I was born in '38 and lived in Chicago and 6 years old at the time. I remember seeing fighters flying in formation overhead - P51's,Lightnings, and bombers. We also had a temporary Army camp four blocks from where our house with hundreds of canvas tents placed neatly in rows. I also remember my father talking about gas rationing and the black market. It seems that with a war - or no war, there was and is always someone out there making an illegal buck. Gasoline pricing keeps rearing it's ugly head!

I also remember seeing small American flags in the windows of neighbors homes with a second small flag with stars noting the number of family members in the military who died in WW2.