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.

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Carpooling a Patriotic Thing to Do During the War

From the January 18, 2017, USA Today  "Time to get patriotic about carpooling" by Marco della Cava.

During World War II the U.S. government tried to guilt commuters into carpooling.

One of its weapons was a poster showing a driver at the wheel of his car, driving down the road.  Riding shotgun, a ghostly der Fuhrer.  It read:  "When you ride ALONE, you ride with Hitler!  Join a car-sharing club TODAY!"

Of course, this would save valuable gasoline and Americans were rationed as to how much they could get anyway.

Perhaps, we should return to that with the crowded roads of today.

--GreGen

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