Life went on back in the United States and the Office of War Information was there to take pictures of it.
JUNE 26, 2014: HATTY'S HATS: 1943: March 1943. "Trucks in garment district. By John Vachon, OWI.
JUNE 23, 2014: EN ROUTE: 1943: March 1943: "Washington, D.C.. "Riding on a streetcar." By Esther Bubley, OWI.
JUNE 22, 2014: I FEEL FINE: 1944: June 1944. "Brooklyn, N.Y. Home nursing class held at community house of the Church of the Good Shepherd." Howard Hollum, OWI.
JUNE 21, 2014: RACING DAY PEOPLE: 1943: March 1943. New York, N.Y. Times Square on a rainy day by John Vachon, OWI.
--GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
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