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As President Franklin D. Roosevelt guided the country on the homefront, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower commanded the troops in Europe.
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The first eye bank was established at New York Hospital in 1944.
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Returning GI's created the baby boom, which is still having repercussions on American society today.
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As Adolf Hitler systematically eliminated artists whose ideals didn't agree with his own, many emigrated to the United States, where they had a profound effect on American artists.
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Like art, music reflected American enthusiasm tempered with European disillusionment.
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The decade opened with the appearance of the first inexpensive paperback. Book clubs proliferated, and book sales went from one million to over twelve million volumes a year.
