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valuable sources used to make the documentary "Over Here"

 
 
  1. Americans Remember: The Home Front; Hoopes, Roy; Hawthorn Books, 1977.
  2. Home Front America: Popular Culture of the World War II Era; Heide, Robert, John Gilman; Chronicle Books, 1995.
  3. The Homefront: America During World War II; Harris, Mark Jonathan, Franklin Mitchell, Steven Schechter; G. P. Putnamís Sons, 1984.
  4. Let the Good Times Roll: Life at Home in America During WWII; Casdorph, Paul D.; Paragon House, 1989.
  5. Rosie the Riveter; Colman, Penny; Crown Publishers, 1995.
  6. The Readerís Digest Illustrated History of World War II; Readerís Digest Association Limited, London, 1989.
  7. Fairfax Ghosts: The "Bomber Builders" And Others Who Made a Difference, Bauer, George R., 1995.
  8. American Indians and WW2; Bernstein, Alison R., University of Oklahoma Press: Norman and London, 1991.
  9. African Americans and WWII 50th Anniversary of WWII Commemorative Issue; Negro History Bulletin, December 1993, Volumes 51-57, Numbers 1-12; Washington DC.
  10. Douglas County Kansas and WWII. Judith (Metcalf) Sweets. Published by Watkins Community Museum of History, 1996.
  11. City At War: The Impact of the 2nd World War on Kansas City; Fredrick Marcel Spletstoser, MA-UMKC August 1971.
  12. The Greatest Generation. Tom Brokaw, Random House New York, 1998.
  13. A Century of Kansas City Aviation History - The Dreamers and the Doers, George Bauer, Historic Preservation Press, 1999.
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