Sep 26, 2019The Birth of Recycling!Looking back, for me the most important thing that happened was the unification of essentially all Americans in the defeat of the axis...
Sep 26, 2019Remember Pearl Harbor!Pearl Harbor changed everything very quickly and dramatically. I recall listening to the radio the day it was announced and rushing to...
Sep 26, 2019Aunt Ann Gets out of Dodge!The first event to attract family attention was the invasion of Holland/Belgium in 1940. Ann Meyers (an aunt of my mother) and her family...
Sep 26, 2019Jesse OwensAs a typical teenager, I do not recall paying much attention to what was going on in world events. Most folks during this period had not...