertainment provided to them?

00:41:45.534 --> 00:41:48.167
That's from Keith.
-They did.

00:41:48.167 --> 00:41:52.000
There was a group called
the USO Camp Shows,

00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:54.234
United Services Organization.

00:41:54.234 --> 00:41:58.000
And they had a division
form just to bring

00:41:58.000 --> 00:42:00.634
entertainment
overseas to troops.

00:42:00.634 --> 00:42:03.801
So some famous performers
participated in that effort,

00:42:03.801 --> 00:42:05.901
including the comedian Bob Hope.

00:42:05.901 --> 00:42:10.133
So they would bring whole stage
shows right overseas

00:42:10.133 --> 00:42:12.167
into the field
where soldiers were fighting

00:42:12.167 --> 00:42:14.767
and providing
that much needed break.

00:42:14.767 --> 00:42:16.100
-Let's check in
with our reporters

00:42:16.100 --> 00:42:18.868
for a quick recap
of what they learned.

00:42:18.868 --> 00:42:21.801
♪♪

00:42:22.601 --> 00:42:24.334
-So, how was your museum
adventure?

00:42:24.334 --> 00:42:26.934
-There are so many great
exhibits here at the museum

00:42:26.934 --> 00:42:28.968
that tell the story
of how brave men and women

00:42:28.968 --> 00:42:31.400
served their country
during a time of great need.

00:42:31.400 --> 00:42:33.901
-Visitors can marvel
at big planes and vehicles

00:42:33.901 --> 00:42:36.734
in the U.S. Freedom pavilion,
the Boeing Center.

00:42:36.734 --> 00:42:38.501
-They could see
"Beyond All Boundaries,"

00:42:38.501 --> 00:42:40.567
the 4-D movie
that takes visitors

00:42:40.567 --> 00:42:42.667
on the journey
through World War II.

00:42:42.667 --> 00:42:45.434
-And even explore the museum's
newest immersive exhibit

00:42:45.434 --> 00:42:47.868
The Road to Berlin,
all about the war in Europe.

00:42:47.868 --> 00:42:49.567
-There's so much you see here.

00:42:49.567 --> 00:42:51.234
You can't fit it in in one day.

00:42:51.234 --> 00:42:53.634
-You could even learn
how folks on the home front,

00:42:53.634 --> 00:42:55.067
including kids like us,

00:42:55.067 --> 00:42:57.000
helped soldiers
on the battlefield.

00:42:57.000 --> 00:42:59.167
-We really learned so much
about what it was like

00:42:59.167 --> 00:43:01.100
to be a young person
during the war,

00:43:01.100 --> 00:43:03.467
not just from the artifacts
from the museum

00:43:03.467 --> 00:43:05.167
but also from our friends
who were kids

00:43:05.167 --> 00:43:06.767
themselves during the war.

00:43:06.767 --> 00:43:09.267
-I think they were all really
our best primary source

00:43:09.267 --> 00:43:11.200
to teach us how things
like rationing

00:43:11.200 --> 00:43:12.834
and scrapping
and victory gardens.

00:43:12.834 --> 00:43:14.634
-And posters...and war bonds...

00:43:14.634 --> 00:43:16.300
-And movies...and song
and dance...

00:43:16.300 --> 00:43:18.067
all did make a difference.

00:43:18.067 --> 00:43:20.067
-Even though American students
were far away

00:43:20.067 --> 00:43:21.667
from the battlefronts,
their efforts supported

00:43:21.667 --> 00:43:23.234
our men and women in uniform.

00:43:23.234 --> 00:43:26.200
-They were all working together
towards a common goal.

00:43:26.200 --> 00:43:29.033
-To ensure victory and bring
their loved ones back home.

00:43:29.033 --> 00:43:30.133
-Because they knew...

00:43:30.133 --> 00:43:32.167
-We're all in this together.

00:43:32.167 --> 00:43:34.701
♪♪

00:43:34.701 --> 00:43:36.834
-I think all the kids,
our student reporters,

00:43:36.834 --> 00:43:41.067
learned that kids did matter
on the home front.

00:43:41.067 --> 00:43:44.834
What they did at home helped
with victory on the battlefront.

00:43:44.834 --> 00:43:46.400
-Absolutely. Absolutely.

00:43:46.400 --> 00:43:48.968
You saw it from growing
the victory gardens

00:43:48.968 --> 00:43:51.100
to scrapping the metal
and rubber

00:43:51.100 --> 00:43:55.167
to help make the war materials,
to reading about the war

00:43:55.167 --> 00:43:56.701
in their comic books
and listening

00:43:56.701 --> 00:43:58.300
to the music about the war.

00:43:58.300 --> 00:44:00.567
Absolutely.
Kids had a big part in the war.

00:44:00.567 --> 00:44:04.300
-Did kids know that they were
having a big part in the war?

