Rosie the Riveter inspects the .50 caliber ammunition belt attached to the M2 machine gun at the Twin Cities Ordnance Plant in Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA; circa 1942.
 


Women doing their patriotic duty

Americans - civilians and military - dance on the White House lawn on the day the war with Japan ends; Washington, D.C., September, 1945.

Celebrating the end of war with Japan

Germans - civilians and military - prepare food for families who have lost their homes in Allied bombing raids.
