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The Crop Corps: How Agriculture Helped Win the War

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uring World War II, U.S. government propagandists leaned heavily on Hollywood motion pictures to convey messages they wanted the populace to hear. In 1944, the U.S. Department of Agriculture pulled off a notable coup by creating a frothy musical titled Song of the Open Road, which glorified farm work and wrapped it in the flag …

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