Helping the Cause in WWII

They were all trained in Alabama.

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Nisei Regiments

• Navajo Codetalkers

• Rosie the Riveter

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

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Nisei Regiments

• Navajo Codetalkers

• Rosie the Riveter

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

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Nisei Regiments

• Navajo Codetalkers

• Rosie the Riveter

They included the decorated 442^nd Regimental Combat Team.

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Nisei Regiments

• Navajo Codetalkers

• Rosie the Riveter

They fought the German Luftwaffe in the skies over Africa.

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Nisei Regiments

• Navajo Codetalkers

• Rosie the Riveter

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

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Nisei Regiments

• Navajo Codetalkers

• Rosie the Riveter

Hawaiian Senator Daniel Inouye was one of them.

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Nisei Regiments

• Navajo Codetalkers

• Rosie the Riveter

Their secret way to communicate was one of the best-kept secrets of the war.

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Nisei Regiments

• Navajo Codetalkers

• Rosie the Riveter

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

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Nisei Regiments

• Navajo Codetalkers

• Rosie the Riveter

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

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Nisei Regiments

• Navajo Codetalkers

• Rosie the Riveter