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Spanish speaking Americans in the war : the Southwest.
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Spanish and English.
Published anonymously. Written by Charles Olson and Ben Shahn (first book by Olson, who would later become a noted poet).
"[Ben] Shahn and [Charles] Olson collaborated in producing a bilingual pamphlet, Spanish Speaking Americans in the War. This was one of several OWI pamphlets meant to counter Axis propaganda encouraging minorities to question their stake in an American victory"--Daniel Belgrad, The Culture of Spontaneity: Improvisation and the Arts in Postwar America, 1998.
"Photos courtesy of Life Magazine; Denver News; U.S. Army; Office of War Information Bureau of Industrial Economics; Department of Agriculture.".
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