In The Early To Mid-1900S America Was Faced To Go Through

In the early to mid-1900s America was faced to go through wars and racial discrimination. Intolerance towards race and religion continued for years before the U.S. entered World War 2. But after WWII America lead the path for change. Book authors Thomas Bruschino and Derek Charles Catsam both explain the change that forged America to the America it is today. The books of Bruschino and Castam; A nation forged in war, freedom main line: the journey of reconciliation and the freedom rides. Bruscino writes of the time before WWII to the time during WWII to the time after WWII while Catsam continues to the effect that WWII had on America. But when you think of WWII you think of all the people who died for this country, the amount of money and†¦show more content†¦But before this happened he writes on how â€Å"many prominent military men were worse than the average American when it came to ethnic and religious tolerance. On the surface, there was no real reason to expect that th e army would be the great engine of change. Yet during world war II, it was the army that brought together Americans and taught them to get along.† in his book Bruschino continues to explain what brought the soldiers together with stories of soldiers who went through the War. One example came from a man named Frank Delgino who says â€Å"the CCC taught me discipline, how to take orders, how to be a good friend with your buddy in the bunk next to you. We were all good friends. I don’t think there was an enemy in the camp.† As Bruscino writes the men had to stripped down naked in front of the other men, shower and defecate in the open, share and sleep in the same camps with no privacy to have, as well as having to wear the same clothing and shave their heads bald. This made every man in that camp equal regardless of their race of religion. 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