Want Extra Credit? 1) Watch any of these fabulous movies on WWII 2) Type out a two page paper double spaced with summary and your reaction
Baseball Drama in Japanese Internment Camp
Murder Mystery around Japanese Internment Camps
Navajo Indian Code Talkers in the Pacific Front
The Story behind the famous flag raising on Iwo Jima
Tuskegee Black fighter pilots prove they are the best
Tuskegee air pilots fight the German Luftwaffe
Current movie at theatres, not on DVD. England tries to break "Enigma", the German secret code. A powerful psychological drama, nominated for Best Picture this year.
Interracial marriage to a Japanese-American woman causes problems in WWII.
A survivor of a near fatal plane crash is rescued by the Japanese and put into a concentration camp - he survives and remains "unbroken."
When everyone retreats an WWII army medic stays behind to save over 70 lives. True story from the battle for Okinawa.
An American WWII drama series from the D-Day invasion to the liberation of the Holocaust death camps. This is a long format HBO movie of 6 DVDs so merits extra extra credit.
The stories of three Marines during America's battle with the Japanese in the Pacific. This is also a long format, multiple DVDs, so merits extra extra credit.