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January 26, 1943, again: "Dating" on Bases

January 26, 1943, again: "Dating" on Bases

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It’s time for episode 5 of your favorite program, Our Letters, Ourselves! Today we read a letter from Jack and talk about our theme “dating” on military bases. Listen for a new perspective on the ways that war can hurt local women.


Sources:

WWI Victory Girls Poster

The Forgotten Generation: American Children and World War II, Chapter 7 Zoot Suits and Victory Girls, Lissa Ossain

Anderson, Karen. 1981. Wartime Women: Sex Roles, Family Relations, and the Status of Women during World War II. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

U.S. troops used Japanese brothels after WWII

During World War II, Sex Was a National-Security Threat

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