WWII Thanksgiving

The War Department considered coffee an essential element of the troops' diet. In 1942, coffee became so critical to the war efforts that Americans back home rationed coffee to preserve stocks for the soldiers.

Learn how media bias and anti-Mexican racism contributed to the Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles in 1943.

The Marshall Plan was an example of "good deed foreign policy" designed to rebuild Western European economies in the wake of WWII.

In this video clip of History's Mail Call, host R. Lee Ermey takes a look at what kind of personal items our World War II soldiers carried. Cameras and diaries were forbidden but compact shaving kits, letters from home, magazines, prophylactic kits and other small items were common.