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A B-26 Marauder medium bomber rolls off the Martin Bomber Plant in Omaha

A B-26 Marauder medium bomber rolls off the Martin Bomber Plant in Omaha

Courtesy History Nebraska, RG2608-1265

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Cornhusker Ordnance Plant Photos: "Other new workers are introduced to supervisors on the line"

Cornhusker Ordnance Plant Photos: "Other new workers are introduced to supervisors on the line"

Courtesy National Archives & Records Administration, NRE-156-COP(PHO)-81

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Cornhusker Ordnance Plant Photos: "The work continues"

Cornhusker Ordnance Plant Photos: "The work continues"

Courtesy National Archives & Records Administration, NRE-156-COP(PHO)-87

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A "Nebraska Ordnance Plant News" comic strip entitled "Axis Accidents"provided a humorous way to get across a serious message

A "Nebraska Ordnance Plant News" comic strip entitled "Axis Accidents"provided a humorous way to get across a serious message

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World War II African American Experience: boarding a Navy bus to go to work. These same "buses" were used to take African American men to Omaha on the weekends. US Naval Ammunition Depot, Hastings, Nebraska; circa 1944.

World War II African American Experience: boarding a Navy bus to go to work. These same "buses" were used to take African American men to Omaha on the weekends. US Naval Ammunition Depot, Hastings, Nebraska; circa 1944.

Courtesy National Archives & Records Administration, 283497

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Housing the influx of black enlisted men was a problem. Eventually Hastings and the Navy built segregated housing developments. Here workers board a Navy bus to go to work. US Naval Ammunition Depot, Hastings, Nebraska; circa 1944.

Housing the influx of black enlisted men was a problem. Eventually Hastings and the Navy built segregated housing developments. Here workers board a Navy bus to go to work. US Naval Ammunition Depot, Hastings, Nebraska; circa 1944.

Courtesy National Archives & Records Administration, 283498

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Beauty Contest Winners a the "Wo-Wo" Dance. After the service center for African American troops was opened, a variety of activities became the focus of social life. US Naval Ammunition Depot, Hastings, Nebraska; circa 1944.

Beauty Contest Winners a the "Wo-Wo" Dance. After the service center for African American troops was opened, a variety of activities became the focus of social life. US Naval Ammunition Depot, Hastings, Nebraska; circa 1944.

Courtesy National Archives & Records Administration, 283493

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Drawing of Fort Robinson POW camp, circa 1940s

Drawing of Fort Robinson POW camp, circa 1940s

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Excerpt from a draft of President Truman’s Press Conference announcing the dropping of the atomic bomb. Notice a space has been left for the name of the city.

Courtesy Harry S. Truman Library, Papers of Eben A. Ayers, 1945, B04_01-03

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Sgt. Ben Kuroki poses with shattered turret, 1940s

Sgt. Ben Kuroki poses with shattered turret, 1940s

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Dr. Carlyle Wilson (on right) with a fellow soldier in Europe, 1940s

Dr. Carlyle Wilson (on right) with a fellow soldier in Europe, 1940s

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Cpl. Roger Peters in front of radio transmitters, 1940s

Cpl. Roger Peters in front of radio transmitters, 1940s

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USS Bismarck Sea explodes

USS Bismarck Sea explodes

Courtesy U.S. Navy, 80-G-335103

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Green wrote his mother, Mrs. Roy M. Green. This series ends with a letter from Chaplain Edmund R. Lynnand the Lincoln Journal newspaper story about Bill Green’s death.

Green wrote his mother, Mrs. Roy M. Green. This series ends with a letter from Chaplain Edmund R. Lynnand the Lincoln Journal newspaper story about Bill Green’s death.

Courtesy History Nebraska, RG2608-1265

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African American ammunition depot workers in the mess hall at the Hastings Naval Ammunition Depot, circa 1944

African American ammunition depot workers in the mess hall at the Hastings Naval Ammunition Depot, circa 1944

Courtesy National Archives & Records Administration, 283488

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April 28, 1944 issue of "The Powder Keg", the Hastings Naval Ammunition Depot newsletter. In contrast to the Navy having no record of Willie’s accident, this issue reports streets being named for those killed.

April 28, 1944 issue of "The Powder Keg", the Hastings Naval Ammunition Depot newsletter. In contrast to the Navy having no record of Willie’s accident, this issue reports streets being named for those killed.

Courtesy History Nebraska, RG2608-1265

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Lieutenant Colonel Paul Adams, Tuskegee Airman, 302nd Fighter Squadron, in the cockpit of his P40 plane

Lieutenant Colonel Paul Adams, Tuskegee Airman, 302nd Fighter Squadron, in the cockpit of his P40 plane

Courtesy Paul Adams & NET Foundation for Television, 2007

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The owner of this Oakland, California store, a University of California graduate of Japanese descent, placed the "I AM AN AMERICAN" sign on his store front on December 8, 1941, the day after Pearl Harbor

The owner of this Oakland, California store, a University of California graduate of Japanese descent, placed the "I AM AN AMERICAN" sign on his store front on December 8, 1941, the day after Pearl Harbor

Courtesy Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-23602

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Japanese Americans are inspected as they board a train in Woodland, California bound for a relocation camp in May, 1942

Japanese Americans are inspected as they board a train in Woodland, California bound for a relocation camp in May, 1942

Photographed by Dorothea Lange for the War Relocation Authority. Courtesy National Archives & Records Administration

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Many Japanese Americans were fond of baseball before the war. On the West Coast, there were organized leagues of Nisei teams.

Many Japanese Americans were fond of baseball before the war. On the West Coast, there were organized leagues of Nisei teams.

(Nisei literally means "second generation", but in the U.S. means Americans with immigrant Japanese parents.) Nebraska fielded its own team of Nisei, which included Ben and Fred Kuroki. Both brothers were strong athletes, playing three sports each in high school. Courtesy George ... Read more

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