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Thursday, August 12, 2010
1943: REMEMBERING GASOLINE RATIONING

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- Ralph Lucarella said...
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HI TOM.....PROBABLY THE WORSE THING RATIONED WERE CIGARETTES, FOR THE SMOKERS. I RECALL MAILING CARTONS TO TO MY FAMILY. WE BOUGHT THEM FOR 50 CENTS A CARTON AT THE CANTEEN. GAS STAMPS WERE A BIG RACKET AMONG THE BAD GUYS. I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY GOT THEM BUT THEY WENT FOR PLENTY. WHILE OVERSEAS, WE HAD POWDERED MILK AND POTATOES AND MOST OF OUR MEAT CAME FROM NEW ZEALAND. IT WAS GREAT TO TASTE OUR MILK WHEN WE GOT BACK. IT WAS A TOUGH PERIOD AND I GUESS I'M PRETTY LUCKY TO MAKE IT BACK. BEST REGARDS.
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HI TOM.....PROBABLY THE WORSE THING RATIONED WERE CIGARETTES, FOR THE SMOKERS. I RECALL MAILING CARTONS TO MY FAMILY. WE BOUGHT THEM FOR 50 CENTS A CARTON AT THE CANTEEN. GAS STAMPS WERE A BIG RACKET AMONG THE BAD GUYS. I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY GOT THEM BUT THEY WENT FOR PLENTY. WHILE OVERSEAS, WE HAD POWDERED MILK AND POTATOES AND MOST OF OUR MEAT CAME FROM NEW ZEALAND. IT WAS GREAT TO TASTE OUR MILK WHEN WE GOT BACK. IT WAS A TOUGH PERIOD AND I GUESS I'M PRETTY LUCKY TO MAKE IT BACK. BEST REGARDS.