Montana: Stories of the Land

Chapter 19 - World War II in Montana, 1939 - 1945

Online textbook: Chapter 19 - (.pdf)

Worksheet 1: Analyzing a Propaganda Poster - (.pdf)

Worksheet 2: World War II Rationing - (.pdf)

Click here for a larger version of the "Application for a Special Shoe Stamp" shown on the "World War II Rationing Worksheet."

Learning from Historical Documents:

Letter from Gov. Sam Ford to Gen. Jay Benedict, 1942, Regarding the State Preparedness Program

Letter from Howard Toole to Gov. Sam Ford, from Missoula, 1942, Regarding Japanese Students Attending University of Montana

Interesting Links

See drawings created by Roundup, Montana, native and Bataan Death March survivor Ben Steele, while he was a Prisoner of War.

Learn more about Native American code talkers.

Meet Joe Medicine Crow, who became a Crow war chief through his World War II military service.

For Educators