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Description |
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| Aeronautical |
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| Bell Aircraft Corporation |
An aircraft manufacturer in the United States. Notable WW2 aircraft were the P-47 Thunderbolt, P-38 Lighting and the first american jet aircraft to fly, the P-59 Airacomet. | 1 |
| Curtiss-Wright Corporation |
An American manufacturer which by the end of WW2 was the largest aircraft manufacturer in the U.S. supplying the Armed Forces. | 2 |
| Douglas Aircraft Company |
An American aerospace manufacturer founded in 1921 by Donald Wills Douglas, Sr. and later merged with McDonnell Aircraft in 1967 to form McDonnell Douglas. It was part of the group that built the B-17 Flying Fortress. | 1 |
| GE Aviation |
A subsidiary of General Electric and among the top aircraft engine suppliers. They became the industrial partner to develop jet engines in the U.S. after Frank Whittle’s design was demonstrated to the americans in 1941. | 1 |
| Lockheed Corporation |
An American aerospace company founded in 1926 and later merged with Martin Marietta to form Lockheed Martin in 1995. Lockheed and its subsidiary Vega produced 19,278 aircraft during WW2, representing six percent of war production. | 1 |
| Northrop Corporation |
A leading United States aircraft manufacturer from its formation in 1939 until its merger with Grumman to form Northrop Grumman in 1994. A notable WW2 product was the 1944 P-61 Black Widow. | 1 |
| Taylorcraft Aviation |
An aircraft manufacturer whose aircraft were used for training, liaison and observation purposes. Its DCO-65 model was used by the U.S. Army Air Forces. | 1 |
| Vega Aircraft Corporation |
A subsidiary of the Lockheed Aircraft Company first formed in August 1937 and responsible for much of its parent company's production in WW2. It built the 'Hudson' patrol bomber for the RAF and (with Boeing and Douglas) the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. | 1 |
| Waco Aircraft Company |
An aircraft manufacturer located in Troy, Ohio, United States. Between 1920 and 1947, the company produced a wide range of civilian biplanes. They produced large numbers of military gliders for the RAF and US Army Air Forces for airborne operations, especially during the Normandy Invasion and Operation Market Garden. | 1 |
| Automobiles |
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| Chrysler |
An American automobile manufacturer. The 'Chrysler Imperial' was a notable luxury war-time model. | 1 |
| Governmental |
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| U.S. House of Representatives |
One of the two houses of the United States Congress. It is frequently referred to as The House. The other house is the Senate. | 1 |
| Media |
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| Chicago Daily News |
An afternoon daily newspaper published between 1876 and 1978 in Chicago, Illinois, which became known for its distinctive, aggressive writing style likened to a daily novel. In its heyday from the 1930s to 1950s it was widely syndicated and boasted a first-class foreign news service. | 1 |
| Chicago Sun Times |
A daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois. It is the oldest continuously published daily newspaper in the city, beginning in 1844 as the Chicago Daily Journal. In 1929, the newspaper was relaunched as the Chicago Daily Illustrated Times. | 1 |
| Chicago Tribune |
A major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by the Tribune Publishing Company. Founded in 1847, it remains the most-read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region. | 1 |
| Claridge Hotel, Atlanta |
A historic hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey, opened in 1930. It operated for many years as a casino, known first as "Del Webb’s Claridge Hotel and Casino", then the "Claridge Hotel and Casino" | 0 |
| Movietone News |
Movietone News is a newsreel that ran from 1928 to 1963 in the United States, and - as British Movietone News - from 1929 to 1979 in the United Kingdom. It evolved from an earlier newsreel established by Fox Films called Fox News which was founded in 1919. | 1 |
| New York Times |
An American daily newspaper, founded and continuously published in New York City since September 18, 1851, by the New York Times Company. It has won 117 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other news organisation. | 2 |
| Paramount Pictures |
A film studio, television production company and motion picture distributor, consistently ranked as one of the 'Big Six' film studios of Hollywood. Paramount is the fifth oldest surviving film studio in the world, and America’s oldest running studio, founded in 1912. | 1 |
| United Press International |
An international news agency, whose newswires, photo, news film and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines and radio and television stations for most of the 20th century. Initially known and identified as United Press or UP, it was created by the 1907 uniting of three smaller news syndicates. | 1 |
| Universal Studios |
An American film studio that is one of Hollywood’s 'Big Six' film studios. Universal was founded in 1912 and is the world’s fourth oldest major film studio. | 1 |
| Military - Air Force |
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| 51st Troop Carrier Wing |
A United States Air Force unit formed during WW2, the first troop carrier wing in the Army Air Forces organized for deployment overseas. It served in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, and its elements participated in every airborne assault in the theater. | 1 |
| Air Transport Command |