00:44:04.300 --> 00:44:07.367
Was that clear
to kids of school age?

00:44:07.367 --> 00:44:08.734
-Yes, I do believe so.

00:44:08.734 --> 00:44:10.367
That was...

00:44:10.367 --> 00:44:13.834
Like I said, it permeated
every aspect of American life.

00:44:13.834 --> 00:44:17.701
So that was always at the
forefront of kids' minds.

00:44:17.701 --> 00:44:21.133
-There was a patriotism
that the kids were instilled

00:44:21.133 --> 00:44:23.167
through media, and probably
through their parents,

00:44:23.167 --> 00:44:24.567
that went in everything

00:44:24.567 --> 00:44:26.400
they did all day long.
-Absolutely.

00:44:26.400 --> 00:44:28.567
From the time you woke up
in the morning,

00:44:28.567 --> 00:44:31.133
"Can I have some more sugar
for my cereal?"

00:44:31.133 --> 00:44:33.901
"No, you can't," you know,
to what you're gonna do

00:44:33.901 --> 00:44:35.434
after school,
after your homework.

00:44:35.434 --> 00:44:37.601
Let's take that wagon
around the neighborhood

00:44:37.601 --> 00:44:39.968
and collect all the scrap metal
from the neighbors

00:44:39.968 --> 00:44:42.100
to turn in
at the big scrap drive.

00:44:42.100 --> 00:44:44.000
-We've learned what kids
like you did to help

00:44:44.000 --> 00:44:46.801
win World War II
more than 70 years ago.

00:44:46.801 --> 00:44:47.868
Now it's your turn.

00:44:47.868 --> 00:44:49.300
The museum has a project

00:44:49.300 --> 00:44:52.033
that you can get involved in,
Get in the Scrap!

00:44:52.033 --> 00:44:53.601
Here's Kenneth to tell you
a little bit more about it.

00:44:53.601 --> 00:44:54.667
Kenneth?
-Absolutely.

00:44:54.667 --> 00:44:57.701
Well, you heard
our museum volunteer

00:44:57.701 --> 00:45:00.133
telling our young reporter
about scrapping,

00:45:00.133 --> 00:45:01.901
collecting things
for the war effort.

00:45:01.901 --> 00:45:03.501
Today we call it recycling.

00:45:03.501 --> 00:45:06.834
Well, the National WWII Museum
is challenging you

00:45:06.834 --> 00:45:09.434
and your teacher
to get in the scrap.

00:45:09.434 --> 00:45:11.534
It's a project all
about recycling

00:45:11.534 --> 00:45:14.801
and energy conservation
that is inspired by the efforts

00:45:14.801 --> 00:45:16.868
of kids scrapping
on the home front.

00:45:16.868 --> 00:45:20.067
It's easy, fun, and you can win
a bunch of prizes.

00:45:20.067 --> 00:45:25.033
So sign up today
at getinthescrap.org.

00:45:25.033 --> 00:45:26.601
-And it's more
than just the contest.

00:45:26.601 --> 00:45:28.400
It actually helps
the environment.

00:45:28.400 --> 00:45:29.367
-Absolutely.

00:45:29.367 --> 00:45:32.133
We want the young people today

00:45:32.133 --> 00:45:36.067
to realize that they can have
a positive effect on their world

00:45:36.067 --> 00:45:40.133
just like American kids
did during World War II.

00:45:40.133 --> 00:45:42.734
-So kids today,
just like the kids

00:45:42.734 --> 00:45:44.734
in World War II,
can make a difference.

00:45:44.734 --> 00:45:47.968
They can make history.
-Absolutely.

00:45:47.968 --> 00:45:51.601
And that's why we're so glad
that you all watched today.

00:45:51.601 --> 00:45:52.634
-Making history.

00:45:52.634 --> 00:45:54.133
We want to thank you
for joining us

00:45:54.133 --> 00:45:56.868
for this electronic field trip
"We're All In This Together:

00:45:56.868 --> 00:45:59.667
How students like YOU
helped win WWII."

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And teachers,
to get the latest updates

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about future field trips,
go to wyes.org

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and sign up
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Also, this field trip
will be archived

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on the WYES website

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at www.wyes.org/field trips.

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And you can also go
to the National WWII Museum

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at www.nationalww2museum.org

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to link to this field trip
and learn all about

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what the museum has to offer.

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And I know that many
of you had questions

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that we just couldn't get to.

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Well, all you have to do
is go to that website.

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Many of those questions
may be answered.

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You'll probably find exactly

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what you're looking for
at that website.

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So remember, get in the scrap.

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And thanks for joining us here
at the National WWII Museum

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in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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-The electronic field trip
"We're All In This Together:

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How students like YOU
helped win WWII"

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is a production partnership
of WYES New Orleans

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public television and...

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The National WWII Museum.

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Made possible in part
by The Selley Foundation.