[garandgal]

These soldiers, as well as those on the homefront during the war, need to be thanked every single day. My Husband and I are in our thirties; and have an extensive collection of military items, as well as homefront memorabilia (posters, kid's toys, jewelry, etc.) What many people do not know, because it hasn't been mentioned much, is that everything was about the war...and VICTORY...back then. I have some of the most mundane household items, waxed paper for example, that are in "Victory" packaging.

I am planning to visit schools and community groups to show these things and to tell the story of this wonderful group of people, so that future generations will understand; we all know that relying on textbooks won't do it! If anyone would like to share stories, please feel free...I can add them to my collection.

[douglas1]

IS it not funny that the first thing that came to my mind was the movie swing shift , I believe it had kurt russel and his partner in it, not one thing was patriotic in that movie . MY husband and I have quite the collection of food and gas ration stamps, postcards from Ethopia, and SAUDIA ARABIA , and reminders of the time when AMERICA really pulled together all of us (well almost all of us) what happened?