Dorothy Lamour and War Bond Rally (1942)
In 1942 the world was at war. In December of 1941 the U.S. had been attacked by Japan and the fear of an enemy invasion meant that most Americans were ready to sacrifice at home in order to help the war effort. During the spring of 1942 a ration system was begun that set limits on the amount of food, gas, tires, clothing and fuel oil a family could purchase. Stamps were issued to buy items like meat, sugar, butter and vegetables. Scrap metal drives rounded up old trucks, printing presses, wash tubs, bed springs, and other metal odds and ends to make the tools of war. An ad in the local paper said you should donate everything you may have saved thinking you might use it sometime in the future because “This is it! The Greatest Emergency Possible!” People were expected to sacrifice and donate to the war cause. Another way Americans could support […]