ILLINOIS HISTORY

A MAGAZINE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Volume 48 • Number 3 • April 1995 (97826—6700—4-95)

CONTENTS

49    Feature Essay Illinois in World War II    Roger D. Launius    National Aeronautics and Space    Administration Washington, D.C. 52    Women's Baseball during World War II    Adam Peterik    Geneva Community High School, Geneva 54    John Baudino: A Guard for an Atomic Bomb Scientist    Mary Elizabeth Rogers    Farmington Junior High School,    Farmington 55    Truly a Global War    Belleville Township High School West,    Nicholas Rogers    Belleville 58    Homefront Memories of Ami Gilomen    Sarah Bressner    O'Neill Middle School, Downers Grove 60    Camp Ellis    Brian Parks    Macomb Junior-Senior High School West,    Macomb 61    World War II: Beyond the Fight against Evil    Lgoc Loi    Carbondale Community High School,    Carbondale 63    War in Our Schools    Mary Wieland    Oregon High School, Oregon 64    McHenry County's Farming Industry during World War II    Melanie Crawford    Crystal Lake South High School,    Crystal Lake On the cover: World War II was time of great sacrifice, both for those in the trenches and those at home. In this broadside, the message is that those at home should shoulder their share of the burden, saving on equipment that was in short supply.

65    The USO in Mattoon    Adrianne Neal    Mattoon High School, Mattoon 67    Seneca Shipyard's Production of LSTs    Jennifer O'Brien    Marseilles Elementary School, Marseilles 68    The Green River Ordnance Plant    Kari Politsch    Amboy High School, Amboy 69    Sterling Area War Efforts    Andrea Demory    Challand Junior High School, Sterling 71    Pearl Harbor    Joe Clark    South Middle School, Arlington Heights 72    Cooking on the Homefront    Mary Burroughs    Washington School, Peoria Illinois Historic Preservation Agency Julie Cellini, Trustee, Chair Pamela A. Daniels, Trustee Samuel Lilly, Trustee Sally B. Schanbacher, Trustee Carol Stein, Trustee Warren Swanson, Trustee Susan Mogerman, Director Maynard Crossland, Division Manager,   Public Affairs and Development Keith A. Sculle, Head, Education and Research Illinois History Keith A. Sculle, Editor Cynthia A. Fuener, Design Jacqueline M. Hughes, Editorial Assistant Illinois History (ISSN 0019-2058) is published three times during the school year, December, February, and April, by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Printed by authority of the State of Illinois. Second-class postage paid at Springfield, Illinois. Articles may be reprinted with credit. Subscription rates: One copy is sent free on request to all schools in Illinois. Additional school-use subscriptions are $ I per volume (three issues). All other subscriptions are $3 per volume. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Illinois History, Old State Capitol, Springfield, Illinois, 62701.

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