The document is a photo album that chronicles major events from 1929 to 1945, including the Great Depression, WWII, and its aftermath. It contains photos showing concerned citizens during the 1929 stock market crash, beggars in bread lines during the Depression, the homeless and jobless, discrimination, America's isolationism prior to entering WWII, German propaganda, Japan's attacks on Pacific islands, the internment of Japanese Americans, recycling and rationing efforts to support the war, enlistment lines, women entering the workforce as "Rosie the Riveters," the D-Day invasion, concentration camps, the Battle of Iwo Jima, the German and Japanese surrenders marking the end of the war in Europe and

1. Photo album (1929-1945) By: Michael Slayton Block: D Date: 1-16-07

10. Japan In February 1942, the Japanese took land such as Wake island, Hong Kong and the Gilbert islands. The Japanese even managed to take Singapore which was known as one of the worlds strongest fortresses. In March the Japanese took multiple pacific islands as well.