Teacher’s Guide
Start here for historical context, teaching suggestions, links to online resources, and more:
Veterans' Stories: Struggles for Participation Teacher Guide (PDF, 1.28 MB)
To help your students analyze these primary sources, get a graphic organizer and guides:
Primary Sources
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African-American women being inducted
Violet Hill Askins Gordon
World War IIView PDF
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Mary Sheldon Gill
World War IIView PDF
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Discrimination on the base
MP3 | WAV (audio)Walter Morris
World War II -
Joanna Palella
Persian GulfView PDF
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An American knowing (video)
Warren Tsuneishi
World War IIDownload MP4
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Barred from an officers' club because of race (video)
Pearle Mack
World War II, Korea, VietnamDownload MP4
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Dealing with racist patients and prisoners of war
MP3 | WAV (audio)Oneida Miller Stuart
World War II -
Absence of racism on the battlefield
MP3 | WAV (audio)Daniel Burress
Vietnam -
Equal pay for equal work for military women (video)
Jeanne Holm
World War II, Korea, VietnamDownload MP4
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Training black troops at Huachuca (video)
Roscoe Spann
World War IIDownload MP4
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Rigors of training at Walter Reed
MP3 | WAV (audio)Diane Henderson
Persian Gulf -
Reactions to her position as Lt. Commander (video)
Holly Harrison
World War IIDownload MP4
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Competing with the male training squads
MP3 | WAV (audio)Clara Johnson
Korea, Vietnam -
The 442nd proving their loyalty (video)
Jimmie Kanaya
World War IIDownload MP4
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Segregated facilities, even for officers
MP3 | WAV (audio)Robert Madison
World War II -
Joining the Navy... (video)
Augustus Prince
World War IIDownload MP4
(21 MB)
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