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The  War:  A  Ken  Burns  Film   Episode  Three:  “A  Deadly  Calling”  (the  first  39  minutes  of  episode)    

1. Seven  and  a  half  minutes  into  the  video,  the  narrator  describes  the  impact  of  the   war:  “Everywhere,  the  war  was  tearing  Americans  apart  and  bringing  them  together.     And  infusing  every  detail  of  daily  life  with  a  new  intensity.”    Think  about  this   observation  throughout  the  film.    How  was  the  war  tearing  Americans  apart?    How   was  it  bringing  them  together?  How  was  infusing  daily  life  with  a  new  intensity?                

2. What  happened  to  John  Hope  Franklin  when  he  tried  to  serve?                

3. Next,  we  turn  to  Mobile,  Alabama  where  war  industries  were  booming.    The   narrator  notes,  “Things  were  beginning  to  change,  even  for  the  African  American   citizens  of  Mobile.”    How  so?    

               

4. What  steps  were  taken  to  prevent  racial  violence  in  the  shipyards?              

5. In  what  way  was  Tarawa  a  “test  case?”          

 

6. How  did  the  “official  version”  differ  from  what  was  really  going  on  at  the  battle  of   Tarawa?          

   

7. Why  did  FDR  and  the  War  Department  release  the  footage  of  the  battle?  What   impact  did  this  have?          

   

8. Daniel  Inouye  was  born  and  raised  in  Hawaii.  He  was  elected  to  the  U.S.  Senate  in   1962;  a  position  he  held  until  his  death  in  2012.    In  2000,  he  earned  the  Medal   Honor  for  his  service  with  the  442nd  Regiment  during  WWII.  After  his  death  in  2012,   President  Obama  awarded  him  posthumously  the  Presidential  Medal  of  Freedom.     He  was  18  when  he  volunteered  for  the  US  Army.    What  can  we  learn  about  the   Japanese  American  experience  in  Hawaii  during  the  war  from  his  account?          

       

9. When  the  war  begins,  Japanese  American  men  of  draft  age—except  those  already   serving  in  the  military—are  classified  as  “enemy  aliens”  and  forbidden  from  serving.     How  does  this  change?    How  did  the  Japanese  American  men  of  draft  age  who   appear  in  the  video  respond?  How  were  their  families  treated?  (come  back  to  this   question  at  the  end  of  the  video)    

           

10. What  can  we  learn  about  race  relations  in  the  WWII  era  from  the  experiences  of   trainees  at  Camp  Shelby  in  Mississippi?    

       

11. The  War  in  Afghanistan  and  the  Iraq  War  were  among  the  longest  wars  in  American   history.      What  similarities  and  differences  can  you  see  between  these  recent   conflicts  and  WWII?