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During times of national crisis, youth organizations have always been at the forefront, answering the called for service.
World War I - 1914-1918 for the first time brought forth programs aimed at getting kids involved with helping a nation at war. Many of these programs worked through the school system
Victory Girls and Boys collected pennies, nickels and dimes for the war effort.

Victory Girls
Government Poster
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1918 Campaign Button
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Government Poster
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1919 Campaign Button
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Government Poster
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1918 Certificate of Enrollment
Victory Boys
World War II brought a whole new generation of youth programs that became involved out of a sense of duty. "Victory" was the call word. Many pins and buttons showed the Morse code (dots and dashes) spelling out "V" for Victory.

4-H Club Victory Pin
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4-H Club Victory Pin
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4-H Club Victory
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Victory Farm Volunteers
Victory Farm Volunteers, along with the Women's Land Army and other programs, was run by Federal and State extension services during World War II to help meet the need for emergency farm labor. VFV "was primarily for the nation's youth; it employed high school and college students during summer vacations. In some areas, vacation periods were adjusted to coincide with periods of greatest need for seasonal labor." Gladys Baker et al. Century of Service: The first 100 years of the United States Department of Agriculture. (Washington: 1963), p. 310.
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Embroidered patch for Victory Farm Volunteers.
"Many boys and girls are proudly wearing a new emblem on their sweaters this Fall. Look for the big C with the letters VFV in the center. The C indicates that this group is a youth branch of the United States Crop Corps, and the letters VFV stand for Victory Farm Volunteers."
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High School Victory Corps September 1942
information from a vintage TIME magazine article
The Corps was jointly sponsored by WMC, Army, Navy, CAA, the U.S. Office of Education Wartime Commission.
To wear a plain red V on his sleeve, a student must take courses in physical fitness and a war-useful subject (e.g., math), must enroll in at least one home-front job (e.g., air warden, scrap collector, farm worker).
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Production Service
High-school juniors and seniors may join one of five special branches of the Corps — depending on whether they are preparing respectively for the Army, Air Forces, Navy, war industry or professions
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Air Service
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Sea Service
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Land Service
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Community Service
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High School Victory Corps and Boy Scouts of America published a cooperative booklet
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October 1942 issue of Scholastic Coach promoting High School Victory Corps
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