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Re: OS4 Update and WWII question
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Posted by El Toro on September 04, 2006 at 11:04:49 from (152.163.100.65):
In Reply to: OS4 Update and WWII question posted by Greg-N-CA on September 04, 2006 at 06:55:04:
I think there was a law for the WW2 vets to be able to have first claims on new tractors and cars. Both were scarce for several years since there was a big demand after the war. I was in during the Korean War and there were no shortages when that war ended or during it. Everything was rationed from gas to shoes to tires during WW2. Farmers could get gas and if you worked at a defense plant you could get gas and tires with no problem. Everyone was issued stamps. My mother worked at one these plants making 20-mm ammo and so did my wife'e mother and they could get stamps. Hal
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