WWII Homefront

They were all trained in Alabama.

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Rosie Riveter

• Navajo Code Talkers

• Nisei Regiments

The only one of the four that is a fictional character.

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Rosie Riveter

• Navajo Code Talkers

• Nisei Regiments

Their name for a tank was “tortoise killer” a bomb was an “egg”.

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Rosie Riveter

• Navajo Code Talkers

• Nisei Regiments

They included the decorated 442^nd Regimental Combat Team.

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Rosie Riveter

• Navajo Code Talkers

• Nisei Regiments

They fought the German Luftwaffe in the skies over Africa.

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Rosie Riveter

• Navajo Code Talkers

• Nisei Regiments

Hawaiian Senator Daniel Inouye was one of them.

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Rosie Riveter

• Navajo Code Talkers

• Nisei Regiments

Norman Rockwell’s famous painting of this one sold for $5 million.

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Rosie Riveter

• Navajo Code Talkers

• Nisei Regiments

Nicknames for this group included “Redtails” or “Redtail Angels”.

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Rosie Riveter

• Navajo Code Talkers

• Nisei Regiments

Represented the 6 million women working manufacturing jobs during the war.

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Rosie Riveter

• Navajo Code Talkers

• Nisei Regiments

They helped to translate Japanese plans in the Philippines.

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Rosie Riveter

• Navajo Code Talkers

• Nisei Regiments