Nisei Japanese-Americans From California Became Most Decorated Unit While Families Were in Camps

California Built 300,000 Aircraft in 4 Years — More Than All of Germany

Wisconsin 32nd Division Fought 654 Days in Pacific — Longest of Any Division

Mexican-American Soldiers Won More Medals of Honor Per Capita Than Any Group

Brooklyn Soldiers Brought New York Attitude to Normandy — Germans Never Saw It Coming

German Women POWs Couldn't Believe Smell of Coffee — Real Coffee, Not Acorn Substitute

Navajo Code Talkers From Arizona Made Codes Japan Never Broke — Used Native Language

Tuskegee Airmen Never Lost a Bomber They Escorted — Luftwaffe Couldn't Break Through

German POWs Thought Texas Rodeo Was Military Training — Cowboys Weren't Soldiers

Polish-American Soldiers Fought With Extra Fury — They Had Family Back in Occupied Poland

California Soldiers Couldn't Believe Snow at Battle of the Bulge — Still Outfought Germans

Texas Rangers Shocked Germans With .45 Colt Revolvers in Close Combat

German U-Boats Had 90 Seconds Before Hedgehog Mortars Rained Down Overhead

The Day German Navy Faced a US Carrier —And Saw America's True Power

Captured Nazi Surgeons Were STUNNED When Allies Treated Them As Equals

America's M18 57mm Recoilless Surprised Germany—It Outshot the Panzerfaust With Ease