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Assembly line of P-38 Lightningfighter planes during World WarII. With its massive output of warmateriel, the United States became,in the words of President Roosevelt,“the arsenal of democracy.”Top, General Dwight Eisenhower, Supreme Commander in Europe, talks withparatroopers shortly before the Normandy invasion, June 6, 1944.Above, General Douglas MacArthur (center) had declared, “I shall return,”when he escaped from advancing Japanese forces in the Philippines in 1942.Two years later, he made good on his promise and waded ashore at Leyte asAmerican forces began the liberation of the Philippines.Japanese Americans awaitrelocation to internmentcamps in the worst violationof human rights that occurredinside the United Statesduring World II.232 233