** April 8, 2014, THE RITES OF SPRING: 1943 June 1943, Arlington County, Virginia. "Arlington Farms, war duration residence halls. Sunbathers on the sidewalks in the back of Idaho Hall." Esther Bubley, OWI. These were residence halls for women working in Washington, D.C., across the river. Obviously, Arlington Farms were popular with the soldiers and sailors.
** April 6, 2014, NORTHWARD BOUND: 1942. SEPTEMBER 1942 "Richmond, West Virginia, train station scene of the departure of men to help the harvest in upstate New York. Photo by John Collier. The need for soldiers led to labor shortages. At first I thought they were bound to join the military.
** April 5, 2014, STUDENT DRIVER: 1942. June 1942. "Light tank, Fort Knox, Kentucky." Photo by Alfred Palmer, OWI. A man is peering out of a slot in front. They had to learn how to drive tanks.
Comment: World War II vets called these U.S. tanks "Ronson" after the popular cigarette lighter. The company advertised that Ronson lighters, "Lights up first time, every time." This regarding how easily they caught fire when hit by a shell.
The tank pictured was an M3 Stuart.
Another comment said that his father called them death traps.
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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