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Mobility redux: Post-World War II prosthetics and functional aids for veterans, 1945 to 2010Keywords: WWII , prosthetics , veterans , Dept of veternas affairs Abstract: Marching on the U.S. Capitol: 1945 Protesting World War II (WWII) veterans marched on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, in mid-1945 after the war ended, many defiantly holding their prosthetic legs and arms in the air and shaking them as if wielding clubs and intimidating their enemies-members of the U.S. Congress.
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