Texas Impact on WWII

Oil Provided fuel for military machines

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Texas rationed everyday goods like metal and sugar to support the war effort.

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Resources that were in demand during the war are now major industries in Texas today, like lumber and oil.

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Women worked in factories and businesses.

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Dwight Eisenhower held a high ranking position in WWII as Commander of Allied Forces in Europe, later U.S. president

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Of the 750,00 Texans that served in WWII, 22,000 were causalities.

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People moved from rural to urban areas for jobs.

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East Texas lumber was used to build barracks during WWII.

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Interment camps were built to hold Japanese Americans suspected of not being loyal to U.S.

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Commander of the Pacific fleet, Chester W. Nimitz was considered a Texas war hero.

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