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Welcome to history shorts . I'm

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Courtney Short and I'm standing here at

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Schriever Space Force Space and yes today

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we're talking about Disney , if you'd

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like to see the connection come with me .

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During World war two all of America

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mobilized, men and women served in

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uniform and fought overseas. Families on

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the home front rationed and worked in

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factories and young paper boys sold war

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bonds. Civilian factories as well

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converted their production into making

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war materials . Ford motor company

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stands as an example , they stopped

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making automobiles and started making

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engines for airplanes and tanks and

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armor plating . Walt Disney also

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committed to the war effort . Disney

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made education films and training films

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and propaganda films . They made small

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designs to be on matchbook covers and

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stamps for the home front  and they

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created over 1000 military insignia

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that were used by American and allied

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units that featured the beloved Disney

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characters . Our very own Seventh Space

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Operation Squadron happens to have one

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of those insignia. Activated in 1942 as

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the Seventh Photographic Reconnaissance

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Squadron . The unit trained pilots and

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technicians in photographic

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reconnaissance as well as providing

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replacement personnel for squadrons

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overseas . Their mission was vital to

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the war effort . The skills taught by

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the squadron played a key role in

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allied missions in North Africa as well

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as Europe by providing crucial

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intelligence for operations . The

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squadron requested a Disney insignia in

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1942 . Disney granted the request in

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October of that year and Disney artists

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brought to life a design featuring

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Pluto . This is their Disney insignia .

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You can see that Pluto is above the

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clouds looking down with the camera

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looking fierce as he does his

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reconnaissance . But what you might not

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notice at first glance is the secret

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sevens within. There's a seven in

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his paw , there's a seven in his tail

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and there are seven studs in his collar .

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Now , the most popular Disney character

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was actually Donald Duck because of his

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fierce fighting nature , but Pluto was

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the second most popular . However ,

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with only around 40 Pluto insignia out

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of 1000 military insignia done by

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Disney he's actually quite rare . The

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Pluto insignia is no longer in use ,

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but the current mission of the Seventh

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Space Operation squadron is a natural

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progression from that heritage . As the

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first reserve squadron activated with

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the space based mission , the squadron

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supports space domain awareness , which

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is basically knowing what's in space.

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from aerial reconnaissance to satellite

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reconnaissance . The Seventh Space

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Operation Squadron are still the

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watchdogs