At 11:06 AM 12/9/98 -0500, you wrote: >Hi All; > >Yes, there was a Naval program at Notre Dame University for cadets in a V 8 >or V 1 program. I cannot remember what the right designation was. When >they finished this program they became ensigns in the U S Navy Also, >Bendix and Studebaker were BIG in defense manufacturing. I sure there were >others too but do not know what. As my mother had 2 sister's living in So. >Bend we saved gas to make trips there on holidays and some shopping. I >remember seeing these cadets strolling in the business district when uptown >still had a business district. All changes are not for the good. We must >always remember if it were not for the civilian population being 100% >behind the military we might not have won WW 11. We saved all cans, >smashed them down as we do today in the recycling program. Also, don't >forget the ration stamps. As my mother took care of this I do not recall >what all was rationed, other than gas, sugar, shoes, meat, butter etc. >Maybe there was more. Maybe someone else will remember more and inform the >rest of us as to their information. Another thing I remember, WW 11 was >noyt declared > > >==== INKOSCIU Mailing List ==== >Kosciusko Co, IN USGenWeb site http://user.ctlnet.com/gan155/kosco.htm > > > > > > glass, tires, all canned food, including jars especially,rubber, tin, iron> we also had to have blackout curtains and had a nightime warden who walked around all night long looking for a glimmer of light through anyones window. We didn't have any street lights at night and we had air raid wardens who kept watch all over in towers, made of wood for incoming or all airplanes. They spotted the planes and anything suspicious they called in immediately. On the coast the coves were outlined with barbed wire and they had soldiers with watch dogs, in the case of Santa Cruz California, the dogs were German Shepherds, and the big derigibles cruising along looking for submarines. I lived in the San Joaquin Valley and we had a little place in Santa Cruz so I remember all this. Plus, you could only drive 35 miles per hour on the roads, to conserve gasoline. Kay