will.illinois.edu/prairiefire/segment/pf2008-04-10-c WILL Public Media, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Series Segment History, Military, World War II, WILL Custom Prairie Fire Subject Headings In World War II, soldiers from Decatur, Ill., served in North Africa, Italy, the Philippines and Germany. Local volunteers rolled bandages, collected food, and recycled bales of paper and heaps of scrap metal. Citizens planted victory gardens and bought war bonds and savings stamps. Dan Guillory’s book, “Wartime Decatur: 1832 & 1945” documents the vigorous wartime culture based on community involvement and a strong sense of patriotism. Prairie Fire talks to Guillory about his stories of service both on and off the battlefield. Then producer Denise La Grassa recounts the experiences of Decatur’s Carl Mocabee, who was a master sergeant in the Army stationed in the Philippines and New Guinea. He received a Purple Heart and Silver Star during his service. Abstract Magazine PBCore Genre Picklist Is Part Of http://will.illinois.edu/prairiefire/episode/pf2008-04-10 Illinois, Indiana Spatial Intermediate (grades 7-9)|High School (grades 10-12)|Primary (grades 1-6)|College|Post Graduate|General Education|General TV-G Denise La Grassa Producer Eleanore Stasheff Editor WILL-TV, University of Illinois Copyright Holder Publisher © 2008 University of Illinois 2008-04-10T20:30:00-06:00 2008-04-10T20:30:00-06:00 video/x-pn-realvideo http://willmedia.will.uiuc.edu/ramgen/pf2008-04-10-c.rv Moving Image RealSystems Real Media 9 36264656 00:05:50 eng pf2008-04-10-c.rv WILL Public Media, University of Illinois 2008-04-10T20:30:00-06:00 2008-04-10T20:30:00-06:00 video/mp4 http://willmedia.atlas.uiuc.edu/mpeg4/pf2008-04-10-c.mp4 Moving Image MPEG video MPEG-4 20897776 00:05:50 eng pf2008-04-10-c.mp4 WILL Public Media, University of Illinois 2008-04-10T20:30:00-06:00 2008-04-10T20:30:00-06:00 video/x-flv http://willmedia.atlas.uiuc.edu/flash/pf2008-04-10-c.flv Moving Image Flash Video Flash Media 8 23166893 00:05:50 eng pf2008-04-10-c.flv WILL Public Media, University of Illinois