| A | B |
|---|
| theater | war region |
| George C. Marshall | Chief of Staff of U.S. military |
| invincible | unbeatable |
| Coral Sea | important victory at sea for the U.S. |
| Midway Island | major naval battle that took place about month after the Battle of the Coral Sea |
| Guadalcanal | this battle marked a major turning-point in the war as it stopped Japanese expansion |
| PT boat | propeller-torpedo boat |
| freighter | supply ship |
| Charles R. Drew | African American medical doctor who developed the idea of a blood bank for storing plasma during WWII |
| plasma | colorless fluid part of blood |
