The number of enlistments increased dramatically following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Young African Americans who were eager to enlist in the military who became the first African American combat pilots during WWII.
Volunteer group of American Chinese pilots in 1941-1942. They were to aid in the Pacific theater against the Japanese and went into combat following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The U.S. Marine Corp. enlisted Navajo Indians to create a code that would be extremely difficult for Japanese troops to decode.