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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Flying High and Up Front with Pen, Camera, and Mike.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Walter Rosenblum do during WWII?
(a) He was a Voice of America reporter.
(b) He was a brigade commander.
(c) He was a combat photographer.
(d) He was a flautist in the army band.

2. Why were civilians saving fat during the war?
(a) To make salve.
(b) To make soap.
(c) To make nitroglycerine.
(d) To make lotions.

3. What was the first English phrase Japanese children learned after the war?
(a) "Thank you very much."
(b) "Panel discussion."
(c) "Merry Christmas to you, too."
(d) "It wasn't my fault."

4. What did Ted Allenby promise the homosexual soldiers in his chaplaincy?
(a) "I will pave the way for you to stay in the military."
(b) "I will fight for your civil rights."
(c) "I will pave the way for you to get out of the military."
(d) "I will guarantee your veteran's benefits."

5. What does the classification 4E mean to a soldier?
(a) Unfit for active duty.
(b) Conscientious objector.
(c) Premature anti-Fascist.
(d) Potential Communist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advantage does Alfred Duckett believe the war offered blacks?

2. How did Galatea Berger remember soldiers smelled in Germany?

3. How does Mike Royko believe most U.S. soldiers felt about the Korean conflict?

4. According to Alfred Duckett, what bothered black soldiers most?

5. What was the OWI?

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