3.2.1 Summary

Three Things That I learned
1. I never knew before the immense role American women had in the war cause. From baseball to the Air Force to working in factories, the women truly supported the cause and did all they could.
2. Only one man from the US, Eddie Slovik, was executed for desertion in WWII. Even then, he was given multiple chances to rejoin the army and save his own life, yet he refused.
3. I never knew that Jesse Owens broke three records and won four gold medals. It is quite impressive.

Two Things I Found Interesting
1. The man in charge of the Chicago Cubs and saving baseball during the war was also an owner of a chewing gum factory. During the war he sent free gum to the soldiers.
2. It was not until almost fifty years after Japanese Americans were sent to internment camps that the government passes the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which recognized the injustices of the camps and paid each person held in the camps $20,000.

One Question I Still Have
1. Previous to WWII when Hitler was in charge of Germany, why did the world let him host the 1936 Olympic Games and how was it that during the depression he had enough money to rebuild Germany's military?