Videos, photos, articles, and links that expand on the printed magazine issue
Veronica Lake and her dangerous hair
Video: Government propaganda
In this clip from the US Office of War Information, the silver screen sex symbol with the peekaboo hair gets a look that’s safe for wartime factory work.
Peace rose
ARTICLE: Victory’s flower
While Americans grew Victory Gardens, a
rose born in war-torn France but dedicated to peace grew in exile in a Pennsylvania nursery.
Marianas Turkey Shoot
ARTICLE: The key warplanes
Learn about the US and Japanese aircraft that battled for control of the Pacific skies in the June 1944 Battle of the Philippine Sea.
Photo gallery: The battle
Get a closer look at the fighting in the Marianas.
Charles Lindberg
Link: The Lindbergh website
For more about the genius, quirks, triumphs, and tragedies of aviation pioneer Charles A. Lindbergh, explore www.charleslindbergh.com.
Victory Gardens
Link: Plant your own Victory Garden
Find advice to get you started at www.revivevictorygarden.org.
Link: American farming in the 1940s
The Wessels Living History Farm in York, Nebraska, brings the history of American farming to life on its 145 acres, and on its website. A page on Victory Gardens is at www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe40s/crops_02.html.
Link: Victory Seed Company
History, images, links–and seeds for 1940s vegetable varieties–at http://www.vintageveggies.com/TheVictoryGarden/index.html.
USS Intrepid
Link: The Intrepid Museum
Learn more about the WWII aircraft carrier USS Intrepid (CV-11) at www.intrepidmuseum.org, the home page of the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York City.
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