Lesser-seen color photos showing the U.S. military in the 1940s; The Washington Post, May 28, 2018

Kenneth Dickerman, The Washington Post; Lesser-seen color photos showing the U.S. military in the 1940s

"In 1942, six months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt created the OWI. While the [Farm Security Administration] FSA was created to depict the hardships that farmers were facing, the OWI’s mission was to foster patriotism as the nation mobilized for war during World War II. In that vein, it served as a government propaganda arm. The majority of the photos that the FSA and the [Office of War Information] OWI produced were black and white and are those that people are more familiar with. The color photos shown here are far less frequently seen."