In February 1942, the Canadian government exiled all Japanese Canadians from the Pacific coast, including 76 students attending the University of British Columbia. While other Canadian universities enrolled some Japanese Canadian students recommended by the British Columbia Secu…
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This PhD thesis explores the multiple and complex ways in which women's experience of serving in the auxiliary corps in the First World War shaped their lives after 1918. It uses the journals of the Old Comrades Associations (OCAs), organisations established for former members o…
The inspiration behind this dissertation stems almost exclusively from my Japanese heritage and ancestry, in tandem with my passion for history. Naturally, this union of interests yields a more focused dedication: a steadfast determination to garner a thorough knowledge of Japan…
“Women With A Will to Win!: The British and American Women of WWII” exhibit was created to fill in historical gaps and give patrons a better understanding of women's experiences in the United States and Great Britain during World War II. The display provides information and arti…
This thesis explores the life of Eleanor Hinman, whose life spanned the greater part of the twentieth century. A Nebraska native, she was the descendent of generations of female writers, community activists, and intellectuals. Her family had prioritized learning, for men and wom…
Dr. Pearle McCain was a Methodist Missionary and educator from Hazen, Arkansas, who served in China during the years of Japanese military aggression. In the face of constant personal danger and professional difficulty, her dedication to her students, fellow missionaries, and her…
Traditional scholarship on the League of Nations labels the organization as a failure because it did not prevent the outbreak of the World War II. Recent research examines League activities in a more comprehensive manner and concludes that the organization should be credited wit…
After World War II, Richard Strauss’s life and compositions came under intense scrutiny as scholars tried to understand his position with respect to the National Socialist regime. Their conclusions varied; however, the focus remained on separating Strauss’s actions and works dur…
During World War II (WWII), the United States detained over half of a million prisoners of war (POW) in over 600 holding facilities across 44 states. The Pine Grove Furnace POW Camp tucked away in the Michaux State Forest of southcentral Pennsylvania, served as the only intermed…
This thesis examines the ways in which socio-cultural depictions of Akimel O’odham veteran Ira Hayes have changed over the course of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Captured in Joe Rosenthal’s iconic 1945 photograph as one of the six Marines who raised the A…
This thesis examines the experiences of the women who served in the American Red Cross Clubmobile Service in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. Their job required them to travel through England, France, and even Germany in converted buses and 2 ½ ton trucks,…
WWII saw the forced removal of around 120,000 Japanese Americans to concentration camps across the United States. Despite being incarcerated in often unforgiving social, political, and physical environments, many incarcerees developed means of continuing Japanese cultural tradit…
Throughout World War II, American photographer Lee Miller (1907-1977) served as a war correspondent for Condé Nast. As she followed the 273rd infantry regiment of the 45th division of the United States Army, Miller published photo essays in American, British, and French Vogue. O…
“Medics carried more responsibilities than dry feet, salt tablets, syphilis, and puncture wounds,” U.S. Army Medic Ben Sherman stated after reflecting on his tour in Vietnam. On the battlefields of North Africa, Italy, France, and Vietnam, the medics of the U.S. Army Medical Dep…
The Nimitz Graybook is an eight-volume collection of the command decisions of Fleet Admiral Nimitz. The collection covers the everyday tasking of commanders, communications and every major decision in the United States Naval Pacific Campaign from December 7, 1941 through August …
When we think of mid-twentieth century pin-up girls today, we typically imagine a “blonde bombshell” actress bursting out of her bullet bra and swiveling her hips to rock ‘n’ roll, or a long-legged beauty painted by any one of the several dozen pin-up calendar and advertising ar…
The material culture of World War II has left a profound impact on American memory of the war at both a societal and familial level. This work examines psychological causes which motivated soldiers to collect battlefield souvenirs, as well as how those underlying psychological c…
This thesis explores the phenomenon of wildcat strikes during World War II in the United States, the raging public opinion about these wartime strikes, and the passage of the War Labor Disputes Act (popularly known as the Smith-Connally Act) of 1943. Broadly, this thesis examine…
The women who immigrated from the Philippines to the U.S. after World War II as war brides grew up under colonial rule, learning English and developing a loyalty to the United States while in public school. Though the 1934 Tydings-McDuffie Act promised the Philippines independen…