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This rarely seen U.S. Navy film BATTLE FATIGUE DEALING WITH FEAR was produced during or just after WWII, and attempts to explain the condition known as "Battle Fatigue" or what we now describe as PTSD or Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. It was…

ARC Identifier 35906 / Local Identifier 111-M-1197. Reel 1, combat exhaustion cases are brought to an aid station, Army doctors are lectured on combat fatigue, and "hysteria" cases are examined. Reel 2 describes physical disorders resulting from…

An interview with Ann Caracristi, who was recruited for wartime intelligence work during World War II. The interview was conducted as part of the documentary film "Government Girls of World War II."

George Pepperdine College's newsletter, "On the Beam," discusses the Vocational Rehabilitation Program sponsored by the government and administered by the Veterans Administration. The program is aimed at helping veterans who meet specific criteria to…

This photograph taken outside the camp captures the survivors huddled together in the camp compound. Duggan captioned the photograph "Prisoners freed by the US 3rd Army."

An audio of an interview with Ann Ellicott Madeira, who was recruited by the United States government as a code breaker during World War II.

People with disabilities throughout American history have faced difficulties in getting work skills and finding jobs. This image fits among many depictions in this time of male disabled amputees performing tasks using the latest in what was called…

A few months after the Apollo disaster, Werner argues that the space program has numerous benefits. Among these is it raises the prestige of the country, it stimulates the national economy, and that much new knowledge and technology from the U.S.…

Drawing of a dove in outer space (wearing a space helmet) hovering over planet Earth.

Following her arrest, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. organized a boycott of the Montgomery bus system. On Nov. 13, 1956, the Supreme Court struck down Alabama state and Montgomery city bus segregation laws as being in violation of the equal protection…