April 2009
bonus features
Videos, photos, articles, and links that expand on the printed magazine issue
Veronica Lake and her dangerous hair
Video: Government propaganda
In this clip from the US Office of War Information, the silver screen sex symbol with the peekaboo hair gets a look that's safe for wartime factory work.
Peace rose
ARTICLE: Victory's flower
While Americans grew Victory Gardens, a rose born in war-torn France but dedicated to peace grew in exile in a Pennsylvania nursery.
Marianas Turkey Shoot
ARTICLE: The key warplanes
Learn about the US and Japanese aircraft that battled for control of the Pacific skies in the June 1944 Battle of the Philippine Sea.
Photo gallery: The battle
Get a closer look at the fighting in the Marianas.
Video: Color Footage of the action
Pilots and carrier crews of US Task Force 58 demolish Imperial Japan's naval air power in the June 1944 Battle of the Philippine Sea.
Charles Lindberg
Link: The Lindbergh website
For more about the genius, quirks, triumphs, and tragedies of aviation pioneer Charles A. Lindbergh, explore www.charleslindbergh.com.
Victory Gardens
Link: Plant your own Victory Garden
Find advice to get you started at www.revivevictorygarden.org.
Link: American farming in the 1940s
The Wessels Living History Farm in York, Nebraska, brings the history of American farming to life on its 145 acres, and on its website. A page on Victory Gardens is at www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe40s/crops_02.html.
Link: Victory Seed Company
History, images, links--and seeds for 1940s vegetable varieties--at www.victoryseeds.com/TheVictoryGarden/.
USS Intrepid
Link: The Intrepid Museum
Learn more about the WWII aircraft carrier USS Intrepid (CV-11) at www.intrepidmuseum.org, the home page of the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York City.
