American Homefront During Wwii: Blackouts, Ration-Books And Rosie The Riveter

Don't you know there's a war on?! Use it up Wear it out Make it do Or do without! Loose Lips Sink Ships! Any Bonds Today? Remember Pearl Harbor! Those were the slogans Americans called out to each other on the home front during WWwww.homefrontstories.com. II. They forged their days surrounded by fellow patriots sharing in the greatest endeavour of their lives: winning the war. The American Home Front in WW II presents the striking story of those times starting with little-known events well before Pearl Harbor the clashes between isolationists and those favoring intervention and America's first peacetime draft. The shock of Pearl Harbor transformed America from a peacetime country to a full wartime economy. Factories produced an airplane every sixty-one minutes. Women and Blacks entered the workforce as never before bringing about earthshaking changes. Americans describe in their own words the rigors of everyday life: rationing, air raid drills, rigging up black curtains and scrap drives. But Americans found ways to enjoy themselves- movie attendance swelled with films such as Casablanca while Broadway brought audiences Oklahoma. The music of Glen Miller and the voice of a skinny newcomer named Frank Sinatra had Americans swinging and swooning. The American Home Front in WW II brings this story to life to capture the extraordinary level of patriotism and teamwork on the home front. It truly was a time when there were no strangers. AUTHOR: C.D. Peterson - 'Pete' - C. D. Pete Peterson was raised on his family's New England dairy farm, during WW II, Pete is an MIT graduate, a former Navy pilot, and a dedicated fly fisherman. His business career includes many years with International Paper Company. Prior to writing The American Homefront During WWII Pete has written seven books, several pieces about fly fishing, a published poem and an award-winning song. His screenplay, The Last Ones, won the Los Angeles Film Awards selection for best drama. Married for 65 years to Odessa with three grown children, Wendy, Stephanie, and Chris, he is among the last who can write from first-hand experience about the incredible war/post war eras when people felt safe and the middle class was born. In The American Home Front in WW II Pete draws on his experiences and those of others to describe the rationing, the blackouts, the production miracles and the day-to-day life of Americans as they become united under a single cause. Pete writes so that some may remember, others may learn, and none may forget. 30 b/w illustrations