Firsthand accounts and brief biographies describe how Americans were affected by the events surrounding World War II.

Donated by the family of Lieutenant Colonel Loyal (Red) Mumford Pease (February 19, 1917 to April 15, 2011) who served as an officer in the 25th Company Bomb Disposal Squad in the United States Army during WWII.

Debate: isolationism v. interventionism: January 30, 1933-December 11, 1941 -- Gearing up: national defense, military, and economic mobilization: 1939-December 7, 1941 -- Crisis government: December 7, 1941-September 2, 1945 -- Civilian daily life: 1940-June 1945 -- Civilians at work: September 1941-September 2, 1945 -- Military life: the U.S. Army and the European Theater of Operations: September 3, 1939-May 8, 1945 -- Military life: the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, and the War in the Pacific: September 3, 1939-September 9, 1945 -- Civil liberties and "military necessity": June 8, 1938-December 23, 2000 -- Victory: the enemy: January 13, 1942-April 28, 1952 -- Victory: at home: June 1944-November 1952 -- United Nations: January 6, 1941-July 27, 1953.