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Rosenzweig, Jennie War Rationing and Being Jewish
Rationing was not hard for Jennie Rosenzweig. Oleo was used instead of butter, and it looked like lard. She added salt...
Bolin, George War Rationing and Postwar America
George R. Bolin did not understand what war was when it started. A lot of things were restricted during the war. His...
Henry, Margaret War Years
Margaret Brewer Henry was born in Miami, Florida, but she grew up in Atlanta [Annotator's Note: Atlanta, Georgia]. She...
Benjamin, Adelaide War's End
Adelaide Benjamin had returned to New Orleans, Louisiana from El Paso, Texas by the time the war ended. When the...
Dannehl, Robert War's End
Robert Dannehl was a radio operator [Annotator’s Note: on the USS Hubbard (DE-211)]. He got liberty [Annotator's Note:...
Keulegan, Emma War's End
During the war, Washington, DC was crowded. They had food rationing and gasoline rationing. Emma Keulegan and her...
Bailey, Kenneth War's End
Kenneth H. Bailey was close to the concentration camps but were not to liberate them. The Colonel would tell Bailey...
O'Rorke, James War's End
James Richard O'Rorke [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] was divided into a group sent to a camp that overlooked a...
Yamamoto, Albert War's End and Aerial Bombardments
Albert Yamamoto [Annotator's Note: a Japanese American living in Japan during World War 2] was attending school in...
Wood, Mary War's End and Reflections
Mary Frances Dorothy Wood was still in college and was delighted when the war ended in Europe. It was terrible to learn...
Kibort, Reva Warsaw Ghetto
Reva Kibort and her family were forced into the Warsaw Ghetto surrounded by its ten foot high walls. The Jews lost...
Michal, Billy Wartime Events
Billy Michal was educated in a small town country school. He remembers scrap drives as being an important aspect of his...
Warne, Thomas Wartime in Hawaii
The day after the Pearl Harbor attack [Annotator's Note: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941...
Constant, Nelson Wartime Rationing
[Annotator's Note: Nelson Constant was working in oil exploration for the Humble Oil Company in Louisiana and had his...
MacCallum, Florence Wartime Wedding
Florence MacCallum [Annotator’s Note: a citizen of England working for the U.S. Army Joint Chiefs of Staff in London,...
Minehira, Helene Witness to Pearl Harbor Attack
Helene Minehira and her family were on their property [Annotator's Note: in Ewa Beach, Hawaii] on the morning of 7...
Hymel, Rita Working at Keesler Field
Rita Hymel got married and moved to Biloxi [Annotator's Note: Biloxi, Mississippi] and went to work at the Keesler...
Negrotto, Constance Working at Michoud
Constance Negrotto worked at the huge facility built by Andrew Jackson Higgins at Michoud [Annotator’s Note: near New...
Peak, Betty "Betty Taylor" Working for Boeing Aircraft
Betty Peak had never had a prior job when she went to work for Boeing [Annotator's Note: Boeing Aircraft Company,...
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Soldiers eating rations in the field. Official caption: "ETO HQ 45 9757 21 Jan. Credit...US Army Signal Corps. Photog...
A soldier protects his rifle with a ration box in Elsenborn, Belgium on 30 January 1945
A soldier protects his rifle with a ration box. Note that units have been stricken in the caption. Official caption: "...
Martha O'Driscoll poses with rationed goods and a uniformed soldier, 1943
Photograph. Martha O'Driscoll sitting with unidentified 11th Armored Division soldier and suitcase of rationed supplies...

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