A United States Air Force unit that was created during WW2 as the strategic airlift component of the United States Army Air Forces. It delivered supplies and equipment between the US and the overseas combat theatres; and also ferried aircraft from the manufacturing plants in the US to where they were needed. | 1 |
| American Twelfth Air Force |
A United States Army Air Forces combat air force deployed to the Mediterranean Theatre of WW2. Established on 20 August 1942. it engaged in operations in North Africa, the Mediterranean, and Western Europe. | 1 |
| IX Troop Carrier Command |
A United States Army Air Forces unit, a component of the Ninth Air Force, based in the United Kingdom. It was the air transport for the Allied airborne divisions in the European Theater of Operations consisting of three troop carrier wings, 14 troop carrier groups, and one pathfinder group. Participated in Operation Neptune, Operation Market Garden and Operation Varsity. | 1 |
| United States Army Air Force |
The military aviation service of the United States of America during and immediately after WW2. A component of the United States Army, it was the successor to the United States Army Air Corps and after the National Security Act of 1947 it became the independent United States Air Force (USAF). | 3 |
| US Eight Air Force |
A numbered air force of the United States Air Force which was originally established in 1944 when the VIII Bomber Command was renamed and restructured. VIII Bomber Command was a combat air force in the European Theatre of WW2, engaging in operations primarily in the Northern Europe. | 2 |
| Military - Army Divisions |
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| United States 101st Airborne Division |
A light infantry division of the United States Army that specialises in air assault operations. It was first constituted as an airborne unit in 1942. During WW2, it gained renown for its role in Operation Overlord; Operation Market Garden; the liberation of the Netherlands; and its action during the Battle of the Bulge around the city of Bastogne, Belgium. | 1 |
| United States 17th Airborne Division |
An airborne infantry division of the United States Army during WW2 activated as an airborne division in 1943 and transferring to Britain into the XVIII Airborne Corps after the end of Operation Overlord. It fought in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge, alongside the British 6th Airborne Division as a part of Operation Varsity and advancing through Northern Germany. | 1 |
| United States 82nd Airborne Division |
An airborne infantry division of the United States Army specializing in parachute assault operations. It was first constituted as an airborne unit in 1942. During WW2 it was active in Operations Husky, Avalanche, Overlord and Market Garden; the Battle of the Bulge and the invasion of Germany. | 1 |
| United States 9th Infantry Division |
A United States infantry division created in 1918 but never deployed overseas during WW1. During WW2 it was engaged extensively in Algeria-French Morocco, Tunisia, Sicily, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace and Central Europe. | 1 |
| Military - Army Regiments |
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| Rogers’ Rangers |
A provincial company from the colony of New Hampshire, initially attached to the British Army during the Seven Years’ War. Later, the company was recreated as a Loyalist force during the American Revolutionary War. | 1 |
| United States 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment |
An airborne infantry regiment of the United States Army, raised during WW2 forming part of the 17th Airborne Division. It fought in the latter stages of the Battle of the Bulge and parachuted into Germany in Operation Varsity. | 1 |
| United States Army Rangers |
A United States Army unit that graduate from the United States Army Ranger School. There have been American military companies officially called Rangers since the American Revolution. | 1 |
| Military - Army's |
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| American Expeditionary Force |
The United States Armed Forces sent to fight in the European theatre of War during both WW1 and WW2. | 1 |
| Unites States Army |
The largest branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. In Sept 1947, the Army Air Forces separated from the army to become the United States Air Force. | 3 |
| Military - Navy |
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| No. VPB-103 Squadron US Navy |
A Patrol Bombing Squadron of the U.S. Navy initially established as Bombing Squadron 103 on 15 March 1943 and later redesignated as Patrol Bombing Squadron 103. It carried out anti-submarine warfare using Liberators and Privateers, coming under the control of RAF Coastal Command in 1944. | 1 |
| No. VPB-84 Squadron US Navy |
A Patrol Bombing Squadron of the U.S. Navy initially established as Patrol Squadron 84 on 1 October 1941 and later redesignated as Patrol Bombing Squadron 84. It carried out anti-submarine warfare using Catalinas in cooperation with RAF Coastal Command. | 1 |
| U.S. Naval Reserve |
The Reserve Component of the United States Navy. Members of the Navy Reserve, called Reservists, are enrolled in the Selected Reserve, the Individual Ready Reserve, the Full Time Support, or the Retired Reserve program. | 1 |
| United States Navy |
The naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces. During WW2, it grew enormously and achieved notable acclaim in the Pacific Theatre, where it participated in many significant battles, including the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Battle of Midway and the Battle of Okinawa. | 3 |
| Social |
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| British War Relief Society |
A US-based humanitarian organisation dealing with the supply of non-military aid such as food, clothes, medical supplies and financial aid to people in Great Britain during the early years of the Second World War. | 1 |
