Scrap

Shorpy posted two World War II pictures of kids in Montana who had collected scrap for the war effort.  I can just imagine my Dad also doing stuff like this but in Milwaukee.

source: https://www.shorpy.com/node/27288

 

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source: https://www.shorpy.com/node/27287

These pictures reminded me of one of the few times that the Vic and Sade radio show ever mentioned the war.  It was a Rush episode from April 6, 1942:

https://archive.org/download/vic-and-sade-1946-10-10-xx-mr.-zee-moves-in/Vic%20and%20Sade%201942-04-06%20%28xx%29%20The%20Scrap%20Drive.mp3

Of course most of the Vic and Sade episodes haven't survived so there may have been more shows that mentioned the war.  I suppose that people tuning into a comedy show didn't want to hear about the heavy reality of the war, even though the actor who played Rush, Bill Idelson, went to war and was a decorated pilot in the Navy:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Idelson

As mentioned previously, my Dad went to Door County one summer to pick cherries with the scouts, for the war effort:

https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2023/01/dads-time-picking-at-reynolds-orchard.html

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm