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and mom were taking a nap. Grandma and I had the radio turned on and were enjoying the program. The date was December 7th. I was probably having subconscious thoughts of Dec. 7th nineteen years before. The announcers voice was crisp and clear - "We interrupt this program to bring you the following: Pearl Harbor has been bombed by Japanese war planes" Grandma and I looked at each other. We both knew that the U.S. was once more at war.
I would like to have had a new car but couldn't afford it. I did get a new set of tires before they were rationed. They were Gamble tires and they lasted through the war.
1942 came in and everything was on war time basis. I lost some of my farm land. Didn't have a tractor and machinery and couldn't farm with horses. Lost grassland too and was getting discouraged.
It was the last part of July or
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