2. Mobilizing for War
Ch. 20.1

3. Converting the Economy
I. Converting the Economy
A. U. S. Industry
Germany attacks France
a. cost plus contracts
-RFC - gave loans to businesses
B. Mobilizing
1. Tanks Replace Cars
a. trucks, jeeps, tanks
-1/3 of all materials

4. Mobilizing the Economy
2. Liberty Ships
a. Cargo Ships
-Welded hull
3. War Production Board (WPB)
a. controlled materials 4 war
4. Office of War Mobilization
II. Building an Army
A. Selective Service and Training Act
peace time draft

5. Building an Army B. In the Army Now 1. Ill equipped training centers
a. G.I.s
-learned basic soldier skills
C. Segregated Army
completely segregated
a. disfranchised
-Double V Campaign

6. Building an Army 2. African Americans in Combat
a. 99th Pursuit Squadron –
* Tuskegee Airmen
b. 761st Tank Battalion
*Battle of the Bulge
c. FULLY INTEGRATED in 1948
3. Women in Armed Forces
a. Women's Army Auxiliary Corp
-free up men for combat
b. Women’s Army Corp